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« Reply #15 on: October 10, 2021, 17:27:21 »

The replaced windows are what immediately struck me looking at the photo at the top of the thread. They really do alter the look of the building. And it's not just signal boxes, modern windows are one of the most obvious changes to art deco commercial properties; original windows perhaps survive more in houses. But it's not all bad; modern windows keep buildings warmer of course and it's possible that without modern double glazing, we'd have lost more old buildings as being unfit for purpose.
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« Reply #16 on: October 11, 2021, 07:45:16 »

On the way back from a cycling trip to London on Saturday, we discussed this style of Southern signal boxes. I presume they were all designed in the 1930's, but who was the designer? In the early days of the Southern Railway James Robb Scott was the chief architect, personally noted by me for Bishopstone station that had two pillboxes added to the roof during WWII (World War 2 - 1939 to 1945).

I have to admit if only one of these signal boxes were preserved it would be the one at Portsmouth Harbour station.

The conversation drifted to more ephemeral parts of the Southern. I have an ongoing fascination for the "mass produced" concrete components that were used on the Southern: platform backs, bridges, plate layers huts, lighting standards, etc. Not sure how you would preserve a representative collection, and where.
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« Reply #18 on: October 11, 2021, 09:41:09 »

One assumes that if the box is turned into a community facility, then the local community will take over paying for its upkeep.

That being the case, one must also assume that the Network Rail spokesman who tries to justify their position on money being spent on preserving the box being better used on improving services didn't have his 3 Shredded Wheat this morning.
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« Reply #19 on: October 11, 2021, 09:43:15 »

Where signal boxes become redundant for their original purpose, as I should imagine most now are, there's almost bound to be a new opportunity for some of them as "community" objects, just as has happened with phone boxes. Could they not be sold to community groups for a symbolic sum, as was done with phone boxes, thus saving NR» (Network Rail - home page)/GBR (Great British Railways)/whoever the cost of maintenance (or demolition) and preserving the structures? Cafes, community centres, village halls and whatever. The trouble would be they'd have to be moved, and although I'd imagine that's possible with many of the timber structures, it's not going to be easy or cheap (and requires land to move them to).
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