A steamy end to the night !
1959
If instead of a talking end to an evening, a more steamy (or should that be seamy) end was envisaged then one sauntered down to Platform 1 of old New St. station. Here was another coffee bar, open all night, with a curious floating clientele. Considering there wasn't all that many night trains one wondered where all the travelers (mostly male) came from. Only snag to having a late night coffee here was that if one needed to answer nature's call, one had to leave the small pool of light outside the coffee bar, and proceed down the platform into an ever deepening stygian gloom to find the usual offices.
Contributed by: Ada