Marlborough station was situated on the Midland and South Western Junction Railway route from Cheltenham to Andover. At one time, this line formed an important independent cross-country route, before being absorbed into the GWR in the 1923 Grouping.
Initially it retained its status as a vital link between the Midlands and the South Coast, but over time it became something of a rural backwater.
This volume is a personal account of the station and its environs in its final years and compiled by someone who really was in the know, Richard James the son of the last Marlborough station master. 112 pages. Hardback.