Talk:Evesham railway station

In the early 1960s or the mid 1960s at Evesham railway station, there was, on the platform of the up-line to London on the Western region line, there was, a short way past the end of the building, on the London side of the building, a very large advertising hoarding. From time to time the advertisements were changed.

One of the panels of the hoarding, (were there two panels or three?), had been covered in white paper. The panel nearest the building if I remember correctly.

The panels may have been about eight feet to ten feet tall and maybe six feet wide, but that is only a rough estimate.

One day, around 4 pm in the afternoon a man arrived, ordinary clothes, neither railway uniform nor overalls, and began carefully drawing lines on the white paper.

Over a period of time the man arrived every weekday at the same time. I do not know whether he arrived at weekends. One day the man brought paints, paints as in artist's paints, not paints as in decorating.

Gradually a picture appeared. It was at the right side of the panel. It was a picture of the famous Bell Tower at Evesham. The Bell Tower is a remnant of Evesham Abbey.

The space at the left had lettering added and the whole thing turned out to be an advertisement for Collins Pies. Collins Pies was a pie factory in Evesham. The wrappings of Collins Pies had a picture of the Bell Tower upon them.

I have sometimes wondered what happened to that painting.

Was it destroyed? Was it conserved by Collins Pies? Was the hoarding moved and relocated somewhere else with the painting of the Bell Tower still on it, maybe the painting is still in existence, perhaps under layers of later unconnected advertisements?

Are there photographs, perhaps with dates, so that when the painting was still there can be discovered? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.135.43.227 (talk) 17:08, 23 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Collins still exists (Kennel Lane, Broadway, nr Evesham, WR12 7DJ, tel 01386 852061). You could ask. &#8209; Iridescent 17:34, 23 November 2016 (UTC)