M&GNJR was a Midlands to East Anglia railway linking towns and
villages like a patchwork knitted together by clever business
entrepreneurs. It started in the 1850s when there was intense
rivalry between railway companies and two rich and powerful
companies - MR and GNR - were behind the project. Joint,' added by
a Special Act of Parliament in 1893, confirms this patchwork was
the amalgamation of several small independent railway companies
plus the MR and GNR. The company was especially interested in
stealing a march on the Great Eastern Railway (GER) which believed
it was the principal railway serving East Anglia. Poppyland was the
nickname created for the Cromer area of the Norfolk coast by
Clement Scott, an influential poet, author and drama critic of The
Daily Telegraph who first visited in 1883. He claimed that . . .
clean air laced with perfume of wild flowers was opiate to his
tired mind.' Scott publicised his delight and many rich families,
and their servants, visited too; the railway business entrepreneurs
saw a growing market for their patchwork. The M&GNJR grew
eastwards to Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and attracted
passengers from the Midlands and London. The M&GNJR grew - then
withered as cars, buses, overseas travel offered new holiday
options. Closure came on 28 February 1959 but North Norfolk Railway
- the Poppy Line - has survived as a heritage line so the Joint is
not forgotten!
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