LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham

Harvington Station: mrhv576a

Close up of image 'mrhv576' showing greater detail of the platform and the various vehicles stabled in the goods siding. The lady is standing at the only entrance to the station which was gained via the approach road seen in image 'mrhv569a'. To her left, and very unusual being located in such a prominent position, is the Gentlemen's urinals as indicated by the sign post above the ladies head. To her right is a porter's trolley is loaded with crates and small barrels indicating they are containing agricultural produce for dispatch by passenger train. The lady sitting on one of the station's standard MR benches has a baby in a perambulator (better known today as a pram). There appears to be two cattle wagons at the end of a rake of vans, their white sides being bleached brought about by the use of lime wash used as a disinfectant after each use. The vans were probably being used to transport fruit from the Vale of Evesham to towns and cities through the country.

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