Ashe is listed as the booking clerk. Leslie Blood worked in the booking office from 1926 to 1939 when he was promoted to the position of Stationmaster at Stoke Golding. Sir Neil Cossons, now Chairman of English Heritage, worked as a junior porter in his youth. Station Master's House The first station masters house built in 1839 was a small cabin. A larger building, originally at Southwell was moved to Beeston and erected in 1857. The Station Master's House at 211 Station Road is now private property, used as Station House Children's Day Nursery. Other information The Victoria Hotel public house is adjacent to the Nottingham platform and has its own gate access to the platform, for which it reputedly paid an annual peppercorn rent of 50 pence. The gate was locked out of use for a number of years, so access to the Victoria Hotel was via Technology Drive or Barton St, however it was opened for access again in 2014. There was also a Beeston Castle and Tarporley railway station in Cheshire, England, for the villages of Beeston and Tarporley. Between 1840 and 1868 it was called simply "Beeston". References External links "Picture the Past" Beeston Station c1904 "Picture the Past" Beeston Station c1910 "Pictures of Beeston Station taken in 2004" See Beeston railway station on Google Street View. Railway stations in Nottinghamshire DfT Category D stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1839 Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway Railway stations served by CrossCountry Transport in the Borough of Broxtowe Grade II listed buildings in Nottinghamshire Grade II listed railway stations Former Midland Railway stations Beeston, Nottinghamshire