Going Farther Afield
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Since the end Of restrictions on the movement of cattle, farmers could go farther afield to buy stock, and similarly they could send. stock to customers all over Britain and to the main centres for killing. Coincidentally there had been a reduction in the number of carriers in the Hull and Beverley districts.
There appeared to be a difference between hauliers, farmers and stockbreeders east and west of Hull. East of Hull, a large proportion of the East Riding was seagirt and the facilities offered by the railwaY could not be as good as those on the west.
Through no fault of the railways, conditions were often primitive at stations, and there was difficulty in moving goods trains across the passen ger-train lines at Hull. gome of the statements about delayed rail traffic were justified and some perhaps a little exaggerated.