As part of the Heritage Lottery Funded Canadian Pacific Project, we are researching and exploring the social history of the railway covering a wide range of topics. The following link provides a fascinating insight into the Southern Railway Orphanage at Woking.  That’s right, there’s more to railways than trains!

http://preservation.watercressline.co.uk/blog/entry/the-childrens-orphanage

Photographs provided by Roy Smith and the Bishopstoke History Society to support the Canadian Pacific Project – click here to donate.