Paul Stoneman and I took walk to Petworth Railway station in January 2008
Paul Stoneman and I took walk to Petworth Railway station in January 2008
Along the way we pass a lovely looking lodge house at Burton Hill
This tree has an enormous trunk!
Paul tries to demonstrate that he isn't really that fat.
Petworth Station from the road bridge. The plus green garden is where the track would have been.
View from the bridge
The Old Station House at petworth
An orginal print of the station, photographed in the waiting room.
Petwoth Station
Before and after of the main waiting room
A view across the waiting room - very elegant.
I think these were old receipts found wher the renevation was underway
Inside the old waiting room - this is where the old ticket hatch would have been.
An old churn
An old sign
Cheep travel - if you could afford it in those days
Ah, thats a bette rate!
The plan of the station
You can't see Petworth as it is 3 miles to the north, but the line is still working here - so 1960ish
A lamp - probably not originally located at Petworth, but who knows...
Getting on for lunch time...
The restoration certainly gives atmosphere of times gone by.
Smug
Tea
Mother!
Cheeky
In my element - a nice cup of britsh tea - note the glazed left eye!
Vainly looking for books
The workers working on the line.
The platform today
The Pullman cars - now available to hire for overnight stays. Very nice.
Two berths per carriage at £150 a night in the summer per person!
What time do we arrive?
The boys!
This one is not quite ready!
Step back in time!
A tramp
Nice logo
The suspension is a bit knackered
A sign
The hotel reception today - which is not actually how you would have seen it in the years gone by
The railway cottages
The river Rother
The River Rother flows under the road bridge adjacent to the approach to the station
The lower bridge approaching the station
Leading from the station to the Railway Inn Hotel
The nearby pub - now modern and over priced!
This was the Railway Inn -
A pint and a rest for the old boy
Cheers
Petworth Beam Pump - with the river Rother behind
A proud house next to the beam pump
Close to the beam pump
The sluice gates
Here is the museum - unfortunately closed when we came there
Lovely big house again
Looking tot he sluice gates
Pauls beer glass
At the back of the beam pump
a mile stone
Burton Mill Pond
Burton Mill pond
Don't fall in
Any fish in there?
Burton Mill
Burton Mill
A pump I assume
Side of the mill
A sign and door - but you can see that!
An old mill stone
Other side of the mill - I assume there was a water wheel here to turn the mill stones
New hat!
Without the hat - thanks for viewing the pictures!