As the name suggests, the painting captures a day in a life at Wylde Green Station, as it would’ve been in 1908. On this particular day, a local London & North Western Railway (L&NWR) ‘Precursor’ tank engine comes chuffing in onto platform 2, where Stationmaster George Morris is checking his pocket watch to see if the local southbound passenger train for Birmingham is running on time.

On platform 1 is the station cat, on duty for any mice or rats. Behind the cat are two Edwardian ladies, observing the station buildings as they wait for the next northbound train to Sutton Coldfield (a homage to the founding members the station community group).

The colourful, nostalgic picture was painted for the Friends of Wylde Green Train Station, who provided a postcard photograph of Wylde Green to reference the painting from.  

The station photograph became part of months of historical research that contributed to the development of this historically, authentically, colourfully accurate depiction of the station as it was in 1908.  

The original photograph is available on the Warwickshire Railways website via this link below:

https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/lms/wyldegreen.htm

From the months of research, the painting was completed in time for the Sutton Heritage Week 2024, which the Friends of Wylde Green Train displayed the painting in the ticket office of Sutton Coldfield Railway Station between 11am-3pm, on Saturday 7th September 2024.

Mediums: pencil, watercolour paint, colouring pencils, fine line pen, soft pastels, varnish spray, varnish spray, A2 sketchpad paper.