LIKE most people of my generation, the strongest memories of the old Bolton station are waiting for the train to take us to Blackpool — steam-hauled, of course.
I spent many happy hours as a kid trainspotting there, the highlight being the morning Glassie — the Manchester to Glasgow express — usually hauled by a Royal Scot or Britannia.
It's nice we're getting trains to Scotland back in May!
My funniest memory of the station was when I took up the slightly obscure hobby of collecting railway tickets.
One day I got a very rare one and going off the station I asked the rather grumpy ticket collector if I could keep my prize "as I collected railway tickets".
"So do I" was the reply, and he took it off me.
I think it was an unusual LMS ticket from Westhoughton.
Prof Paul Salveson
Harpers Lane
Bolton
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