Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Jerseyville


Some signs from the TH&B
at Jerseyville Railway Station.
 Built in 1896 it was the first building to be moved to Westfield Historical Village

and was used in both the movie Anne of Green Gables and the tv series Road to Avonlea 
where it stood in for Bright River


15 comments:

Lesley said...

Interesting signs. I am thinking that until the 1930s people did not 'return' from those destinations.

JeannetteLS said...

Marvelous

Inger-M said...

Lovely sign finds!

RedPat said...

Pretty expensive fares when you think about it! Nice finds.

Kim, USA said...

Beautiful finds. Thanks for sharing.

Signs, Signs

Irene said...

I'm glad it wasn't me who had to set the clock beck then. I would have gotten distracted and gotten it wrong. I think I would have waited until it was 10 minutes late. Less confusion that way.

I would have loved to travel by train back then. What sights there must have been to see.

Ebie said...

I will be on time for work with the clock...beat it in two seconds!

Anonymous said...

Fine set of signages.

Unknown said...

the "10 seconds slow" made me smile.:p i wish all the clocks are 10 seconds slow. marvelous series.

Halcyon said...

Very nice signs. I like having a look into the past. :)

EG CameraGirl said...

Very cool!

I have never been to Westfield Historical Village!

Pat said...

Looks like a cools place. But 10 seconds SLOW? Seriously? People cared about that?

Anonymous said...

What a great look at history.

Anonymous said...

So why not advance the clock by 10 seconds? Cool signs!!

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

Great post. And I loved Anne of Green Gables (the books)...don't remember the movie.

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