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« on: January 01, 2017, 19:48:56 » |
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I was actually standing on the alignment of an old railway track bed:  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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TonyK
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« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2017, 19:52:09 » |
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Congresbury?
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2017, 19:58:53 » |
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No - but thank you for a very prompt answer.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2017, 20:32:40 » |
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No, not Portishead, either. |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2017, 20:38:36 » |
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A guess - Highbridge?
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2017, 20:46:49 » |
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Sorry, no: not Highbridge. You are all in the right part of the Great Western area, though.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2017, 20:48:06 » |
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Keeping in line with forum tradition.... sorry BNM the locals have stolen the tracks and got some scrap metal money down Taunton way overnight. |
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« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2017, 23:24:24 » |
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Tescos in Clevedon?
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #10 on: January 02, 2017, 11:40:48 » |
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No, not Yatton, but at the other end of that old branch line. Yes, Clevedon. The view in the opposite direction: the old track bed ran alongside that line of trees into the centre of the town.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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