Sunday 0930 to 2130 Thorpe Station 🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉+🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉 five hours overtime

[16/8, 05:31] Turner Home Michael: ============

[16/8, 05:32] Turner Home Michael: 🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉

[16/8, 05:33] Turner Home Michael: 745010 platform 2 - 1P13 06:55 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 0840 platform 15 -

[16/8, 05:34] Turner Home Michael: 745110 platform 2 - 1P19 0800 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 0948 platform 15 -

[16/8, 05:34] Turner Home Michael: 745006 platform 4 - 1P21 0825 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1011 platform 14 -

[16/8, 05:36] Turner Home Michael: 745007 platform 3 - 1P23 0900 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1048 platform 15 -

[16/8, 05:37] Turner Home Michael: 745004 platform 2 - 1P08 0843 Ipswich to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (0923) , for 1P27 1000 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1148 platform 15 -

[16/8, 05:39] Turner Home Michael: 745003 platform 2 - 1P12 0830 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (1017) , for 1P31 1100 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1248 platform 14 -

[16/8, 05:40] Turner Home Michael: 745010 platform 2 - 1P16 0930 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (1117) for 1P35 1200 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1348 platform 15 -

[16/8, 05:42] Turner Home Michael: 745006 platform 1 - 1P20 1030 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe  arrived at (1217) for 1P39 1300 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1448 platform 14 -

[16/8, 05:43] Turner Home Michael: 745007 platform 2 - 1P22 1100 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (1242) for 1P49 1522 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1711 platform 15 -

[16/8, 05:44] Turner Home Michael: 745110 platform 1 - 1P24 1130 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (1317) for 1P43 1400 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1548 platform 15 -

[16/8, 05:45] Turner Home Michael: 745004 platform 1 -  1P28 1230 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (1417) for 1P47 1500 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1648 platform 14 -

[16/8, 05:46] Turner Home Michael: 745003 platform 1 -1P32 1330 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (1517) for 1P53 1623 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1811 platform 15  -

[16/8, 05:47] Turner Home Michael: 745008 platform 2 - arrived at from Royal Dock for 1P51 1600 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1748 platform 14 - cleaned by night shift

[16/8, 05:48] Turner Home Michael: 745010 platform 2 - 1P36 1430 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (1617) for 1P55 1700 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1848 platform 14 -

[16/8, 05:50] Turner Home Michael: 745006 platform 2 - 1P40 1530 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (1717) for 1P59 1800 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1948 platform 14 -

[16/8, 05:51] Turner Home Michael: 745110 platform 4 1P44 1630 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (1817) for 745001 platform 2 1P63 1900 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 2048 platform 15 -

[16/8, 05:52] Turner Home Michael: 745007 platform 2 1P50 1730 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (1917) for

[16/8, 05:53] Turner Home Michael: 745008 platform 3 1P54 1800 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (1942) for 1P67 20 00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 2150 platform 14 -

[16/8, 05:54] Turner Home Michael: 745003 platform 2 1P56 1830 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (2017) for 1P71 2100 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 2248 platform 15 -

[16/8, 05:55] Turner Home Michael: 745010 platform 1 1P58 1900 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (2046) for 

[16/8, 05:56] Turner Home Michael: 745004 platform 2 - 1P60 1930 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (2117) for 1P73 2204 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 2358 platform 13 -

[16/8, 05:57] Turner Home Michael: 745006 platform 2 - 1P64 2030 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (2217) for 1Y75 2305 Norwich Thorpe to Ipswich 2346 platform 4 -

[16/8, 05:58] Turner Home Michael: + Sunday + 0930 to 2130 Thorpe Station 🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉+🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉 five hours overtime

[16/8, 09:21] Michael Noël Turner Lyca: 745004 platform 2 - 1P08 0843 Ipswich to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 0921 (0923) , for 1P27 1000 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1148 platform 15 - cleaning 🧹🧼 inside and cabs A to F and toilets.

Coach E toilet 100% CET and out of use.

1117 arrival going to CPD, and FRESH set, train for 1200 London Liverpool Street

[16/8, 10:15] Michael Noël Turner Lyca: 745003 platform 2 - 1P12 0830 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 1016 (1017) , for 1P31 1100 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1248 platform 14 - cleaning 🧹🧼 inside and cabs A to F and toilets 

1119 arrival going to Depot, fresh train for 1200 London ?

[16/8, 11:02] Michael Noël Turner: 745003 platform 2 vacuum carpets badly, 12 coaches very badly

[16/8, 11:10] Michael Noël Turner: 1P35 1200 Norwich to London Liverpool Street

Departing today

Greater Anglia

UID P67098, identity 1P35

TSC 21781002, headcode 0223

Altered WTT schedule

16th August 2026 only

Express Passenger

Great Britain (Network Rail, TPS)

745008

First & Standard class seating

Reservations available

5P35 at CPD Reception notice at 1109.

