Views of old station house in Shepshed

DO you remember Shepshed railway station?

Well the son of a family who used to live in the former station master’s house and who’s dad was an avid photographer has been in touch with Looking Back and has shared some wonderful photographs of the old station house in Shepshed.

Jim Matthews, 74, from Woodhouse Eaves, said that he lived in the house with his father Charles, his mother Joyce, and his sister Susan - but that he only lived there for a few months before he went away and joined the Royal Navy.

Jim said that his family lived in the house between 1960-1966.

Jim said that his dad used to take photographs all the time, and said that he was a brilliant photographer.

He said that trains only passed through the station occasionally but recalls a train from Coalville to Loughborough that would pass through twice a day.

Jim has kept all of his father’s old photo albums from when the family lived in the station master’s house and has kindly shared them with Looking Back.

Do you know anything more about Shepshed railway station? Maybe you remember the station or even used to take the train from the station? Or maybe you remember the Matthews family from when they lived in Shepshed?

If you do please contact Liam Coleman on 01509 635806 or email liam.coleman@trinitymirror.com

Pictured is unusual activity at Shepshed railway station as members of the Leicester Railway Society have a look around the station premises. Photo sent in by Looking Back reader Jim Matthews.

Pictured is Charles (left) Joyce (pouring tea) and Susan (right) at the Shepshed railway station house in 1962. Photo sent in by Looking Back reader Jim Matthews.

Pictured from left to right are ABC television at Shepshed railway station: David Jones, Jim Willis, Robert Parker, Butch Calderwood and Alex Jacobs.

Pictured is Charles Matthews enjoying a cup of coffee in the snow at Shepshed railway station, ‘practicing for the summer’ according to Charles. Photo sent in by Looking Back reader Jim Matthews.

Pictured is Susan Matthews (left) and Mr H. Hardy, the former station master at Shepshed taken on April 24, 1962. Photo sent in by Looking Back reader Jim Matthews.

Pictured is a frosty winter morning at Shepshed railway station, taken on Wednesday, December 20, 1961. Photo sent in by Looking Back reader Jim Matthews.

Pictured from left to right are Bruce, (Jim’s uncle) Robert, (Jim’s cousin) Audrey (Jim’s auntie), Susan (Jim’s sister) and Joyce (Jim’s mother) at the Shepshed railway station house on April 19, 1963. Photo sent in by Looking Back reader Jim Matthews.