'Course, back in the old days, the shunter would just hook a couple or more coaches on the back and the shed would send an extra pilot loco down. There'd be special 'FootEx' excursions laid on. Saints took 15 trains to Aston Villa in 1963 for the FA Cup semi-final. Railways were more flexible then, people were more polite - you could leave your front door open and go away for a week and nothing would be stolen. Kids had respect for their elders and people knew their place - 'course there'd been a war and blah blah blah.................
1. 34046 on train no.7 passes Kidderminster en route to Snow Hill 27.4.63.
2. The locos being serviced at Tyseley shed before the return journeys.