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How I became interested in railways.
I blame my parents. This all began even before I went to school - and I ought to say I started school in September 1948! My Mum used to take me to meet Dad as he came out of work. He worked at Rolls-Royce, Derby. We used to wait on a footpath running parallel to the Derby-Birmingham line near Pear Tree station. Dad used to come over the bridge and join us but by the time he appeared I had usually watched, enthralled, as one or two filthy, run-down 0-6-0s or 2-8-0s with "LMS" on their tenders had struggled past with trains of clanking loose-coupled wagons. I have never recovered from those early experiences. JohnH
Last edited by johnH; 25th March 2010 at 18:47.
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