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« Reply #15 on: March 04, 2012, 11:57:56 »
I will admit to be really shocked Hungerford has no ticket office!

Nailsea and Backwell is an awful station. Reminds me of lots of outer london ones, up on stilts with lots of concrete. Yatton is very lucky, its a really lovely station. 
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« Reply #16 on: March 04, 2012, 12:16:43 »
Simply because I cannot think where else to put it - a quiz question.  Why did Yatton used to have a regular police presence around midnight six nights a week?
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« Reply #17 on: March 04, 2012, 14:23:15 »
Hmm.  Due to someone important passing through the station?  Undecided
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« Reply #18 on: March 04, 2012, 14:34:49 »
... close  something rather than someone
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« Reply #19 on: March 04, 2012, 14:58:04 »
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« Reply #20 on: March 04, 2012, 17:47:07 »
The Travelling Post Office was booked to call at Yatton at around 0030 to pick up the post that had arrived at Bristol Airport and transferred to Yatton by van. Don't know which how many nights per week it call there though.

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« Reply #21 on: March 04, 2012, 19:06:30 »
Spot on. Think it was five or six nights a week. Saw it on a DVD on the Travelling Post Office. Right back on topic!! Grin
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« Reply #22 on: March 05, 2012, 08:08:44 »
Wow.

Yatton station basically has a 130 year long story of decline from major junction through to Clevedon railhead, post office interchange an on to not even having a ticket office Tongue

There's a book in it.
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