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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington
Chilvers Coton Station: lnwcc3286
An example of Chilvers Coton award winning garden, in this
instance what appears to be the royal Coat of Arms. This was planted as part of
the celebrations for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II which occured on 2nd
June 1953. Peter Lee writes on the
Nuneaton History website, 'the Chilvers Coton Station's
flower beds were renowned for being beautifully kept and this shows the display
in Coronation year. The staff had great pride in their garden until one day a
railway official turned up on an inspection and enquired who was attending to
these beds. When he found out he cut the number of staff at Coton station on
the basis that they had too much time on their hands!'
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