Local Colour
It was known locally as the Selsey Tram. It was also sometimes called "The Siddlesham Snail" after one of the villages having a station of that name. Sidlesham station's nameboard originally perpetuated the old spelling "Siddlesham". A song was written criticising the line which verse went
- "The Siddlesham snail,
- the Siddlesham snail,
- the boilers burst,
- she's off the rail,
- the Siddlesham snail!"
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