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1930s
Wallington goods shed, with a third-rail electric train
approaching from Carshalton Beeches. The goods shed provided for
the loading and unloading of railway wagons in the dry, and,
stood where the station car park is now to be found.
From the Sutton Local Studies Collection |
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1932 (?)
In 1932 (?) an exhibition train, hauled by the Southern
Railway's Lord Nelson class No. 859 'Lord Hood', visited Sutton
and was placed in the goods yard adjacent to the station. Is
anyone able offer a definite date, and the purpose of the
exhibition? If you are able to assist, then please
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1932 (?)
Whatever the purpose of the exhibition (see picture above), the
cab of the engine was a huge attraction for visiting schoolboys!
From the Sutton Local Studies Collection |
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1935
This scene from the Benhill Avenue tram terminus in the
centre of Sutton
dates from
1935. The trolleybuses were about to commence running on
tram-replacement route 654, and are testing the new overhead
electrical equipment prior to the changeover.
From the Sutton Local Studies
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c. 1936
A railway 'races special' approaching Sutton on its way to Epsom
Downs is pictured around 1936. The Epsom Downs branch carried
huge numbers of race-goers on race days, and Derby Days often
saw its use by the Royal train.
From the Sutton Local Studies Collection |
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1936 - July
In July 1836 a 3-car suburban railway unit became derailed at
Cheam - is anyone able to provide any further information
relating to this incident for us? If so, then please do
CONTACT us.
From the Sutton Local Studies Collection |
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1936 - July
Another view of the accident shown above.
From the Sutton Local Studies Collection |
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1936 - July
A train from Bognor Regis approaches Cheam in July 1936 on its
way to Victoria station. These electric multiple units were
classed 4-COR units, but were affectionately known as 'Nelsons',
in acknowledgement of the single front driver's window.
From the Sutton Local Studies Collection |
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1937
- Autumn
The 156 bus route was
unusual in as much as it was circular, beginning and ending at
Morden Station to feed the tube station. Seen here at the
crossroads at the top of Sutton (well known as ‘The Cock’ after
the adjacent public house) in 1937, this bus was a Dennis Lance
built in 1930.
From the Sutton Local Studies
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1938
- Spring
An London Transport LT class ‘Scooter’ at
Cheam cross Roads. Even in 1938 this busy junction was
controlled by traffic lights.
From the Sutton Local Studies Collection |
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1938 - 1st June
A
London Transport STD class bus scurries along Belmont Rise on a
Derby Day special between Morden Station and the Epsom
racecourse. The
Sutton Bypass had opened ten years earlier, and is somewhat
busier today!
From the Sutton Local Studies Collection |
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1938
STL1009 turns in Cheam
Village behind a bull-nosed Morris car in the winter of 1938.
The advert on the side of the bus is for Hammond & Hussey, a
well known Croydon ironmonger and builders merchants.
From the Sutton Local Studies
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1938
STL966 in West Drive
Cheam on the lengthy Country Area route 403 between Tonbridge
and Leatherhead via Croydon. The route was run in two
overlapping sections: Chelsham to Leatherhead, and Tonbridge to
Wallington. Note the lack of a door, and what London Transport
famously described as the ‘draft-proof’ entrance! We have yet to
discover why the vehicle was in West Drive, which is away from
its normal line of route - possibly a publicity photograph?
From the Sutton Local Studies
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