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Saturday 28 February 2015

Great Northern Railway good termini

The good terminus for Bradford was City Rd and
my favourite train spotting place as a lad
 
 
The track in the centre of the picture is the dog
track where every Saturday and Wed evening
the workers of this part of the city could indulge
the wish for a little flutter
 
 
The view above shows Princeville
primary school, which was a very
nicely laid out school for the period.
The city road approach line can be
 seen crossing the centre of the
picture, The bridge was an access
bridge to the dog track and we often
 climbed over the gate to take a
shortcut through to Listerhills.
As a teacher in latter years of
my life I know Bradford to have
been a leader in many educational
matters. The system certainly served
this working class boy well.


 
Halifax North Bridge station, the good yard was
on the other side of North Bridge where the line
ran to link with the L&Y

 
You can see the goods shed through he bridge in
picture

 
 
here a better view from the southern side of North
Bridge showing the GNR goods yard and the link
viaduct to the L&Y line
 
Many thanks to Malcolm Bull for some of these views
 

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