Northampton Mercury - notes relating to archived editions dated 1838.
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Notes relating to archived editions of the Northampton Mercury dated 1838 Includes: Correspondence commending Blisworth as a site for a station. Account of meetings at Aylesbury and Banbury. Report of LBR railway open as far as Tring, bad weather delayed opening to Rugby and Denbigh Hall and coaches contracted to convey passengers. Successful outcomes, passenger traffic exceeded expectations, trains on time, contracts arranged for goods carriage, negotiations for post conveyance, assent for station at Weedon. Report on Mr. Stephenson’s Report, Tring, Leighton Buzzard, Stoke Hammond, Bletchley,Wolverton, Castlethorpe, Blisworth and Kilsby tunnel contracts. An account of the railway opening to Denbigh Hall, Doctors report on the health benefits of rail travel over coach travel. Reports of meetings at Blisworth, Towcester and Northampton about a Blisworth station. Mercury’s scornful editorial, in reply to an article regarding the Herald being victimised for not supporting the railway in its earlier editions. Descriptions of trains, uniforms and the staff. Article on the Kilsby tunnel completion ceremony. LBR half-yearly meeting and Aylesbury Railway Company general meeting outlining issues. Advertisements for fares and timetables and sale of land at Roade. Poem, satirical description and statistics on opening of completed Birmingham to London line. Essay on railways non-accountability to the public.Report on fatal railway accident at Wolverton.
Creator
Stantonbury Campus Drama Group.
Extent
12 typed pages
Reference number
ALC/020/010
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