Size:
24 inches x 18 inches

Inspiration:

During my childhood I used to make regular visits to my grandparents' house
who used to live in a village called Cwmbach, Powys, Wales, usually on a Sunday.

I was fascinated by the view from one of their bedroom windows,
so I asked my father to take a photograph of it as he enjoys photography.

From this tiny black and white photograph (kept since the 1960s),
and some more recent photographs taken by myself, I have created the scene before you.

It often featured Stanier 8F steam freight locomotives as we have here,
pulling coal wagons or some time passenger trains on the line to and from Shrewsbury, up and down to Builth Road Station and beyond, until they were all taken out of service by 1968.

I often used to wave to the engine driver if I was sitting with my family on the roadside bench.
There was a bench hidden from view behind the garden fence.

The road is the main trunk, the A470 going under the viaduct down to Builth Wells.
The building before you is the village shop owned by Mrs Morgan.

Terry Mason stands at the gate entrance.
In the foreground can be seen my grandparents garden.

Local farmer John Hamer prepares to open his farm gates
and drive his tractor across the road to his field opposite.

Access via a gate indicated far right.

This image is available as a Self Published Print.

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© Kevin Parrish 2003