The Lost Station in Lake | 1000 Subscriber Special

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I accidentally came across your channel, just subbed!!👍👍👍

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You two come over as very natural which really enhances the quality of the content in my humble opinion. (I know Elenor isn't in this one but you know what I mean - send her my love!)

[@nicsawyer6407]

Excellent content, thanks for sharing it. 😊, Happy new year to you both. 🎉

[@WightWanderer]

Thank you! Happy new year to you aswell & many happy returns 🥳

[@jennyturner6399]

Thanks for sharing and congrats on reaching 1k subs. 🎄🌈🧶🍓💙

[@WightWanderer]

Thank you Jenny! 😊👍

[@tracieoliver2307]

Well done and thanks for sharing! I grew up on the Island and I never knew about the very old Lake station neither! but there you go we learn something every day! Merry Christmas

[@WightWanderer]

Merry Christmas to you too Tracie 😊👍

[@colinlifford7554]

Happy New Year to you both

[@WightWanderer]

Happy New Year to you aswell! 😊

[@truthteller99999]

My mate lives less than 100m from the current Lake station. You can see his house from the platform. Subscribed!

[@WightWanderer]

Thank you! Yes it is definitely a more convenient location than the first one 🙂👍

[@grahamratcliffe1945]

congratulations on reaching 1000. happy new year to you both.

[@WightWanderer]

Thank you! Happy new year to you aswell 🙂👍

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Happy New Year to you both. Really enjoying the video’s. Also, I cannot see any link in the description to Help Support the Channel - please advise 👍

[@WightWanderer]

Thank you! Happy New Year to you as well! ... and sorry I keep forgetting to put it in the discription 🙄 here it is below. app.collectionpot.com/pot/3185612

[@zoeilobowdery8778]

There used to be a railway house it was derelict on landguard road I got knocked down when I was small child I think Lidl sits where it was can't remember

[@WightWanderer]

Hello. Sorry I'm only just getting around to your comment. Yes I believe there was, though I think it may have been a brickwards connected to the railway. Does that add up with what you remember? Many thanks 😊

[@WightWanderer]

What do we think guys? What is your definition of a station and does this one fit the category? Thanks for watching as always 😊

[@FRANCISStenson]

Thank you for the updated video of the Original Lake station. I, as you may recall was the person who sent the messages about the omission of that station. I'm going to slightly- as they say " piss on your cornflakes " There sort of was another, although I'm being a bit pedantic here, and it was at a major station, in fact the capital of the Island. Newport station as we know it ,was not on the original station site. ( we are not referring to the FYNR station here) Newport had a original, obviously earlier, station. It was almost in front of, but slightly to the left of the station that was there at closure of Newport in the 60s. Detail maps over time can be seen in the book showing original station site " Southern Rails on the Isle of Wight " Ian Drummond-volume one, page 50. There are very detailed maps of every station ( apart from the original Lake !!!!!) There is a volume 2. Both books cover the whole island. Probably the best, most detailed books out there. Includes details of position of buildings on site, water towers, cattle pens etc etc You mentioned in the video a book which you do not have. There are a set of them covering all the separate railway companies on the island, all Maynard and Silsbury. They are OL109, OL115, OL125, OL130, OL140. All incredibly detailed books There are a number of

[@FRANCISStenson]

Maycock and Silsbury. ( sorry for previous misspelling- phone auto corrected)

[@FRANCISStenson]

Sorry about this-----Merstone station ( the platform remains are still there) unfortunately also was not the original. The original station (no photos or plans apparently exist) was on the opposite side of the road from where it is now. The " new" Merstone station was opened in 1895 and the old one demolished. In the previously mentioned book by Ian Drummond" Southern Rails on the Isle of Wight volume one. (2013) there are details.

[@WightWanderer]

Hello! Yes I'm incredibly grateful to you for putting me on to it! 😊 I did have an inkling that there was a previous Newport station on the site but never heard of a previous one at Merstone, have just ordered the books you recommended. Either way it's fantastic if there are more left to discover as it gets me out the house more to look for them. 😅