Thanks very much David. Any information I can gather about the area helps to make a clearer picture of Grandfather Sams life. I have also found some photos of older buildings in the area through some of the links sent earlier. Some of the resourses are wonderful for people like me who live so far away. Kind regards, Nan On 22 August 2011 01:35, David Mills <david.mills001@googlemail.com> wrote: > Re Murrow...Have had this reply from my cousin: > > > i have conferred with a friend, a little older than me, today and she was > not aware of any railway properties on front rd, but there are 4 terraced > houses on long drove up near the signal box that were railway cottages, now > privately owned > > the marshalling yards did exist, they loaded animals and strawberries etc > there, they were alongside the line which ran wisbech to peterborough. > there may have been another along the other line because there is still a > train type shed there > > I am sure I remember something about the marshalling yards being among the > largest in England. > > Knowing my cousin there may be a sudden message with more info if it is > available. > > David > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >