morning all :o) busy day yesterday as june`s mum is starting to get quite confused of late .yesterday morning she phoned at 6.30 to ask june whom she thought was her sister liz whose been gone 25 years now ,if the kids where ready for school .june had to talk to her for 10 mins or so and explain that she was her youngest daughter and that she had no kids now that went to school .then she phoned june`s sister and asked the same .when we went down a bit later she could`nt remember that she had done it and wanted to know what all the fuss was about .at 88 i think it is probably old age but i worry as she has been like a second mum to me and not many men can say they get on with their mother in law like i do with jenny . anyways will catch up today :o)..this was taken sunday whilst on our amble through the country .it is thorpe thewles old station buildings now turned into a tea room and gift shop .there is some history i`ve found below . thanks for looking and take care mick Thorpe Thewles was a small country station located on the Stockton and Castle Eden branch of the North East Railway approximately 5 miles north of Stockton-on-Tees and slightly northeast of the village it served. The line was opened for traffic by 1882. The branch itself was an important part of the railway network, taking pressure off the heavily used routes around the Stockton area. There was never a great potential for passenger revenue, as the communities served were quite small. Around the turn of the nineteenth century Thorpe Thewles itself only had a population of around 300. Nevertheless, in the 1930's, the branch was provided with 5 trains a day in each direction between Stockton and Wellfield. The bulk of traffic was coal, together with materials for the regional industries especially shipbuilding. The line connected Teesside with Sunderland and Tyneside. Hay, livestock and clover were the usual goods cargo handled by the station, and there were coal drops to serve the surrounding community. Thorpe Thewles station closed to passengers on 2nd November 1931, and closed for goods traffic on 2nd. April 1951. The line continued to be used for through traffic until 1968.