08-22-2010, 07:06 AM
RobertInOntario Wrote:Interesting! They look like neat cars. But I've never seen anything like that in the SSR gift shop...
Actually, the couple who used to run the gift shop -- called the Freight Shed I think -- moved their store to Tottenham's main street. This happened about a year or so ago. They now operate a trains-related gift shop (toys, souveniers, lots of Thomas stuff, some books) from inside another bookstore called Trains of Thought.
At first, the old SSR gift shop was almost empty but when I visited the railway about a month ago, it was slowly returning into being a gift shop again. Not a whole lot of stock, but a few gift-like items, soft drinks, etc. Just curious as to which shop you went to as I'm often on the lookout for older stuff.
Cheers,
Rob
Hi Rob,
Thanks. Yes - I guess they were purchased at Trains of Thought - I remember the book store part well... At the time, I had assumed that that was the associated gift shop, as the freight shed was empty except for a computer that had some of the "archives" on it. I am glad to hear they are making progress. Now if they'd only get a steamer back in service...!
Andrew