‘I guess you don’t think much of a woman on a ship do you?’ ‘Not to make any bones about it, she’s usually a cock-eyed pest.’

We learned to despise the 'Wood' family, that is, the empty seats. We lived off the Scotch eggs the landladies put out for late supper, after the show.

However, the Victorian platform buildings all survive, and the station's iconic clock tower (built in 1899) was dismantled and rebuilt alongside the current frontage.

I was doing just fine before he came and stuck his nose in.