The Golden Age of Steam

Valerie
I and lots of young accounts clerks for the LMR used to work on Sutton Park station. The war put the offices out in the countryside - eventually we all moved back to Curzon Street,Birmingham. Our offices were the waiting rooms and we eat in a dining car.Good memories, Valerie.

Philip Cooke
This is about the line that Doctor Beeching didn't succeed in closing! The line from Redditch to Birmingham. I was privileged to lead the campaign to 'save' the Redditch line, which we managed to do after an intensive effort culminating in a public enquiry. BBC Midlands Today, along with the Birmingham Post, gave us much encouragement and I recall being interviewed on Midlands Today by Tom Coyne in the days of black and white TV! Little did we realise that our efforts would eventually lead to the rebirth of the Redditch to Lichfield 'Cross-City' service which must be one of most successful local services today. We didn't think we stood a chance against Doctor Beeching but the campaign, supported by hundreds of commuters and other travellers at that time, finally won the day!