EPW023218 ENGLAND (1928). Gillingham Railway Station and Cattle Market, Gillingham, 1928

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Title [EPW023218] Gillingham Railway Station and Cattle Market, Gillingham, 1928
Reference EPW023218
Date September-1928
Link
Place name GILLINGHAM
Parish GILLINGHAM
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 381003, 126119
Longitude / Latitude -2.2709515868037, 51.033581080139
National Grid Reference ST810261

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Milk loading dock and vans for milk train to London [or could be returning empties]. Gillingham, Semley and Tisbury all had rail sidings where milk churns containing skimmed milk could be transported to the London market. Gillingham had two creameries at least; one in Station Road. In the 1930s specialised milk tankers were introduced and United Dairies had an unloading platform at Vauxhall station, where milk was piped to its bottling and distribution factory at 5 South Lambeth Road. Train may have originated at Yeovil Town and collected milk vans along the way. Some came from the Somerset & Dorset Railway's stations, via Templecombe

MB
Friday 12th of October 2018 06:07:21 PM

Maurice
Monday 20th of May 2013 09:26:25 PM
Horse and wagon

MB
Saturday 18th of May 2013 11:18:40 PM

MB
Saturday 18th of May 2013 11:17:44 PM

MB
Saturday 18th of May 2013 11:17:00 PM

Class31
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 09:46:06 AM

Class31
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 09:45:26 AM
Brickyard Lane

Class31
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 09:45:07 AM

User Comment Contributions

The Station forecourt 07/10/2012 on the day of the Warminster Vintage Bus Running Day.

Class31
Monday 2nd of December 2013 11:39:37 AM
View looking south over Gillingham Dorset railway station on the LSWR and SR main line from London Waterloo to Exeter and eventually Plymouth or Padstow. The brickfield behind the station is now an industrial estate.

Note the milk churns being loaded or unloaded.

Class31
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 09:54:52 AM
This the West end of the station, with the footbridge and the western part of the platforms in view. Unfortunately the interesting Engine Shed (73D) was to the East of the station.

John Russell
Saturday 30th of June 2012 07:49:02 PM
Gillingham Station

John Russell
Saturday 30th of June 2012 07:45:23 PM
An even clearer image of a LSWR station on the West of England main line at Gillingham Dorset.



This view is sharper than Axminster.

rog747
Thursday 28th of June 2012 11:09:45 PM