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…The years following the end of the Great War 1914-1918 were ‘high summer’ for many railways. The 1921 Railways Act amalgamating the companies into the Big Four in 1923 continued the progress up to the Summer of 1939. With post-war rapid growth of car ownership and road freight, rationalisation gathered pace. The wholesale line closures of the 1950s-1960s resulted in one-time humble railway tickets becoming lasting iconic mementos of a lost age and lifestyle.
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY
1923-1948
London Bridge – Tattenham CornerWoodmansterne, Chipstead, Kingswood, Tadworth, Tattenham Corner.
3rd Class Single H.M. Forces on Leave. Srl.No. 0875 Issued/Dated 15 AG 1941
The line from Purley as far as Kingswood opened in 1897 as the Chipstead Valley Railway. The line was extended from Kingswood to its current terminus at Tattenham Cornerin 1901 in order to catch the racegoing traffic at Epsom Downs.
Grim ticket date association: Friday 15th August 1941 was the occasion of the last execution carried out at the Tower of London –
Josef Jacobs, German spy (executed by firing squad).————————————————Excellent Clean Uncreased Condition
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