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Sideshoots - associated subjects => The Lighter Side => Topic started by: grahame on March 31, 2019, 19:21:03



Title: It didn't all go Beeching's way/
Post by: grahame on March 31, 2019, 19:21:03
From the BBC archives ... a tribute to many of the stations to be closed as a result of the Beeching Report.

https://www.facebook.com/BBCArchive/videos/806999166333327/

In the lighter side - or should it be brighter side - listen to the commentary and realise just how many of those named are open today.


Title: Re: It didn't all go Beeching's way/
Post by: Electric train on March 31, 2019, 21:37:04
Flanders and Swan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6OHD2uCpfU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6OHD2uCpfU) The slow train


Title: Re: It didn't all go Beeching's way/
Post by: grahame on March 31, 2019, 22:07:05
Flanders and Swan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6OHD2uCpfU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6OHD2uCpfU) The slow train

Well I think I count seven of the named stations still open ....


Title: Re: It didn't all go Beeching's way/
Post by: eXPassenger on March 31, 2019, 23:16:37
Flanders and Swan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6OHD2uCpfU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6OHD2uCpfU) The slow train

Well I think I count seven of the named stations still open ....

'No more shall I go from St Erth to St Ives ..'



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