Thomas Cook in Paris for the Exhibition. During the 1860s he took parties to Switzerland, Italy, Egypt and the United States. The Thomas Cook statue outside Leicester Railway Station, London Road, Leicester (pictured above) was unveiled on 14 January 1994 by his great-great-grandson Thomas Cook. It was sculpted by James Walter Butler RA. In 1872, he formed a partnership with his son, John Mason Cook, and renamed the travel agency as "Thomas Cook & Son". They acquired business premises on Fleet Street, London. The office also contained a shop which sold essential travel accessories, including guide books, luggage, telescopes and footwear. Thomas
Desborough railway station line. In response to a requisition from the ratepayers of Rothwell, the Midland Railway Company decided to inaugurate a bus service between Rothwell and Desborough station in 1899. The station subsequently was renamed "Desborough and Rothwell". It closed in 1968. The station building still stands, but the goods yard area is now built-over, mainly given over to a Co-Op store and car park and Albany Sheds. Desborough railway station Desborough railway station was built by the Midland Railway on its extension from Leicester to Bedford and Hitchin. The station opened on 8 May 1857 as "Desborough". It was renamed on