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Items added on 8th December 2016                                                                                         Those added most recently come first.

8/12/2016

 
Galls Shop, St Erth
Steve Martin (Auckland) 
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I hope 2016 has been a great year for you all.. I've certainly enjoyed regular visits to the CRS website. I'm wondering if you wouldn't mind posting this image and query on the CRS website. This rather blurred photo is a publicly available on the net so I think it is fine to share it on the site. It's the only photo I've seen of Harry Galls shop which was located for many years opposite the entrance to the goods yard at St Erth. As far as I can ascertain it was still there in the 1950's and possibly the building was intact in the early sixties. An aerial photo of this area from 1969 shows it and the cottage behind it had been removed. I'm hoping that some of your readers might be able to shed some more light on the story of the store. If anyone has any images of it and the cottage that stood behind it that they want to share they would be gold to me. I'm going to model these building as accurately as limited information allows me on my 2mm Finescale St Erth model. Thank you in advance for your help Kind Regards Steve FURTHER INFO :- It appears that the shop was not Harry Gall's, but actually run by James Henry John Gall son of James Henry Gall. It appears that JHJ Gall died in 1961
Axminster Gates Crossing 2
John Cornelius

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Axminster gates crossing is situated at the bottom of castle hill about a quarter of a mile east from Axminster station.The area east of there has been developed over the years with housing. When the line was double track, Axminster gates box controlled the the crossing,but when the line was singled it was closed and remained as a refuge for staff when the barriers were on local control,of course all equipment was removed. When the new loop was put in through Axminster a few years ago the old box was demolished with the modernisation at the crossing. Copyright John Cornelius

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