George Lias
George Lias (1837-1902) started working for the South Devon Railway in the 1850s and transferred to the Cornwall Railway in 1859. He became station master at Par around 1867 and stayed there until his retirement in 1892. His personal life is rather confusing: he married twice, and there is an interesting story there, but before…
John Brewer
John Brewer (1846-1910) spent his whole working life as a railway man, starting with the Cornwall Railway as a boy in 1859 and retiring from the Great Western Railway in 1909. Early life John Brewer was born in Truro in late 1846, and he was baptised in January 1847. His parents were Richard Brewer, born…
The sixteen station-masters of the Cornwall Railway in 1888
The Cornwall Railway from Plymouth (Devonport) to Truro was opened in 1859. An extension from Truro to Falmouth was opened in 1863, but for financial reasons this resulted in takeover of the Cornwall Railway Company by the Associated Companies, a consortium of railway companies that included the Great Western Railway, as well as the Bristol…
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