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There is a story about a farm hand who had never seen a train. He was sent over by the bailiff to see the train but as he got there it disappeared out of sight whistling as it went under the bridge.When asked if he had seen the train he said in pure Norfolk "Well I see soffin but as soon as it see me it shrieked and rushed into its burra."
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Another story is told about the M.P for North Norfolk Noel Buxton ( later minister of Agriculture). While waiting for a train at Buxton station he sat on a sunny bank which unfortunately contained an ants' nest. The train then arrived and he got into his first class carriage and pulled the blinds down and took off his trousers to shake the ants out of the window. Just then another train passed in the opposite direction and took away the M.P.'s trousers. At Norwich the railway kindly lent him a pair of porter's trousers and he attended the House of Commons clad in this way.
(History of Red House By Derek Mellor)
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In the old days another line ran from the old Norwich City Station to Aylsham and Melton Constable and north from there. The Aylsham station for this line, which didn't pass through Buxton, was on the old Cromer road
One of the final tickets issued for this line.
13th September 1952.
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