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Contractor at Old Train Station Unearths Hand-Written Ledger From 1885 in Cambridgeshire
October 22, 2021
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A builder has found a Victorian-era train ticket ledger from 1885 after it fell through the ceiling at a railway station. George Thorne discovered the 136-year-old “hidden treasure” as he removed some rotten woodwork while renovating the station’s ticket hall. The ledger, dated April 1885, contains hand-written entries of all the passenger luggage and parcels…
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