Stan
I trust that you are okay and are missing me like mad
How is Lincoln
It is a splendid city
Thank you for lending me your railway book
Which is a fascinating read
There is a photograph inside that I really relate to
It was taken on the 12th of July 1931
At the Golf Links Halt
On the Rye and Camber Tramway
And shows a young woman
Only four days shy of her wedding
Waiting patiently for a train
My researches indicate that her name was Kathleen Goose
Who was about to marry Henry Casserley the famous railway photographer
It is calm almost serene photograph
She is sitting on a wooden bench
Next to a corrugated iron station
This lonely station is surrounded by low fields
With equally sparse telegraph poles
Accompanying the single track quietly into the distance
One can almost feel the gentle heat of that summer’s day
This seems to be a land of plenty
But within a decade war had returned
And the tramway was requisitioned by the military in 1939
It never reopened although the station building still survives
Perhaps on a hot day next summer
We can walk to this remote station which is not far from Rye
So that you might photograph me there
As the wife of the photographer
Was caught all those years ago
Times passes
Time remain still
Time is captured
Time is released
I am missing you greatly and I know that you are missing me
It is raining here again and the winds are quite insolent
Is it raining in Lincoln or are you too busy to notice
My gentle naughty but busy boy
Do ring me tonight and tell me about your day
I look forward to our future adventures
Jane x