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Title: 'Beating Beeching' - BBC programmes about steam railways in Wales Post by: Chris from Nailsea on December 08, 2011, 23:53:22 Prompted by member 'chuffed', whose original post (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=9925.msg103414#msg103414) may unfortunately have been overlooked, amongst all the levity on that 'light-hearted topic', I'm taking the liberty of repeating his suggestion that these programmes are worth viewing:
Quote Whilst on the subject of Welsh railways. Has anyone caught up with the 4 programmes broadcast on BBC 2 Wales at 730pm on Tuesdays ? Living in Portishead I get my Freeview from Wenvoe. Called Beating Beeching' they feature footage never seen before on TV.Unusually The earlier programmes are ALL available on i player. A browser search for Beating Beeching will bring them up. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01875ph/Welsh_Railways_Beating_Beeching_Part_1/ for part 1, available until 13 Dec 2011: Quote The steam railways of Wales seemed lost forever with the Beeching cuts of the 1960s, but this series celebrates their revival with wonderful colour archive film combined with the memories of passengers and railwaymen from the age of steam. CfN. :) Title: Re: 'Beating Beeching' - BBC programmes about steam railways in Wales Post by: Chris from Nailsea on December 15, 2011, 21:34:37 I've just enjoyed watching part 2 - available until 20 December 2011.
See http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b018gs4c/Welsh_Railways_Beating_Beeching_Part_2/ CfN. :) This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |