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Nice station too.
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For many years Robert Humm's transport bookshop was located in the railway station at Stamford. Whenever I was heading north from London, I would try to stop off there and explore a bit of the town too. A few years ago Robert Humm relocated to his current premises, but I've not yet managed to get there. Today's post may inspire me to go again.
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Stamford was England's first Conservation Area following their introduction in 1967, which also helps account for its continuing historic integrity.
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I thought I could remember queueing in traffic in Stamford on the A1. I see that it was bypassed in 1960, so if the memory is genuine, it must have been in Sarah, our 1938 Lanchester. Either that, or I am confusing it with Grantham or Newark.
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Wow! Must visit. Thank you.
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A search on YouTube will bring up architectural historian Alec Clifton-Taylor's 1978 BBC documentary on Stamford - part of the first series of 'Six English Towns'. Well worth watching.
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What a fantastic looking library!
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Hourly trains from Peterborough/Leicester.
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Utterly gorgeous. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
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Stamford used to have a steam brewery museum, but it now seems to be a working brewery again.
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But I bet their ha-ha isn't on Ha-Ha road, as ours is in Woolwich.
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Thank you for sending me down the rabbit hole that is this lovely town, DG.
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Must say for less than perfectly framed photos yours are Jolly good. Know someone who's lived there a good few decades, that's not that interesting. Haven't visited the town myself to see Adam's home but been on cycle tours in groups with the chap, Bucharest and Danube delta, Negev desert, Belgium. Like you say, anyone who's watched ANY period telly is ersatzly familiar with the place.
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