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Edinburgh Railways in the 1950s
Woodmuir Junction Signal Box |
Woodmuir Junction Signal Box
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Reproduced by
courtesy of
Archie
Foley
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Woodmuir Junction Signal Box |
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Here are six railway workers on the steps of Woodmuir Junction Signal Box
in West Lothian. Please click here to see another photograph of
Woodmuir Junction |
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Question |
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Do you recognise any of the men on the signal box
steps? |
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Answer 1 |
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Two men identified
© Thank you to
Alec Dingwall, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland, who wrote:
"My
dad knows two of the men in this picture. The grey-haired man sitting on
the banister is Pat McGourty (signalman), from Fauldhouse. And the chap in
front of the doorway (no hat) is Alec Dingwall (my grandfather) who lived
in Breich.
Some of the others are
familiar, but my dad (John) will make further enquiries."
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"My Grandad is also seen
holding a shunting pole in front of NCB-13."
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Alec Dingwall,
Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland: January 21, 2007 |
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Alec added:
"My grandad joined the
railway as a boy of 16 and retired at 70.
He
was Station Master during the war. The Germans even tried to bomb the
station, after a raid on the Forth Estuary. His last post was
signalman at West Calder.
My dad was born in the
station house at Breich. He started as a booking clerk at West Calder and
went on to bigger and better things. He retired from Scotrail after 40
years' service, just in time to escape privatisation." Alec Dingwall,
Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland: February 1, 2007 |
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Answer
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Third man identified
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Thank you to Linda Kiddell (nee Kearney) now living in Norwich who has
identified a third man in this photo.
Linda left this message in the EdinPhoto guest book.
"Hi. The man in the middle of
the picture, with his hat on the back of his head, is my dad, Bobby
Kearney. He
was a fireman.
We
lived at Longstone near Slateford. Sadly, my dad died 24yrs ago.
it was a nice surprise to come across his photo on your site."
Linda, Kiddell
(nee Kearney), Norwich, Norfolk, England: February 1, 2007 |
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Answer 3 |
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Fourth man identified
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Thank you to Bill Ramsay, Elkhart, Indiana, USA for identifying a
fourth man in this photo.
Bill wrote:
"I believe that Johnny McGlinchey
is at the extreme left of the photo. He was an avid golfer and
taught me the game at Greenburn in the 1950`s."
Bill Ramsay,
Erkhart, Indiana: January 2, 2008 |
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The Photographer |
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This is one of
several photos taken by this photographer. He
appears to have been a keen photographer and a railway worker
in the 1950s. I believe that this is a photograph of
him.
Do you recognise him?
If you know who this is, please
email me. Thank you. |
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