There is strange story connected with this railway station

It is in short about male desire and obsession

In !970 a young girl named Polly Clarke started in the booking office

Initially as a trainee with the view of replacing Mr Wilson

Who was retiring from the railways after forty years

Although plain to look at Polly has extraordinary hair

Which stretched to beyond her waist

It was honey brown in colour and she often wore it in plaits

Her hair quite soon attracted the attention of Carruthers

The assistant station master

Within a short while he became obsessed with Polly and her hair

This was not taken seriously by her colleagues at the station

Who already treated Carruthers as something of a joke

Matters soon came to head when Carruthers was suspended by head office

Which in a way destabilised the once calm working relationships

But Polly was by no means blamed as Carruthers was known to be strange

Which was why he was transferred to a main line station

A year or so passed during which time Mr Wilson retired

Polly was now in sole charge of the booking office

But people began to notice a change in her soft demeanour

It was almost if she was hiding something special

This carried on without occurrence until the day that Polly vanished

It was supposed that had become ill and her lodgings were checked

But no trace of Polly could be found

The police were called but drew a blank

Until a mutilated body was found

Not far from the station

It was soon identified as Carruthers who had been hit by a train

The police intensified their search for Polly but drew a blank

That was until a pathologist determined that Carruthers

Had died from strangulation and was dead before the train hit him

The pathologist also found signs that Carruthers had been strangled

By what appeared to be extremely long human hair

Polly was immediately suspected

Due to the length her extraordinary hair

A nationwide search for Polly took place

But she was never found either alive or dead

Over fifty years have now passed since these events

And the story although mysterious has faded from view

That said it has been noted that Porphyria Richards

Who is the adopted daughter of the current mayor

Has extraordinary long hair that hangs below her waist

It was before she dyed it purple honey brown in colour