Woodlesford

The Story of a Station
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Woodlesford Station
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Ray Bapty
David Johnson
Jack Perry MBE
Barrie Ward
Alan Bailey
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Water Haigh Colliery
Bentley's Brewery
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David Johnson was born and grew up in Woodlesford. He was a pupil at Rothwell Grammar School and did his national service with the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry before joining British Railways as a clerk. Here he remembers his trainspotting days and some of the people who worked at Woodlesford station in the 1950s and 1960s.