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| Great Britain - 150th Anniversary of Public Railways 1975 |
This issue came about partly as a result of interest amongst
philatelists and railway enthusiasts for a set of stamps featuring
trains.
The village where I live is c5 miles from Stockton and 13 from Darlington. Yarm is the town three miles away which has this plaque on the Town Hall.
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| Pioneers of the first public railway |
The meeting to establish the first railway, the Stockton & Darlington Railway, was held at the Union Arms in Yarm.
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| Commemorative plaque - Union Arms, Yarm |
For others' selections this week check out Sunday-stamps-81 where I know you will find some newly issued Olympic stamps.
10 comments:
Had their meeting in a beer garden eh?
Thank you for posting this,my 6 yr old son enjoy looking at all this pretty stamps. :)
- Willa @ Postage Journal
Great idea to link the stamps to your local history.
I've found the explanation to the 'don't deliver on Sundays' and have put a link on my blog post :)
I could have sworn I had the Stephenson's Locomotion PHQs but I was wrong. It was the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
My, how the train designs have changed!
Nice local content this week.
Trains are always a good topic for stamps I think. Thanks for participating!
Whenever I hear Stockton Darlington I'm back doing O level history.
A whole history lesson on a wall, fascinating. I saw a castle class loco recently, looked to be specialising in lots of black smoke.
The oldest train doesn't even look like a train.
I always liked trains. I think it's a childhood reminiscences. I grew up near to a railway and I liked to imagine where they go all those trains. Wonderful series.
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