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From Somerset LiveThe historic railway line which once connected Bath and Bournemouth is set to return to the spotlight 58 years after its closure as it features in a major new documentary, Abandoned Railways From Above , which launches on Channel 4 on Saturday September 21. A long article which doesn't actually tell the time it will be broadcast |
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Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
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« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2024, 17:14:08 » |
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From Somerset LiveThe historic railway line which once connected Bath and Bournemouth is set to return to the spotlight 58 years after its closure as it features in a major new documentary, Abandoned Railways From Above , which launches on Channel 4 on Saturday September 21. A long article which doesn't actually tell the time it will be broadcast  |
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ChrisB
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« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2024, 20:21:14 » |
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Phil
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« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2024, 20:31:21 » |
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Not a good start, with the commentator repeatedly mispronouncing the name of the city of Bath...  |
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ChrisB
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« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2024, 21:40:16 » |
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Other than that  I thought it was an excellent programme - I certainly learned stuff I didn't know. Mods - You might amend the thread's subject - it's a series of 6 - "Abandoned Railways from above" - and I think I heard the announcement that next week's programme is around Oxford. |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2024, 22:16:27 » |
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Thanks for the suggestion, ChrisB - now done!  |
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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 #6 on: September 21, 2024, 22:32:39 » |
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For an episode titled "Somerset" it was a little saddening that a large section of the line through the county and several stations were not featured at all.
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2024, 22:38:27 » |
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Finn would have been delighted to have been filmed from above ...  |
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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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JayMac
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« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2024, 23:13:35 » |
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Finn would have been delighted to have been filmed from above ... He's been there, done that.   |
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2024, 23:23:58 » |
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I didn't even need to set that post up: I just knew Finn would have already done it. |
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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 #10 on: September 22, 2024, 12:13:51 » |
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- and I think I heard the announcement that next week's programme is around Oxford. It certainly is..... ....follows the line that connected England's two great university cities - and became Britain's secret Second World War weapon 8pm start next week.... |
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« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2024, 19:11:33 » |
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I also noted in the 'Somerset' episode that they spelled one place name wrong on the progress map. Midsommer Norton.  Later on, the subtitles included "Blanford Forum". The town is Bland. |
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2024, 19:30:43 » |
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I also noted in the 'Somerset' episode that they spelled one place name wrong on the progress map. Midsommer Norton. Later on, the subtitles included "Blanford Forum". The town is Bland. The presenter also mentioned "Evercreek Junction" that episode |
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