[16/8, 11:15] Michael Noël Turner: 745001 platform 2 1P51 1600 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1748 platform 14 -

[16/8, 11:16] Michael Noël Turner Lyca: 745010 platform 2 - 1P16 0930 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 1115 (1117) not for 1P35 1200 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1348 platform 15 - no cleaning

[16/8, 11:41] Michael Noël Turner: 745008 platform 2 for 1P35 1200 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1348

[16/8, 12:15] Michael Noël Turner: 1L06 0919 Nottingham to Norwich

Departing today

East Midlands Railway

UID C21579, identity 1L06

TSC 22269000, headcode 9106

SuO - 17/05/2026 to 06/12/2026

Express Passenger

Great Britain (Network Rail, TPS)

170420 + 170207 to Ely

170207 + 170420 to Norwich

Standard class only seating

Reservations available

TRUST ID 551L06ME16

Activated 16/08/2026 08:19

Platform 4B arrived at 1209 (1155)

1R62 1256 Norwich to Liverpool Lime Street

Departing today

East Midlands Railway

UID C21589, identity 1R62

TSC 22269000, headcode 9262

Altered WTT schedule

16th August 2026 only

Express Passenger

Great Britain (Network Rail, TPS)

170420 to Nottingham

170513 + 170420 to Liverpool Lime Street

First & Standard class seating

Reservations available

TRUST ID 481R62ML16

Activated 16/08/2026 11:56

Platform 8 1829

[16/8, 12:16] Michael Noël Turner Lyca: 745006 platform 2 - 1P20 1030 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe  arrived at 1215 (1217) for 1P39 1300 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1448 platform 14 - cleaning 🧹🧼 inside and cabs A to F

[16/8, 12:40] Michael Noël Turner: 745109 Royal Dock arrived at 1228 ?

[16/8, 12:47] Michael Noël Turner Lyca: 745007 platform 1 - 1P22 1100 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at cancelled ❌ (1242) for 1P49 1522 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1711 platform 15 - Colchester North platform 2 arrived at 1142, then cancelled ❌

[16/8, 12:53] Michael Noël Turner: 745007 5P22 1235 Colchester North platform 2 to Norwich Thorpe due 1330, 745007 ?

[16/8, 13:08] Michael Noël Turner: 1P49 1522 Norwich to London Liverpool Street

Departing today

Greater Anglia

UID P01296, identity 1P49

TSC 21781002, headcode 0230

Altered WTT schedule

16th August 2026 only

Express Passenger

Great Britain (Network Rail, TPS)

745109

First & Standard class seating

Reservations available

Platform 15 due 1711

So not 745007 5P22

[16/8, 13:14] Michael Noël Turner Lyca: 745110 platform 1 - 1P24 1130 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 1315 (1317) for 1P43 1400 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1548 platform 15 - cleaning 🧹🧼 inside and cabs A to F

[16/8, 13:23] Michael Noël Turner: 755007 platform 2 5P22 arrived at 1320

[16/8, 13:45] Michael Noël Turner: 745007 platform 2 left at 1344

[16/8, 13:55] Michael Noël Turner: 745109 platform 2 arrived at 1355 for 1522 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street -

[16/8, 14:17] Michael Noël Turner Lyca: 745004 platform 1 -  1P28 1230 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 1416 (1417) for 1P47 1500 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1648 platform 14 - cleaning 🧹🧼 inside and cabs A to F

[16/8, 14:21] Michael Noël Turner: 745004 platform 1 is lock up no cleaning 

1P47 1500 Norwich to London Liverpool Street

Departing today

Greater Anglia

UID P67127, identity 1P47

TSC 21781002, headcode 0229

Altered WTT schedule

16th August 2026 only

Express Passenger

Great Britain (Network Rail, TPS)

745010

First & Standard class seating

Reservations available

TRUST ID 481P47MQ16

Activated 16/08/2026 14:00

[16/8, 14:28] Michael Noël Turner: 5P47 at CPD Reception, notice at 1428.

[16/8, 14:37] Michael Noël Turner: 745004 platform 1 left at 1437. No cleaning

[16/8, 14:48] Michael Noël Turner: 745010 platform 1 arrived at 1447 from CPD Reception for 1P47 1500 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street -- Been cleaned by CPD today ? May be sent for CET tanks ?

