Rugby. Railway Station, awaiting arrival of Edward VII

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Date:1909

Description:Rugby. Railway station platform. Guardians & representatives of the town awaiting the arrival of Edward VII for the opening of the Temple Speech room, 3rd July 1908. Top row left-right: F.E. Hands, H.V. Wait, J.B. McDonald, William Clare Musgrave, J.M. Squires, W.J. Peddell, W.W. Webster, T. Spencer, T. Faulkner, Warren Hawkesley. Middle row left-right : G.W. Walton, J.W. Kenning, George Eaton, J.T. Fleet, Theo Foxon, J.W. Willard, Mrs Hadow, E.F. Hadow, Rev. J.H. Lees,
Rev. J. Linley, E.F. Barnwell, T.G. Hough, Ammon Bird, A. Almond, Ensign Skinner. Bottom row left-right: C.F. Savage, Miss Alice McClure, J. Butcher, Richard Walker, A.G. Salter, T. Johnson, H. Lupton Reddish, J.W. Pendred, E.E. Crowhurst, Charles T. Tew, A. Daynes, Mr Sowerbutts, J.C. Harrison, Samuel Underwood, Frederick Stimpson, W.E. Robotham. 1909


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1860s
Rugby.  Railway Station, entrance
Rugby. Railway Station, entrance

Old railway station front at Rugby. 1860

1890s
Rugby.  Railway Station
Rugby. Railway Station

One of the first trains leaving Rugby Central station, which was opened in 1899.

1910s
Rugby.  Howitzer Battery at the G.C.R Railway Station
Rugby. Howitzer Battery at the G.C.R Railway Station

"Howitzer Battery" at the G.C.R. Station, Rugby. August 11th 1914

1940s
Rugby.  Railway Station, free canteen for the forces
Rugby. Railway Station, free canteen for the forces

The Mayor Alderman R.H. Myers accompanied by Miss D. Myers serves the 100,000th ...

1960s
Rugby.  Midland Railway Station
Rugby. Midland Railway Station

Steam train, engine no. 45448 heads a freight train out of the sidings at Rugby ...

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