This series of photographs show Thornaby Station shortly before demolition. Courtesy of Norman Hill.
Picture Stockton Archive
A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
This series of photographs show Thornaby Station shortly before demolition. Courtesy of Norman Hill.
I remember in 1959 sitting at the end of the platform trainspotting, we had to pay 2 1/2 p for a platform ticket , which was the same amount as the bus fare from Ragworth to the station on the number 8 bus. But we would spend a whole day there, what you could do for 5p in them days.
I have great memories of the station, with being a guard at Tees Yard going pass (on the cushions) to different locations, York, Doncaster and Tyne Yard, with drivers and other guards who have long gone, to work trains back to the Teesside area. I also remember attending my signalling block class, which was held in the First Aid room on the station, but my most lasting thought’s of the station was when I was in my early teens with mates in 1967, going to Crewe and Manchester catching the last sights of BR steam in them area’s. When I now stand on the station all I see is ghost’s and what it was like.
Fond memories of Thornaby Station, in our teens we use to catch the train on Sunday nights to go to Redcar Jazz club,great nights with great groups. The fondest memory I have was we had booked a mini British rail weekend to London staying at a hotel in Marble Arch for 2 nights – this was our Honeymoon, how times have changed… we will be celebrating our 40th in February in Jamaica for 2 weeks. I have taken the train to Manchester airport from Thornaby to come back to Canada, and the train station has lost its soul – so barren, no atmosphere, such a shame.
What a terrible shame.