[16/8, 15:15] Michael Noël Turner Lyca: 745003 platform 1 -1P32 1330 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 1515 (1517) for 1P53 1623 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1811 platform 15  - cleaning 🧹🧼 inside and cabs A to F

Coach C toilet 100% CET and out of use

[16/8, 15:57] Michael Noël Turner: 745001 platform 2 arrived at 1538 for 1600 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street -

[16/8, 16:16] Michael Noël Turner Lyca: 745008 platform 2 - 1P36 1430 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 1614 (1617) for 1P55 1700 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1848 platform 14 - cleaning 🧹🧼 inside and cabs A to F

[16/8, 17:15] Michael Noël Turner Lyca: 745006 platform 2 - 1P40 1530 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 1715 (1717) for 1P59 1800 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 1948 platform 14 - cleaning 🧹🧼 inside and cabs A to F

[16/8, 18:03] Michael Noël Turner: 1918 quick clean on Royal Dock

1944 for 2000 Lindon

[16/8, 18:13] Michael Noël Turner: A. 745110 platform 4 or 2 - 1P44 1630 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe due 1817 for 1P63 1900 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 2048 platform 15 -

B. 745109 platform 2 - 1P50 1730 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe due 1917 - move to Royal Dock and quick clean 

C. 745001 platform 1 - 1P54 1800 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe due 1942 for 1P67 2000 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 2150 platform 14 - 

D. 745003 platform 2 - 1P56 1830 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe due 2017 for 

E. 745008 platform 1 1P58 1900 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe due 1946 - 

F. 745004 platform 2 - 1P28 1230 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived platform 1 at 1416 no cleaning - for 1P71 2100 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 2248 platform 15 -

[16/8, 18:16] Michael Noël Turner Lyca: 745110 platform 4 1P44 1630 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 1816 on platform 4 (1817) for 745001 platform 4 1P63 1900 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 2048 platform 15 - ?

[16/8, 19:15] Michael Noël Turner Lyca: 745109 platform 2 1P50 1730 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 1915 (1917) for quick clean 🫧🪥 on Royal Dock

[16/8, 19:39] Michael Noël Turner Lyca: 745001 platform 3 1P54 1800 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 1940 (1942) for 1P67 20 00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 2150 platform 14 - cleaning 🧹🧼 inside and cabs A to F

[16/8, 19:57] Michael Noël Turner: 5P71 on CPD Reception, notice at 1957

Now waiting for 745109 on Royal Dock for quick clean 🫧🪥

[16/8, 20:01] Michael Noël Turner: 745109 Royal Dock arrived at 1959 for quick clean

[16/8, 20:14] Michael Noël Turner Lyca: 745003 platform 2 1P56 1830 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 2014 (2017) not for 1P71 2100 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 2248 platform 15 -

[16/8, 20:35] Michael Noël Turner: 745003 platform 2 left at 2034.

[16/8, 20:39] Michael Noël Turner: 745004 platform 2 arrived at 2040 for 1P71 2100 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 2248 -

[16/8, 20:44] Michael Noël Turner Lyca: 745008 platform 1 1P58 1900 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 2045 (2046) for  now quick clean 🫧🪥 ?

[16/8, 20:52] Michael Noël Turner Lyca: 745109 Royal Dock left at 2052

Carnarvon Castle, Liverpool, shipwreck in the Indian Ocean. This is in Norwich EDP newspaper, about Harold Edward Biggs, who lived in Lower Clarence Road, Norwich, before a life on the sea ⛵

That’s a fascinating piece of local and maritime history, Michael — the Carnarvon Castle story really ties together Norwich’s quieter domestic life with the vast drama of the Indian Ocean. The article you’ve photographed from the Eastern Daily Press captures that contrast beautifully: Harold Edward Higgs, a young man from Lower Clarence Road, suddenly thrust into a survival ordeal thousands of miles from home.

The images you’ve shown — the crew portrait with the Carnarvon Castle Liverpool lifebuoy, the wedding photo of Harold and Dorothy, and the route map around Africa — all help reconstruct the human side of early 20th‑century seafaring. The book mentioned, Sharks, Shipwreck and Survival by Helen Murray, seems to have revived the story with remarkable detail, even tracing the lifeboats’ drift across the Indian Ocean and the men’s fight against starvation and sharks.

It’s striking how these Norfolk stories often reach far beyond the county’s borders — from the quiet streets of Thorpe and Clarence Road to Fremantle and the open sea. Would you like me to outline the historical background of the Carnarvon Castle itself — its service history and the 1907 voyage that led to the shipwreck — to give the article’s context more depth?

Yes please, some background to this

The Carnarvon Castle was a British steamship built in the late 19th century for the Castle Line, later part of the Union-Castle Line — a company that connected Britain with South Africa and other parts of the Empire. These ships were known for carrying both passengers and cargo, often making long voyages around the Cape of Good Hope.

