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Watching the trains go by "Life at the bungalow was quiet though grandad was always busy with something. The cooing of the wood pigeons always takes me back to Woodhall. It seemed the only other noise was the clang of the pedestrial gate across the railway. A strong spring on the gate ensured that it closed after people passed through. It bore a heavy iron plate on it, three or four feet across. "LOOK BOTH UP AND DOWN THE LINE BEFORE CROSSING AND DO NOT CROSS WHEN THE GONG IS SOUNDING". The warning gong caused us children to run out and stand on the fragile wire fence (strictly forbidden) in order to wave to the driver, fireman, and any passengers who looked our way". Gillian Jackson

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