That evening, he returned to London in torrential rain and in a state of complete shock, realising he had just bought a railway station in Devon.Īnd so started Chris’s version of the John Hadfield novel ‘Love on a Branch Line’, as he escaped to his Devon bolthole whenever he could manage it. Following a visit to his bank manager, he drove 225 miles to Plymouth for the auction at the Duke of Cornwall. He was familiar with the area and had always had a keen interest in railways property auctions were rare in those days and the opportunity sparked his interest. 38 years ago, Chris Grove was living and working in London as a chartered surveyor, when he spotted an advertisement in The Times for the auction of a station house at Bere Ferrers…
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