Author Topic: Norton railway station (Read 6382 times)

cyndy · « **on:** Monday 20 October 08 20:13 BST (UK) »

My grandfather worked for the railway ,GNWR, I think ,and lived in the station house at NORTON between 1937-1957. The old station house is now privately owned but could any tell me how I can find out when the station house was built?
Thanks Cyndy

meles · « **Reply #1 on:** Monday 20 October 08 20:29 BST (UK) »

Here you go!

http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/n/norton/index.shtml

meles

cyndy · « **Reply #2 on:** Monday 20 October 08 20:52 BST (UK) »

Fantastic!! Thanks so much. I was at Norton Station House last week on a trip down memory lane with my cousins. We were able to photograph the outside of the house and have since made contact with the friendly owner.
I spent many very happy holidays there with my grandparents until they moved up to Halton village. My uncle worked in Norton signal box and I was allowed to help pull the levers that worked the signals!Grandad was a ganger on that stretch of the line.
It was sad to see the platform had gone but the pump was still in the garden.The house from the outside is little changed which was great to see.
thanks again.
cyndy

meles · « **Reply #3 on:** Monday 20 October 08 20:56 BST (UK) »

My pleasure!

meles

archives 1 · « **Reply #4 on:** Monday 02 January 12 16:24 GMT (UK) »

Was your grandfather's name 'Greenwood' by any chance?

cyndy · « **Reply #5 on:** Monday 02 January 12 18:42 GMT (UK) »

Hi just picked up your message while holidaying in sunny Madeira.

My grandfather´s name was James [Jim]Bate.I don´t know if this helps with your research. I have an uncle still alive who was a signalman at Norton for some years who might know the name Greenwood if you would like me to ask .
Cyndy

archives 1 · « **Reply #6 on:** Monday 02 January 12 20:12 GMT (UK) »

Enjoy your vacation Cindy.

Norton Railway Station..there was a family living in the 'station house' at Norton Railway Station..Mr and Mrs Greenwood, daughter ^(*). Mrs Greenwood nursed alongside my late mother,Sister Beb Savage at Crossley Sanatorium East for some years.^(*) eventually entered the nursing profession too,qualifying as SRN.

I come from a well known Frodsham family:- dad ^(*)was conscripted to RockSavage ICI plant in WW11 to assist in the manufacture of chlorine.

The name Bates is a really old Cheshire surname.

I remember the railway embankments being a beautiful swathe of primroses in the 1950s..

Looking forward to seeing how this thread unfolds.

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cyndy · « **Reply #7 on:** Friday 06 January 12 20:29 GMT (UK) »

Hi again, holiday over back to chilly England.
As promised I`ve just spoken to my uncle,^(*), who still lives in Halton village. He tells me that he knew the Greenwood family but they lived in Halton Station House not Norton which is at the other end of the tunnel.He also remembers the primroses,
^(*) was Stationmaster and Goods Agent at Halton but did carry out some duties at Norton so my uncle remembers meeting him. If he is still alive ^(*) would be 90ish. My uncle also remembers Mrs. Greenwood and ^(*) being nurses.My uncle thinks that the Greenwoods moved to Ellesmere Port.
Now when you mentioned your Savage connections and ICI it rang a bell with me. Another uncle ^(*) worked at ICI for many years but developed breathing problems due to exposure to chemicals.My uncle ^(*) remembers a Savage who lived in Halton and thinks he was in the building trade.
My BATE[not BATES] family lived in Rows Cottages, Halton in1881, then at Halton Brow before moving down to Norton Station where my grandparents lived until the station closed in 1952. They then returned to Halton where my uncle still lives.
Hope this info is of interest to you,not sure if it will help much with your family history research but every discovery adds colour to the picture.
Cyndy

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archives 1 · « **Reply #8 on:** Friday 06 January 12 23:36 GMT (UK) »

Oh WOW!!

so did my dad..
^(*), worked in the cell rooms at RockSavage..he too fell foul of chlorine leaks resulting in chronic respiratory problems. Often sent to the medical centre as a result of chlorine inhalations.
Together with
^(*) & others,they worked the same shift pattern,would all meet up at the bottom of Fluin Lane/High Street,then on to Rocksavage.
Dad had a brother,
^(*) who lived on Main Street,Halton.
^(*)worked at the Tannery in Runcorn, he may have been a builder,I am not all that sure.
^(*).
More jig saw pieces,Cyndy?
Bates is such an olde Cheshire name..

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