sb67 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Does anyone remember a British Rail, for want of a better word, junk shop near Euston station that sold anything and everything. I believe it was in Eversholt St and has long since gone. I just wondered if anyone else knew it and what happened to it? I remember going there as a kid and wanting to but all sorts of stuff! cheers Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted July 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 26, 2016 It was called 'Collectors Corner' and you could get all sorts of things there. I'm assumign it went at privatisation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted July 26, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 26, 2016 It was called 'Collectors Corner' and you could get all sorts of things there. I'm assumign it went at privatisation. I believe it did manage to survive for quite some time after BR had ceased to exist, but was eventually forced out of its Euston home by Railtrack to make way for more profitable tenants and IIRC ended up trading in York for its last few months of existence. Its demise was in reality not unexpected - the whole reason it was set up in the first place was to flog off things BR didn't want for a bit of cash. Once the various bits of BR had sold off, disposal of redundant equipment became similarly fragmented with each new owner disposing if such material themselves (be it to landfill, recycling or donation). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted July 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 26, 2016 It also had a branch at Carnforth. I bought an Ulverston running-in board there and they kindly arranged to transport it down to Eversholt St for me to collect there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Accord Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 I visited the York shop in the Autumn of 1998, however I don't think it lasted much longer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 the whole reason it was set up in the first place was to flog off things BR didn't want for a bit of cash. I once inquired about the APT's BR didn't want, said I could have em if I could get them through the door. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrel Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 I remember them selling class 50 nameplates for £4000 at the same time as MC Metals were buying the whole loco for £3000 scrap value. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I was in the York shop in the early 1980s buying a block instrument from a very poor selection and a couple of BR stores blokes came in with 2 wheelbarrows full of LNER instruments! I Hurriedly put back the wooden BR standard instrument I'd chosen and waited patiently for the contents of the barrows to arrive on the shelf! Happy days.. JF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil gollin Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 . I got a couple of Network South East driver training videos of South London routes - boring, but showed things not normally visible. I'd like a few more, but they all seem to have been junked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 Collectors Corner! It's all coming back to me now. RM web comes up trumps again. Thanks for that guys! Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted July 27, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2016 I've got one of their catalogues somewhere from the Euston one somewhere, nostalgia at its best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Does anyone rember the address? Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dan Randall Posted July 27, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27, 2016 Does anyone rember the address? Stewart Cardington Street rings a bell and if I recall correctly, there was a "Cardington" totem hanging up in the office. I bought my first ever totem there (Avonmouth Dock, still got it too), in about 1978 for £13.50. That may seem cheap now, but my take home pay was only £20 a week! I also remember there being several "Western" nameplates for sale at about £500 a time, but that was way out of my price range. With hindsight, I wish I'd borrowed the money off my dad and bought one! Regards Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I still use my ReS (RailExpressSystems) brolly built like a battle ship! I think it was about twenty quid at the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted July 27, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2016 I remember Cardington St, it was a former LNWR stables block loft I think. Back in the 1970s you could pick up carriage side elevation drawings & diesel loco weight diagrams for 25p each or so, plus other stuff. i still have some tucked away. There was a lot of tat. I have a BR rule book etc. Happy days? Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Martino Posted July 28, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 28, 2016 Back in the mid 60s I sent a letter to Swindon with a ten shilling postal order asking for a real 'engine drivers cap'. They sent me back a grease top cap complete with BR (W) enamel badge. I've still got it. Doesn't fit my big head now though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Miles Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 I used to arrange meetings in London for the morning so at lunch time I could go for a curry in Drummond Street (just west of Euston) and then visit collector's corner. Happy days. Another jaunt used to be on the train to Carsholton Beeches to get photographs from Lens of Sutton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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