Station Name: PADSTOW[Source: Martin James]
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This unusual view over Padstow station is from St Saviour's (full title The Mission Church of St Saviour's) Trevone. The original church dated from 1894 and was replaced by a new structure in 1958. This is a very early view prior to the appearance of the railway jetty so pre-1910. Four of the wagons on the quay appear to be private owner examples but the letters, albeit quite bold, cannot be interpreted. On certain of the others, the lettering ‘LSWR’ can just be made out under magnification. Two passenger coaches are stabled at the end of the platform road while further such vehicles, plus at least one brake, are berthed at the fish shed, left of centre. Passenger vehicles berthed at the fish shed was a feature for almost the entire life of the railway at Padstow. The fish shed as seen here was in its original 1900 as-built form. It was later extended. Other features clearly visible are the station building, platform and canopy plus the lamp room and the goods shed. The small stone building on the right is a toilet. The original turntable can also just be discerned to the left of the fish shed. Dennis Hill and its obelisk can be seen in the background while on the left is Little Petherick Creek bridge. The distance from Padstow station by rail to the bridge was ¾mile. The children in the foreground are fascinated by the camera and this may well have been the first time they had been subjected to one. Sadly, today a photographer aiming a camera directly at children would probably cause swarms of police and a dazzle of blue lights to appear.
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