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Sunday, July 7, 2024

Fractured memories

Being part of the gang outside the Croya Railway Station & Guesthouse in the early 1950s

 

Sometime in the early 50s my father tried his hand at another business venture by leasing the "Bahnhof-Gaststätte" in Croya, a no-horse-town deep in Lower Saxony's deepest hinterland.

 

The first BMW Isetta (to the left in the photo) rolled off the line in
April 1955 which means this photo was taken after our time in Croya

 

My memories of that time are vague but I know that it was before 1952 because I hadn't started school yet, and that I was popular with the local kids as I had unfettered access to all the sweets and soft drinks.

 

Croya Railway Station in 1910

 

There was still a train running, although not as vintage as the one shown in the photo, when we left which wasn't long after. This was immediate post-war Germany and the 'Wirtschaftswunder' hadn't happened yet. The locals weren't spending enough to keep the lights on and perhaps my giving away sweets and soft drinks didn't help either.

 

Photo by Klaus-Dieter Tröger from the website www.kdtroeger.de

 

Today the old railway station and guesthouse is a private home, perhaps owned by a railway buff who outgrew his model railway - click here.

 

The only car that crossed the railway all day is his own

 

Perhaps the new owner dreamed of being in charge of the level crossing like 'Schrankenwärter Laumann' - if the trains were still running.


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