No publication on the Lambourn Valley Railway could ever be considered complete without mentioning the Bodman family. Fuel suppliers for many years to Lambourn and its surrounding district , the name Bodman, became inextricably linked with Lambourn station. Lewis Bodman had operated a coal merchants business in Lambourn since the First World War.

Lewis Bodman had two sons, George & Louis, both stayed with the firm thoughout their entire working lives, eventually taking over the operation when their father died. L J Bodman & Sons were also agents for The West of England Sack Company and hired out hessian sacks to local farmers during the harvesting season.

The office was a corrugated iron building located next to the goods shed. Deliveries of coal recieved at the station were transfered to the firms' own yard in Newbury Street, a distance of approximately 300 yards.

The Bodman office at Lambourn Station	Lewis Bodman

Cecil Pike	George & Louis Bodman

George Bodman working in the station yard during the 1950s

George still lives in Lambourn today (2011) ~ but sadly, Louis passed away in 2003. George willingly supplied all the pictures you see on this page for which I am extremely grateful

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