Bollington Station Gallery 1: 1909 - Mid-1960s

The waiting shelter on the down platform at Bollington station in 1909. Joe Barlow, pictured centre, with buttonhole, and to his right his cousin Bill Biddulph, are at the start of their journey from Bollington to Winnipeg in Canada. They were part of an exodus from Edwardian Bollington to Canada and Australia. They left behind poor wages and prospects in the cotton mills of Bollington.
Photo from the Bollington Photo Archive


Bollington station looking south before September 1910.
Copyright photo from John Alsop collection


Horse-drawn wagon in Bollington goods yard in 1911.
Photo from the Bollington Photo Archive


Bollington station down platform looking north from a southbound train in April 1954. A North Staffordshire Railway running-in board is seen but it would soon be replaced with a BR(LMR) vitreous enamel version.
Copyright photo by H C Casserley


A Park Royal DMU is seen arriving at Bollington en route to Manchester in the mid 1960s.
Photo from the Bollington Photo Archive


Bollington station looking south in the 1960s after the closure and demolition of the goods facilities.
Photo by Ian Smith from the Bollington Photo Archive


Bollington station looking north from the south end of the down platform in May 1965.
Photo by Ben Brooksbank