PhilJ W
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A small point, the pavement did not continue along the side of the building but merged into the road surface without any kerbstones. It may have done so prior to the 1960,s but by the mid 60's there was no pavement. By about 1980 the steps had been removed and the doorways bricked up. This would have been when the interior was re-furbished and the ticket office and W H Smiths swapped sides.
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3 minutes ago, Les Bird said:
While it's true that the rearmost seat was for two, it was wider than the others, presumably to avoid an awkward gap between the set and the stairs
In actual fact it was a standard size seat, that and the one in front were moved a little towards the centre of the bus to make way for the route blind box above the platform.
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I notice that EFE have added an extra seat upstairs at the rear. The rearmost seat at the rear upstairs only sat two. IIRC there was also a small armrest for the passenger seated on the right.
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I was born in Romford and lived there for the first 36 years of my life and from 1964 within a stones throw of the station. As I recall the steps on the down side of the station building had been removed by the early 70's and the openings either bricked up or converted to windows. There used to be a few coal offices in South Street fronting the goods yard. Moy' s had a large double fronted one resembling a 1930's bungalow, as I recall part of which became a sweet shop towards the end of its existence. Another feature of the goods yard was the ex GER coach body used as a bothy.
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The Only Way Is Romford (Part 5)
in The Only Way Is Romford
A blog by gazzaday in RMweb Blogs
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There used to be an alleyway between the pub and Alfred Marks that led to Victoria Road. There was a model shop (alas long gone) where the alleyway emerged into Victoria Road. It went through a couple of name changes during its existence but at one time was Victoria Models.