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« Reply #15 on: August 28, 2018, 07:16:30 »

I wonder if the platform bench is characteristic of any of the railways in particular.
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« Reply #16 on: August 28, 2018, 08:54:19 »

I have just posted it to Robert Humm via Twitter. They run a ‘whatstation’ every so often to get identification of their photographs from unknown locations. So far their followers have successfully identified 100% of the 134 images posted!
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« Reply #17 on: August 28, 2018, 09:30:12 »

There’s a Disused Stations group on Facebleurgh that would probably be able to locate it if the esteemed Mr Humm’s followers can’t!
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« Reply #18 on: August 28, 2018, 09:48:28 »

I would be interested to know if she does find out.
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« Reply #19 on: August 28, 2018, 19:50:57 »

My wife posted this to the Disused Stations Facebook page, and they have called it as Pittington station in Durham - http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/p/pittington/

The clincher for me that they are right is this 1969 post-closure shot from the Disused Stations website that shows the same houses in the background as grahame's photo:

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« Reply #20 on: August 28, 2018, 20:04:25 »

And it*'s still there - the view from here (54°48'00.54" N   1°29'46.54" W) is a bit more distant, but a similar angle. What was the smithy is now a house, and the Blacksmiths' Arms at the other end of the terrace is ... or was, when it closed not long ago, called the Blacksmiths.

(* I meant the house, not the station, of course.)
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« Reply #21 on: August 28, 2018, 20:05:48 »

Likewise from ‘whatstation’ and Robert Humm

http://www.hettonlocalhistory.org.uk/documents/TheRailwaysofHettonPittingtonandRainton_001.pdf (Page 13)
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« Reply #22 on: August 28, 2018, 20:08:59 »

My wife posted this to the Disused Stations Facebook page, and they have called it as Pittington station in Durham - http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/p/pittington/
That looks like a mighty fine chocolate pudding!

(you'll have to be a member of the Disused Stations group to see what I mean...)
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« Reply #23 on: August 28, 2018, 20:15:08 »

Ah yes...My wife and I had a side disagreement about whether the station would turn out to be open or closed today. She said open, I said closed and now I'm saying yum!
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« Reply #24 on: August 28, 2018, 20:51:26 »

"A huge thank you" from Lisa and "please pass that on to everyone who helped"
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« Reply #25 on: August 28, 2018, 21:03:56 »

Lisa's thanks have now been posted to the Disused Stations Facebook page.
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« Reply #26 on: August 28, 2018, 22:01:28 »

This was posted by one of the relies on Twitter
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