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BURNHAM ON SEA

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    • burnham_05.jpg (54741 bytes) Where it all began back in 1858 - the link to Wales and beyond. S&D rails used to run down this jetty to allow transfer from ship to train. The Burnham Life Boat also shared the same tracks. May 2002. Pic © Chris Nevard
    burnham_02.jpg (73744 bytes) Site of Burnham on Sea station, tarmac is now where rails used to be . The yellow building in the distance used to house the life boat, it features in many old photographs. In latter years this building was used as a scout hut. May 2002. Pic © Chris Nevard  
    burnham_01.jpg (84932 bytes) A closer view of the life boat house, the station trainshed was immediately to the left. May 2002. Pic © Chris Nevard
    burnham_03.jpg (91462 bytes) A link with the past, remembering the railway . . . . May 2002. Pic © Chris Nevard
    burnham_04.jpg (68942 bytes) An S&D locomotive still oversees the site of the station. This pub features in the 1963 BBC documentary "Branchline Railway" narrated and written by Sir John Betjeman. May 2002. Pic © Chris Nevard