GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Birmingham Snow Hill Station: gwrbsh1178

View of Platform 7 which is inundated with holiday makers waiting for the 'Cornishman' on the first day of Birmingham's holiday fortnight on 24th July 1954. The escape to the seaside was a luxury to the average British worker and was much needed after the austere period during and after the Second World War. The final legacy of the World, the rationing of food in Britain, had ended at mid-night on 4th July when the restrictions on the sale and purchase of meat and bacon were finally lifted.

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