Station Name: BRUNSWICK
[Source:
Paul Wright]
The
site of Brunswick Station in June 2006 taken from the same viewpoint
as the picture above. Note the gatepost on the left which is visible
in both pictures.
Photo by Paul Wright 'The clerks at Brunswick Station pose for a photograph circa 1920 when the station was a busy goods facility. Fourth from the left on the back row is Clerk P V Colley who worked at Brunswick Goods station for 43 years'.
Photo by W Breen with permission of H ColleyDuring
the months of June, July and September 1911 the City of Liverpool
was rocked by a General Transport Strike which spiraled into major
cavil unrest. The situation deteriorated to such a degree that troops
and a gunboat had to be sent to the city. In this picture Soldiers
of the 2nd Warwickshire Regiment disembark at Brunswick CLC Station
which was at that time a major goods facility. It is likely that the
CLC's main Liverpool Station, Liverpool Central would have been besieged
by striking railway workers and their sympathisers. This was perhaps
the first time since 1874 that the station had been used by passenger
trains.
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