Around 1944-5 I travelled with my family for City Station to Melton Constable, then on to East Rudham, where we were picked up by a horse and trap. I can still (just) remember the second train pulling into MC.

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich

Ай бұрын

That's a great story, thanks very much for sharing it here. I believe MC was known as the Crewe of Norfolk.

Brilliant. Thank you.

Norwich Victoria closed to passengers in 1916, a long time before mass car ownership.On Nationalisation it was policy to rationalise the network, many lines closed in the 1950s. Norwich City station was part of the M&GN system. My Father worked on the former M&GN, in the relay gang during the 1950s. The track on this line was in excellent condition when they closed the line in 1959. Money was invested not only on the track but also signalling, a new turntable and engine shed at Melton Constable,they were building a new engine shed at South Lynn when the line closed.

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich

3 жыл бұрын

Great stories, thank you for your comment.

Thank you for that I have walked all of Marriotts way a few times and nice to know a bit more of the history.

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Interesting how Sainsburys have the platform cover design.

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was a nice detail. Thanks for your comment.

Lovely video thanks John

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Snarkman!

This is a super little video, full of interesting facts, wonderful old photos and even sound effects! We really enjoyed this nostalgic journey ::)

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you - I'm glad you noticed the sound effects!

Excellent!

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks John!

I think I must be old. I still think of Thorpe Station as, well, just that, Thorpe Station, not Norwich Station.

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich

3 жыл бұрын

You're not alone Alan, must be people of a certain age....

@snowysnowyriver

2 жыл бұрын

I'm 65 years old and it's always been Thorpe Station to me.

@AlanCossey

2 жыл бұрын

@@snowysnowyriver Even for us 63 year-olds it is still Thorpe Station.

Excellent informative vids, Ive just subbed.

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Great work John!

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kriss

Fascinating John.

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tim 😀

Fantastic !!

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

Wow remember my dad and grandfather talking about these amazing its like Norwich almost had an over ground network like London

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty much the case!

These videos are fantastic, very informative and feeds my curiousity greatly! I feel like I'm learning a lot more about Norwich's history than I ever did! Have you made any videos about the Riverside retail park and king street area across the river?

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it's kind of you to say so. Coincidentally my next video, later this week, is about Riverside and King Street. Just got to finish it!

@MrBloodthirstyalex

3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich I'll be waiting in suspense :)

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrBloodthirstyalex 🤣😂🤣

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrBloodthirstyalex your wait is over! kzread.info/dash/bejne/mqalzsSRj6mce5c.html

No idea all this existed. Why did we destroy all our public transport? It’s just madness.

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich

3 жыл бұрын

Hindsight is a wonderful thing!

@simongee8928

3 жыл бұрын

Because in the sixties, the great British public fell in love with the car, that's why.

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich

3 жыл бұрын

@@simongee8928 a much more helpful reply than mine!

@C.I...

3 жыл бұрын

@@simongee8928 And thankfully the British motor industry was too busy building cars to lobby governments to make it impossible to walk anywhere. That's what happened in the US at the same time.

@marty8535

3 жыл бұрын

By the 1960s govts, both Con and Lab, viewed the railways as obselete, anachronistic remnents of the Victiorian era. The car and motorways were to be the future. The Con transport minister was road builder Earnest Marples. who commissioned Beeching to rationalise (ie close) the railways. The following Lab govt implemented the closures. Closed railway lines were quickly sold off and infrastructure destroyed so they could never be reused. A legacy we live with to this day!

paranormal investigated the Hellesdon stn area and its alive with activity lol got lots of photos

@jettscream

3 жыл бұрын

got followed home one night to our front door and got photos too

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich

3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Interesting stuff!

You learn something new everyday. Thanks, John! Could you please be kind enough to ID the station in this video? kzread.info/dash/bejne/p5-kpc6hls6XhLQ.html Friends says it's Norwich station but I'm not so sure but it's definitely in Norfolk. Thanks again

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comments. I learn something new by doing these videos! As for the station, it looks like a terminus, which, if in Norfolk would be Norwich Yarmouth King's Lynn or Cromer. Maybe Hunstanton depending on the age of the film. I'd guess Kings Lynn. What is the film?