I went to Spalding Railway Station three times in a week. I thought three things.
- The building is Victorian and the lavatory cubicles in the ladies’ waiting room used to be very roomy – big enough to get your Victorian dress into, and turn round. My great, great grandmother had a sister who lived in Pinchbeck for some of her time. In mid-life she nipped off to live in Derby ‘in sin’, with a carpenter who was born in Crowland. I always wonder if they ran away by train from Spalding Station or flitted off with a horse and cart.
- The flowers outside the station are lovely and thanks should go to the Friends of the Station.
- From the platform I could see houses with brick decoration incorporated into them. I’ve said it before, it takes a bit more time to put brick decoration into a wall, but it lasts for the life of the building.
The new government is in a rush to put up lots of houses. I hope architects and developers and parish councils and planning committees pay some heed to the look of buildings. We have to look at them for a long time.
Frances Richardson
Surfleet
