(Albert) Sidney King 1902 – 1978 North Sheen Signalman Liaising with stations and crossings he controlled train movements by pulling levers to operate signals and points. Sidney King was born in...

Railway Guard Though employed as a guard Bert once had to drive a train himself from Waterloo to Hounslow. Born in Petersfield in 1876, Albert married Florence née Switzer, the daughter of a heraldic...

Engine Driver in Feltham Marshalling Yard Born in Wateringbury near Maidstone in 1900, to Bertha Bristow and her husband Thomas, a brewer’s labourer. By the age of 20 Tom, as he was known, was worki...

AMBULANCE ASSISTANT AT RAILWAY WORKS Working at the Brighton Works assisting medical staff, later Annie became a nurse at a mental hospital Annie was one of at least nine children born to Esther Philc...

The last British Railway station manager at Bishopstone station Bishopstone Station, is a classic art-deco design, and Grade II listed. It was built in 1938, though the flat roof was modified in 1940 ...

A dog that hitched rides on the railway network but always spent the night back at Lewes station A fox terrier and beagle cross named Jack was born in Lewes Station in March 1878 to station master Mr ...

An elephant trainer from Brighton was accidentally crushed when his elephants were alighting a train in London to perform in a theatre The famous elephant trainer George Lockhart was born in Edinburgh...

Spent his first night in exile at the Bridge Inn, Newhaven Landlady Mrs. Sarah Smith 1791-1864 There were a number of anti-monarchy revolutions across Europe in 1848. Revolution in the UK manifested i...

A former railway platelayer, Ernest grew the plants and tended the displays at Lewes station from around 1911. Ernest was born in Lewes in 1870. He’d worked as a platelayer and was a gardener by the...