Date: 16/10/2017

The ghosts of the golden age of British railways will go under the hammer with the sale of one of the most remarkable collections of railway heritage. Hundreds of rare railway signs, including many from stations that disappeared in the 1960s and 1970s, are to be auctioned following the death of their owner. Included is a sign from Dilton Marsh Halt in Wiltshire, the station whose threatened closure in 1969 prompted poet John Betjeman to pen his famous poem named after the station in its defence. The station survived the threat of closure but was renamed Dilton Marsh. The sale includes over 250 signs and many other items from railways, London Underground and London Transport dating from the early years of the 20th century up to the 1970s.

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Signs of the times: Trove from golden age Britains railways to be auctioned

Yorkshire Post

The ghosts of the golden age of British railways will go under the hammer with the sale of one of the most remarkable collections of railway heritage.