The Railway Heritage of Bletchley

Countrywide train travel from Bletchley was advertised every week throughout the 1950's in the local paper The Bletchley Gazette. The information shown here is from the year 1955. The chart below shows, the day and the date, the destinations available, the costs, and the departure and return times.

The cost of travel was quite expensive in relation to the average weekly wage, which was £9 for a man and £5 for a woman. You could buy a terraced house with an outside toilet for £850 or a detatched house for around £2500.

By the mid 1960's the advertisements in the Gazette had virtually finished with only the Grand National and Christmas destinations being retained.

The adverts had been replaced by pages of car dealer's adverts and sales. People had started to buy cars in greater numbers.




Day Date Destination Cost Departure and return times
Sunday
9th January
Coventry

Northampton

6/6

3/-

10.40am - 9.20pm
Thursday
20th January
Aladdin on ice at the Empire Pool
Train costs 4/3

Show costs 3/6 - 4/1 - 6/-

5.53pm - 11.58pm
Sunday
30th January
Birmingham

Rugby

8/6

5/-

10.50am - 10.10pm
Saturday
5th March
Grand National
53/3 1st class

31/9 3rd class

7.43am - 10.45pm
Easter Sunday
10th April
Brighton
12/6
9.48am - 10.45pm
Easter Monday
11th April
Southend on Sea
14/3
7.55am - 11.36pm
Whit Sunday
29th May
Heacham & Hunstanton
12/9
9.30am - 10.32pm
Whit Monday
30th May
Lemington Spa

Stratford Upon Avon

5/9

7/6

11.32am - 10.42pm

11.30am - 11.11pm

Sunday
5th June
Herne Bay

Margate

13/3

16/9

9.45am - 11.57pm

9.45am - 11.57pm

Sunday
5th June
Portsmouth Harbour with tour of the Isle of Wight

Portsmouth Only

22/9

13/9

9.20am - 11.17pm
Sunday
26th June
Bognor Regis
13/9
9.45am - 10.41pm
Sunday
31st July
Folkstone
15/3
10.25am - 11.06pm
Thursday
4th August
Rail trip to Windsor.

Then a coach trip to Eton, London Airport, Virginia Water, Fort Belverdere, Ascot and Windsor great park, then a river trip from Bells Weir back to Windsor.

19/3 adults

14/- children

9.30am - 10.45pm
Sunday 4th September Bournemouth

Felixstowe

18/-

14/6

9.30am - 12.56pm

9.30am - 10.10pm

Sunday 11th September Folkstone

Dover

Deal

15/3

16/-

16/9

9.30am - 12.20pm
Sunday 25th September Brighton 12/6 9.30am - 10.32pm
Saturday 8th October Blackpool Illuminations 24/- 11.23am - 5.56 sunday morning
Saturday 10th December FA Cup 2nd Round Bedford Town Vs Watford 2/9 12.29 - 6.00pm
Saturday 17th December Babes in the Wood on ice at the Empire Pool 4/9

show costs 4/6 - 6/-

11.45am - 6.53pm

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