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In his book "Hellifield and the Railway" (published by Castleberg in 1991), W.R. Mitchell recounts some of the stories he'd heard over many decades while chatting to railwaymen. The following is relevant to the Hellifield bookstall & news kiosk:
Pages 38 & 40:
Jim Antell, starting as boy at the bookstall at the age of 13, received half-a-crown a week. In summer, two boys were employed by the manager. One boy delivered newspapers and magazines in the village. The other, his periodicals in a basket, met the stopping trains and attempted to sell his wares.