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Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Margaret & Beryl Brine

Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Margaret & Beryl Brine

July 23, 2025, by Sara Grisewood
MARGARET & BERYL BRINE b 1922 and 1915 RAILWAY CLERK TYPISTS for L & S.W.R Margaret and Beryl’s paternal grandfather was a railway porter in Kingston, and his son, their father Henry was at ...
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Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Maria Core

Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Maria Core

, by Sara Grisewood
MARIA CORE 1874-1945 Matron of Railway Servant’s Orphanage on Oriental Road, Woking. Home to about 120 children whose railway worker fathers had been injured or killed. Maintained by railworkers’ ...
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Crowborough station event

Crowborough station event

, by Sharon Gray
On Friday 18 July Crowborough station hosted an event to celebrate the signing of the lease between the Community Hub Committee, GTR and Network Rail.  This was a true Railway 200 event or rather a R...
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Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Winnie Rose

Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Winnie Rose

, by Sara Grisewood
WINIFRED ‘WINNIE’ ROSE 1917-1943 Dunkirk Refreshment volunteer Winnie was working in the buffet at Guildford railway station when trains conveying troops during the Dunkirk evacuation in May 1940 ...
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Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Lily Percy

Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Lily Percy

, by Sara Grisewood
LILY PERCY 1918-1949 One of the youngest of at least eight children, Lily Florence Goodwin was born to William and Alice in 1918 in Stanleytown, Pontypridd in Wales. Her father and two working age bro...
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Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Edith Thompsett

Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Edith Thompsett

, by Sara Grisewood
Edith Thompsett Refreshment Room Assistant at Reigate Station. Edith’s parents Albert and Henrietta Thompsett/Tompsett had the King’s Arms pub on Seaside Road, Eastbourne. An impressive Victorian ...
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Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Jessie Wicks

Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Jessie Wicks

, by Sara Grisewood
Daughter-in-law of Henry Wicks. Jessie campaigned for a topiary tree in memory of Henry the railway guard killed by a goods train derailment near Chilworth in 1892. Henry was born in Reading in 1839. ...
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Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Sir Myles Fenton

Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Sir Myles Fenton

, by Sharon Gray
SIR MYLES FENTON 1830-1918 OFFICE BOY & GENERAL MANAGER Born in the Lake District town of Kendal in 1830. His mother Elizabeth was a postmistress. Myles began his career, aged 15, on the Kendal an...
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Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Emma Harris

Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Emma Harris

, by Sharon Gray
EMMA HARRIS 1855-1933 MILK TRAIN DAIRY FARMER The Roser family dairy farm was in Dry Hill, Tonbridge. It was run by Thomas and his third wife Hester. Daughter Emma was born in 1855, one of four surviv...
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