Kettering, Northamptonshire: Where Gumbo Was (#38)
For Kettering, in Northamptonshire, England, this railroad station and the rail lines that have served it have an important role in history and today.
For Kettering, in Northamptonshire, England, this railroad station and the rail lines that have served it have an important role in history and today.
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Let's start by agreeing...this is not the Hogwarts station. But where is it, and what's its story? Gumbo arrived here as second choice because he couldn't go where he meant to, but if he went again, he wouldn't have to arrive here! Are we...
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