tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post3456773337651528159..comments2023-11-05T10:59:37.824+00:00Comments on Ashton-under-Lyne.com Photo Blog: PlatformMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12729523557219015134noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-46951256721646333652008-10-08T20:36:00.000+01:002008-10-08T20:36:00.000+01:00Good grief - a lift on Charlestown! I don't rememb...Good grief - a lift on Charlestown! I don't remember there being any stairs to climb only a ramp.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-83691603215784434072008-10-08T12:31:00.000+01:002008-10-08T12:31:00.000+01:00hi all it needs now is john shouting ashton charle...hi all it needs now is john shouting ashton charlestown and it would be like old times againAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-75960206081499131222008-10-07T04:54:00.000+01:002008-10-07T04:54:00.000+01:00Back home it is difficult to find a station this p...Back home it is difficult to find a station this peaceful. It must thrill the mind so to be able to sit peacefully on a bench and wait for the train.Anil Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-51825508210156675202008-10-07T01:50:00.000+01:002008-10-07T01:50:00.000+01:00sorry .that should have read ,going to war ,i hate...sorry .that should have read ,going to war ,i hate not being able to get my message back to correct it ,spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898984538041391628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-32766640874132690322008-10-07T01:46:00.000+01:002008-10-07T01:46:00.000+01:00ha martin if only that railway station could talk...ha martin if only that railway station could talk. it would tell of all the men leaving ashton to go to was in france 1914.my dad was amongst them .all the wives and girlfriends went to see them off ,my mother sang a song before the train left ,theres a long long trail a.winding ,you could have heard a pin drop and there wasnt a dry eye there that day so im told ,my memories are of going to blackpool for the day from there ,spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898984538041391628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-52415030878513152012008-10-07T00:31:00.000+01:002008-10-07T00:31:00.000+01:00I remember this so well.On this platform I fell fo...I remember this so well.<BR/>On this platform I fell for Rachel.<BR/><BR/>When was the last day the Trans Pennine Train passed this way?<BR/><BR/>Me and me mates would catch it from time to time from Manchester Exchange station. The first stop would be Stalybridge, then we'd jump on a west bound train to Ashton.Ashtonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669236045514900658noreply@blogger.com