Our recent look back at the glory days of Highbridge and Burnham-on-Sea’s railway days has promoted readers to note some errors. Dr Christopher W Redwood wrote in with the following observations: “I expect hundreds of people have told you that the colour picture on p.10 of this week's paper, captioned 'How Burnham's station looked in 1904', is actually how Highbridge's station looked in 1904. I feel sure that was not your fault.”

His comment however can’t be allowed to pass as like any good journalist I should have double checked writes Harry Mottram – even if the story was back in Edwardian England. And there was more to come. The good doctor wrote: “More to the point, however, is a line in the text that states ''The Burnham platform never had a hard top'. That is only true of the excursion platform, as shown in the picture below. As its name suggests, that platform was not in regular use. The main platform certainly was properly surfaced and was situated under an all-over roof. The trains came in there, the engine detached and ran up to the buffer stop just short of the Esplanade, reversed along the excursion platform, then backed into the main platform where it was re-attached to the other end of coaches it had brought in.”

Much has been said lately of the sad state of Highbridge’s railway station. No ticket office, no waiting rooms and certainly nowhere to buy a cuppa. Back in the day of course when the line from Burnham-on-Sea crossed Church Street it was all so different. It is unlikely that particular line will be reopened in the coming years but there is one possibility and that is a tram line. It could run down the street as they do in Sheffield or Edinburgh – and it could be a summer excursion from the station to Pier Street. Don’t say it can’t be done. The East Devon town of Seaton did exactly that and has as a result continued to thrive off the back of extra visitors.

Your memories and photos to harry.mottram@nqsw.co.uk