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The Railway Heritage of Bletchley
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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 The adverts had been replaced by pages of car dealer's adverts and sales.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. |
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| Day | Date | Destination | Cost | Departure and return times |
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Sunday
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9th January
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Coventry
Northampton |
6/6
3/- |
10.40am - 9.20pm
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Thursday
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20th January
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Aladdin on ice at the Empire Pool
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Train costs 4/3
Show costs 3/6 - 4/1 - 6/- |
5.53pm - 11.58pm
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Sunday
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30th January
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Birmingham
Rugby |
8/6
5/- |
10.50am - 10.10pm
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Saturday
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5th March
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Grand National
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53/3 1st class
31/9 3rd class |
7.43am - 10.45pm
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Easter Sunday
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10th April
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Brighton
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12/6
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9.48am - 10.45pm
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Easter Monday
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11th April
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Southend on Sea
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14/3
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7.55am - 11.36pm
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Whit Sunday
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29th May
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Heacham & Hunstanton
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12/9
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9.30am - 10.32pm
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Whit Monday
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30th May
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Lemington Spa
Stratford Upon Avon |
5/9
7/6 |
11.32am - 10.42pm
11.30am - 11.11pm |
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Sunday
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5th June
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Herne Bay
Margate |
13/3
16/9 |
9.45am - 11.57pm
9.45am - 11.57pm |
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Sunday
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5th June
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Portsmouth Harbour with tour of the Isle of Wight
Portsmouth Only |
22/9
13/9 |
9.20am - 11.17pm
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Sunday
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26th June
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Bognor Regis
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13/9
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9.45am - 10.41pm
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Sunday
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31st July
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Folkstone
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15/3
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10.25am - 11.06pm
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Thursday
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4th August
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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
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| 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 |