What Station

locojoe · #1 17th May 2007, 20:09

Does anyone know which closed station this is.
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I don't so it's not a quiz I would just like to know the location.
Alan Locojoe.

swisstrains · #2 17th May 2007, 22:36

Alan,
I don't know if it helps but "Stratton Gentry" were coal merchants in the Brentford area.

swisstrains · #3 17th May 2007, 22:42

I was a few miles out. Here it is Hammersmith and Chiswick.

locojoe · #4 17th May 2007, 23:10

Spot on John thats a good site for looking up disused stations why did'nt I think of that, anyway thank's a lot John.
Alan Locojoe.

Shed Cat · #5 18th May 2007, 23:27

What a fantastic site. Hours of fun reading about old stations without ever having to leave the armchair. I did try looking up Stratton on Google and Multimap, but didnt get very far.

Gandalf · #6 19th May 2007, 07:06

I too found that site and spent a long while going through the pages,
I think I got to page 40 or so before giving up looking but also found it good entertainment reading and looking at pictures from the past.
Perhaps I should return and bookmark the site for future time passing.
John (G)

swisstrains · #7 19th May 2007, 11:25

Like Shed Cat I initially tried searching Google for "Stratton Gentry". I then tried Ask.com and it came up with a website about Brentford's railways that contained a mention of Stratton Gentry and said that they were coal merchants.
As the picture in Alan Locojoes post was of a terminus station and as the description of the only terminus station in Brentford (old GWR Dock branch) didn't match it, I had to go further afield.
I used "Complete British Railways maps and gazetteer 1830-1981" and looked for all the former terminus stations in the areas around Brentford. It was then simply a case of looking on the excellent Disused Stations site to see if any of these particular stations had been listed and luckily Hammersmith and Chiswick was.

locojoe · #8 19th May 2007, 14:39

I caused you a lot of searching there John sorry about that.
Alan Locojoe

Shed Cat · #9 19th May 2007, 15:12

I think the searching is part of the fun, not a chore.

Then John gets a chance to tell us all how he did it. Sherlock Holmes had better watch out !

swisstrains · #10 19th May 2007, 18:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by locojoe

I caused you a lot of searching there John sorry about that.
Alan Locojoe

No problem Alan.
I agree entirely with Shed Cat. Searching is part of the fun, especially when you find what you're looking for

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