Ticket collection
GWR era tickets
10th January 1891 - Culham to Oxford
This is the return half of a Culham to Oxford Second Class return which was issued in early 1891.
19th April 1898 - Culham to Didcot
It is difficult to see what the endorsement on this ticket is for, but best guess is that it is for a bicycle. Issued at Culham for a trip to Didcot this ticket did not have the price written on it.
10th April 1899 - Didcot to Culham
A First Class return fare from Didcot to Culham looks to have been 11d (less than 5p nowadays). It would not be unusual for destination stations and fares to be hand written on tickets as stocks of pre-printed tickets could only be held for popular destinations and ticket types. This is the outward portion of the ticket.
29th September 1901 - Culham to any station not exceeding 25 miles
This single ticket was for a Bicycle, Perambulator or Child's Mail Cart from Culham to any G.W. Station not exceeding 25 miles with Passenger at Owner's Risk.
27th January 1902 - Culham to Radley
This ticket cost the princely sum of 2d (less than 1p!) and was for PARLY (3rd class) travel from Culham to Radley, the next stop down the line. There used to be First, Second and Third class accommodation on trains with vastly differing levels of comfort (or discomfort) between them. Even so, ticket prices were beyond many and so the government enacted the Railway Regulation Act, which took effect on 1 November 1844. It compelled the provision of at least one train a day each way at a speed of not less than 12 miles an hour including stops, which were to be made at all stations, and of carriages protected from the weather and provided with seats; for all which luxuries not more than a penny a mile might be charged. These were known as Parliamentary trains and whilst obeying the letter of the law they tended not to follow the spirit as they were often timetabled to run at inconvenient times.
22nd October 1916(?) - Paddington to Culham
This is the outward portion of a First Class Weekend Return between Culham and Paddington and, although the year stamp is indistinct, it is thought to date from 1916. The weekend appears to be five days long according to the days printed on the ticket!
22nd January 1933 - Culham to Oxford
This is the return part of a Third Class Cheap Return from Culham to Oxford. The overprinted C emphasises that it is for use on the day of issue and by certain trains only. This ticket would have taken you just two stops down the line.
8th March 1944 - Radley to Abingdon or Culham
The return portion of a Third Class return ticket taking you back just one stop to Radley from either Abingdon or Culham which cost 3d (just over 1p). Another overprinted ticket, being PR it denotes a Privilege Ticket. This type of concessionary ticket would have been available to staff and sometimes members of the press.
