It wasn’t the size of the house that mattered

To clarify my earlier letter on Great Western locomotive names, the book used by the company was Gardens & Woodlands of England & Wales, published by the Woodlands Trust in 1935. It was the forerunner to today’s Bryngwyn Hall, a large home near Oswestry, was commemorated on ‘Modified Hall’ 4‑6‑0 No. 6974. It is at Westerleigh West Junction on June 22 1963, piloting ‘Castle’ No. 7035 Ogmore Castle on an Up parcels train. BOB BISHOP Gardens Scheme, and contained very few stately homes. On the contrary, it included many small private properties whose owners had opened their gardens to the public to benefit nursing charities. Little did they know at the time that if their home was a hall, manor or grange, their generosity may well be later rewarded by the GWR as a locomotive name! Bob Bishop, Thurlestone, Devon