Broad Street Wrington ARCHIVE
The last days of the Coalyard -
now Old Station Close


 The coalyard of Wrington station, now built over as Old Station Close, finally closed in 1990.

The images on these pages are stills taken from video footage shot on the morning of 17th April that year, just days before the closure.

 

 

 The office, with the weighbridge platform outside, stood just past the fork
off the entrance to The Glebe. To the right again are the hoppers from which
coal was bagged up

 

Once upon a time, the hoppers would have been filled from rail wagons, then
from lorries, but in these final days, the small amounts needed were provided
by slitting open pre-packs into a JCB, which would then transfer the coal into the
hoppers from which other bags could be filled !

 
 
 

 

 
 

 

From the virtually empty stacks, the houses surrounding appear over the fence 

 

  

 

 
   

   

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