Fantastic footage. I had a flat in Old Station Yard, the building is visible on this film. I vaguely recall the station area being redeveloped as I was very young at the time. Nice to see it how it was. Thank you for sharing.
I had a cine camera and regret not taking any film of Abingdon. After passenger services finished there were the MG cars going from there. There used to be a crane there, I remember that beoing cut up also the glass roofed canopy. The signal box, with weeds coming upthrough the floorboards reminded me of the film 'Oh Mr Porter.]. A Business man wanted to buy this and run trains, but the council wanted it redeveloped.
I went on the last proper passenger train out of Abingdon with my mother in the early 70s I think. Later my friends and I used to ride the mg export trains to Radley for fun. We never got caught!
Fantastic footage. I had a flat in Old Station Yard, the building is visible on this film. I vaguely recall the station area being redeveloped as I was very young at the time. Nice to see it how it was. Thank you for sharing.
I had a cine camera and regret not taking any film of Abingdon. After passenger services finished there were the MG cars going from there. There used to be a crane there, I remember that beoing cut up also the glass roofed canopy. The signal box, with weeds coming upthrough the floorboards reminded me of the film 'Oh Mr Porter.]. A Business man wanted to buy this and run trains, but the council wanted it redeveloped.
I went on the last proper passenger train out of Abingdon with my mother in the early 70s I think.
Later my friends and I used to ride the mg export trains to Radley for fun. We never got caught!
I remember seeing a class 47 in the yard in the early 1980's. Never saw the passenger service though.
Good footage. Nice to see.