WHAT a wonderful photograph by Press photographer Nigel Holland ("Bishop steams into town", July 30).

He captured the characters perfectly. It took me back to my childhood when you walked two miles from Thixendale to Burdale station to catch the steam train which ran from Driffield to Malton - affectionately known as the Old Malton Dodger.

Everyone wore hankies tied at the corners for sun hats.

Those were the days!

Thank you, Nigel.

Ivy Eden,

Pinewood Grove,

Huntington, York.

Updated: 11:30 Saturday, August 02, 2003