With work already underway in preparation for the closure of

New Holland Town station and signal box in a week's time (24.06.81) rather crude alterations to the workings of the box are seen in this photograph. Possibly in lieu of a piece of red paper, a pink sheet of A4 has crudely been placed across some levers to remind the signalmen not to use them. Notice that standards have appeared to have slipped a little with regard to the handles of the levers that normally would be highly polished but look distinctly tarnished.