![]() ![]() Lisa is a ghostly figure who lost her life just under 2 years ago on the tracks of Platform Seven. ![]() So, what is it about this particular station that invites storytelling? Who knew it had story-filled lay lines ? And in Platform Seven (a platform that is a relatively new addition to the station apparently) there is plenty of imagination folded into the pages of this well written novel. We would always invent stories about the people waiting – a spy here, a doctor there, a thief hidden behind the advertising hoarding and maybe a police officer about to arrest a vagabond. Apart from calling it Peanut Butter station, there was something about the light on the uncovered platforms that made the passengers milling about seem to appear in sharp relief. When I used to travel down the East Coast Main Line (as it was in those days, now LNER, through multiple reincarnations), with children in tow, the train would always stop briefly at Peterborough Station. Platform Seven by Louise Doughty, psychological thriller set around Peterborough Station. Psychological thriller set around Peterborough Station ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |