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Originally Posted by Fluffysausage
Thanks for that. When you sat Towcester Estate, what do you mean?
Are we talking Easton Neston?
Andy
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Andy,
As I know nothing about Towcester and the surrounding area I can only quote what the photos caption says.
"A number of miniature railways were built to serve private estates, the first being that opened at the Duke of Westminster's Eaton Hall, in Cheshire, in 1898. These had both practical and entertainment fuctions. This Edwardian postcard shows the Blakesley Hall line, a working miniature railway built by CW Bartholomew from 1903 to serve his Towcester estate, in Northamptonshire."
The postcard shows a man sitting on a miniature steam loco with tippler wagons in the background.