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Old 21st Sep 2019, 11:37
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Allan Lupton
 
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Originally Posted by WHBM
In the 1920s, to aid the Croydon to Paris air service, the railway stations on the Sevenoaks to Dover line apparently had their name painted in large letters on the roof tiles of the station buildings, readily visible from the height then flown at. Presumably removed by 1939.
Ah, when IFR really did stand for "I Fly Railways"
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