People & Event Photography · Hampshire

Liphook Signal Box,
Restored.

Hollycombe Steam In The Country

William Summers steam traction engine at Hollycombe Mega Model Weekend

The Commission

A piece of railway history,
brought back to life.

Following the Mega Model Weekend, Hollycombe invited me back to photograph the opening of its restored Liphook Signal Box, which was retired through signalling modernisation.

More than a record of the ceremony, the photography needed to capture the character of the box itself — its restored structure, original railway details and the people gathered to mark its return to Hollycombe.

Client Hollycombe Steam In The Country
Location Liphook, Hampshire
Photography Event · People · Heritage
Deliverables 40+ Images / Half Day
Entrance to the Liphook signal box sealed with ceremonial ribbon at Hollycombe Steam In The Country
Hand-written chalkboard with history of the Liphook signal box at Hollycombe Steam In The Country
The head restorer saying a few words about the Liphook signal box at Hollycombe Steam In The Country
The team behind the Liphook signal box restoration along with the last signalman's sons at Hollycombe Steam In The Country
One of the last signalman's sons cutting the ribbon to open the Liphook signal box at Hollycombe Steam In The Country

THE DETAILS

Levers, labels
and layers of history.

Inside the signal box, the smaller details tell much of the story. Original controls, painted timber, handwritten notices and decades of railway character sit alongside the careful work that has brought the building back to life.

Rather than simply recording the restoration, the photography looked for the details that give it a sense of age, purpose and place.

The various foot levers inside the Liphook signal box at Hollycombe Steam In The Country
Origina; aged sign for the Liphook signal box exhibit at Hollycombe Steam In The Country
Dark candid shot of first visitors to the Liphook signal box at Hollycombe Steam In The Country
Nostalgic candid photo through the window of one of the sons of the last signalman inside the Liphook signal box at Hollycombe Steam In The Country
Signal box down line switch inside the Liphook signal box at Hollycombe Steam In The Country
The sons and grandson of the last signalman inside the Liphook signal box at Hollycombe Steam In The Country

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