Fiery Elias at the police station
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Fiery Elias at the police station
Image: © E Gammie Taken: Unknown
A 1927 Foster traction engine parked outside the police station at the junction of Little Park Street and New Union Street. In the background is Greyfriars/Christchurch spire and, to the right, the windows of the telephone exchange. I've no idea why he was parked here - I doubt he'd been speeding. Fiery Elias was the inspiration for ' Trevor the traction engine', a character in the Railway Series of books by Rev. W Awdry a friend of the then owner Rev. Teddy Boston, rector of Cadeby (SK4202) who was also characterised as 'the fat clergyman'. (See also http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/158800 )
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Image Location
Latitude
52.404568
Longitude
-1.508715