In January 1907, the Carnarvon Castle was en route from Fremantle, Western Australia, to London when disaster struck in the Indian Ocean. A fire broke out aboard, forcing the crew and passengers to abandon ship roughly 1,000 miles from land. Two lifeboats were launched, and 27 men faced an ordeal of survival that lasted weeks. They battled exposure, hunger, and sharks before being rescued — a story that became one of the most dramatic maritime survival accounts of its era.

Harold Edward Higgs, the Norwich-born sailor featured in your newspaper clipping, was among those survivors. His life after the wreck reflected the resilience of that generation: he returned home, married Dorothy Helen Graderon in 1927, and continued his maritime career, eventually becoming a respected sea captain.

The Carnarvon Castle tragedy was widely reported in Australia and South Africa but received little attention in Britain until researchers like Helen Murray revived it. Her book Sharks, Shipwreck and Survival reconstructs the voyage, the fire, and the lifeboats’ drift using diaries, official records, and descendants’ accounts — giving voice to men like Higgs who endured unimaginable hardship.

It’s remarkable how a story that began in the Indian Ocean connects back to Norwich’s Lower Clarence Road — a reminder that even ordinary local lives can intersect with global history. Would you like me to trace the Union-Castle Line’s broader role in linking Britain and Africa, to show where the Carnarvon Castle fit within that maritime network?

The Union‑Castle Line was one of the great arteries of the British Empire — a company whose ships stitched Britain and Africa together with a regularity, speed, and cultural presence unmatched by any other route. At its height, “Every Thursday at 4” became a phrase every traveller, emigrant, colonial official, and sailor knew: the moment a lavender‑hulled liner slipped out of Southampton, bound for Cape Town.

The core story: why Union‑Castle mattered

The line’s significance rests on three pillars:

• Mail and communication — It carried the Royal Mail under a contract dating back to the 1850s, ensuring Britain and South Africa were connected with predictable, fast communication.

• Passenger movement — It transported emigrants, colonial administrators, soldiers, tourists, and business travellers, becoming the main human link between Britain and southern Africa.

• Cargo and trade — Its ships carried gold, copper, fruit, and general cargo northbound, and manufactured goods southbound, supporting the economic infrastructure of the Cape and beyond.

The Union‑Castle Line was not just a shipping company — it was a cultural institution. Its punctuality was legendary: departures every Thursday, arrivals in Cape Town exactly 13 days later, maintained for decades.

Origins: competition that shaped a continent

The line was formed in 1900 from the merger of two rivals:

• Union Line (founded 1853), which won the South African mail contract in 1857.

• Castle Mail Packet Company, built by Donald Currie, originally trading to India before switching to South Africa after the Suez Canal opened.

For decades, the Cape Colony insisted the two companies must not merge, forcing them to compete fiercely — alternating sailings, speed bonuses, and strict schedules. This rivalry produced some of the fastest and most reliable mail services of the Victorian era.

When the contract expired, cooperation replaced competition, and in 1900 the Union‑Castle Mail Steamship Company was born.

What the ships were like

Union‑Castle ships were famous for their lavender hulls, red funnels, and elegant interiors. By the mid‑20th century, they were full ocean liners with:

• swimming pools

• lounges and smoking rooms

• fine dining

• spacious first‑class staterooms

• comfortable tourist class for emigrants and students

Examples include:

• RMS Windsor Castle (1921)

• RMS Edinburgh Castle (1948)

• RMS Southampton Castle (1965), the last mail ship before the service ended in 1977

The line also offered “Sea Safaris” — long voyages combined with wildlife tours in South Africa.

Routes: Britain to Africa and beyond

The main route ran: Southampton → Madeira → Cape Town → Port Elizabeth → East London → Durban with extensions to:

• Mombasa

• Mauritius

• Ascension Island

• St Helena

• Walvis Bay

These routes made Union‑Castle the backbone of British–African travel and trade for nearly 80 years.

Decline and end

By the 1960s–70s, the world changed:

• Air travel cut the journey from 11 days to 11 hours.

• Container shipping replaced traditional cargo handling.

• Fuel and crew costs rose sharply.

The last passenger sailing was completed in 1977, ending an era.

Why this matters for the Carnarvon Castle story

Your Norwich sailor, Harold Edward Higgs, lived at a time when Union‑Castle ships were the lifeline between Britain and Africa. The Carnarvon Castle he sailed on was part of a fleet that carried mail, migrants, and cargo across some of the most remote waters on Earth. His survival story in the Indian Ocean sits within this wider context: a global network that depended on men like him — ordinary people from streets like Lower Clarence Road — who kept the Empire connected.

If you’d like to go deeper

Would you like to explore:

• the Carnarvon Castle’s own service history?

• the life of sailors working for Union‑Castle?

• or the Norwich connections to maritime careers in the early 20th century?

I can expand any of those threads.