5. Bath Green Park station-XX.05.81

I made two visits to Bath's Green Park station during May 1981 in order to take some photographs for an A-Level coursework presentation. At this stage in its life, the former Midland/Somerset and Dorset Railway joint station had been closed to passengers for fifteen years and to goods for just eleven. Following closure, it had been used as a car park but due to structural issues, it was closed for all use cordoned off and faced a parlous future. There was no security and the fencing was not very effective so I gained access to the site but had to take great care as certain parts of the station were falling apart, particularly the rotten timber platforms. By the time I visited to take my series of photographs its future had been assured as the site had been bought by Sainsbury's and a complete redevelopment, including a much-needed restoration of the lovely building, was planned. Today, the site has morphed into a brilliant and vibrant space for Bath with small scale ethical retailers and eateries as well as open space performances bringing life to this once gloomy and derelict place.