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The History Of Forest Hill Station
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01-02-2008 07:31 PM

As a child I lived in noel terrace just a stones throw from the station.From my bedroom window I used to watch the steam trains go through the station and the excursion trains used to stop at the central platform.The upside booking hall was massive,with wooden floor and two phone boxes inside,the platform was very wide just outside the door getting narrower towards the end.The downside booking hall was a lot smaller,same wooden floor but after you climbed the stairs to the platform there was a waiting room with a fire of some sort in and also a ladies waiting room with a toilet within.
Just outside theupside booking hall there was a funny little sweet and tobacco shop sort of built into the station building.Down the road just on the bend used to be Jones the dairy (run by a welshman) used to be the only shop round there that was open on a Sunday morning,my mum used to tell me he had a hose and cart type thing he used to deliver milk from.
PS Steve Grindlay put a photo of Forest Hill signal box on Sydenham forum,keep up the photos on both sites Steve

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