{"id":1640,"date":"2022-04-14T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T09:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2025-03-21T10:22:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T10:22:06","slug":"64-silverton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/64-silverton\/","title":{"rendered":"64 Silverton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The scout’s “Lunchtime 30” rides from Exeter often start out with no intention of looking at anything in particular and are meant merely to savour the sense of freedom that the bicycle bestows. But then something has him going to his saddlebag for the railway’s Cybershot.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the scout frequently passes Stoke Canon Crossing<\/strong>, and usually waits to see a train rush through, he has never photographed the old signal box. Seeing that the boarding on the window had been renewed, suddenly he thought that he would take a few frames for the library. The forlorn leftover was certainly a worthy subject, being the last remaining B. & E.R. box, built by Saxby & Farmer around 1874.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the scout wandered around, he came upon a planning notice pinned to a post advising that an application had been received to take down the Grade II-listed building and remove it to Wallingford, on the former G.W. branch from Cholsey and Moulsford. Not the original Wallingford, sadly, for that is now covered in housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three lads with a dog came from the footpath which connects with the Exe Valley line. As they passed, one was heard to remark: “There used to be a station here. We could have been in Exeter in a few minutes. And there was one at Brampford.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n