House in Brighton Road in South Lancing reveals it's railway carriage secret

BACK TO TIME IT WAS PAGE

I took a phone call from my namesake Andy on the evening of 8th November 2006. Andy who lives along Brighton Road in South Lancing had been driving along the A259 towards Shoreham by Sea that day and had seen, well, railway carriages sitting proud against the sky. Wooden railway carriages. Andy asked if I might be interested to pop along and get some photos.

That next day Andy collected me by car and took me along to see the carriages.

Demolition of a building site was well under way and had unearthed two carriages around which a dwelling house had been built.

We took the photos and marvelled at the size and construction of the carriages and tried not to get too upset about their demise. I did hear that the carriages had been offered to a railway preservation group but that nothing had been able to be agreed.

End of the line then for these rather lovely "relics"

A big "thank you" to Andy for contacting me about this and for providing me with transport down to and back from the site!

We were not the only visitors to the site on the day and one visitor was Ray Hamblett webmaster at the well known Lancing Village Nature and History website

Click here to see Ray's photo article on the carriages

and

Click here to visit the Lancing Village Nature and History website


Proud on the A259 in South Lancing	A closer views show how remarkably well preserved the carriages were

Unfortunately no more "cuppas" will be drunk in here	These are clearly railway carriages when seen from this angle

How on of the carriages had been turned into a dwelling house	First class in every way

Here you can see how the carriages had been integrated into a dwelling house with an outer "skin" and modern windows	Standing down there and seeing this inevitably leads you to think about who travelled on the carriages all those years ago and what became of them

just arrived from another browser? click here to go to main pages