Dunstable Town Station
by Martin Howard
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Title
Dunstable Town Station
Artist
Martin Howard
Medium
Painting - Watercolour
Description
Once upon a time, the Bedfordshire town, Dunstable, had not one but two railway stations. The largest and busiest of the two was Dunstable North, from which double track lead out of Dunstable to Leighton Buzzard via Stanbridgeford. The smaller station seen here had originally been named Dunstable Church Street, but was renamed Dunstable Town in 1927. This station had just a single track to Luton and beyond. The railway was in existence for well over a hundred years. This was the station closest to where I lived, but it was closed and quickly demolished when I was just a few years old. I can vaguely remember various details of the station and adjoining goods yard. The only photographs which I have seen of the station are black and white so it felt very important for me to try to bring it back to life in colour. As I painted this scene, I realised that not just the station, but everything in the picture had been demolished or burnt down in the last fifty years. The last part to disappear was the railway line, only to be replaced by a concrete busway. So today this view of post-war Dunstable is totally unrecognisable, but hopefully it will not be forgotten.
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