Polmont Railway Station.

Maker
Telfer Drummond
Production date
Circa 1930
 Description
A group of passengers await a train on the Glasgow bound platform at Polmont Station. The women are wearing cloche hats and the man a raincoat and flat cap. Two children are using their bucket and spades to 'dig up' the platform. This picture won a Daily Express prize for amateur photography.
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Object detail

Department
Photo
Collection
Drummond, Telfer, Photographic Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
Circa 1930
Subject place
Polmont Railway Station/Station Rd/Polmont Station/Polmont area
Subject notes
The suitcase, bucket and spades suggest the group is making for a beach resort, probably on the Firth of Clyde. The photographer may have encouraged the children to dig up the platform.
Accession number
P11465

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