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« on: July 11, 2024, 13:49:47 »
at 13:30pm Thursday 11 July.

BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) camera crew were at Westbury (Wilts) to cover the story.

Should be shown again on the 18:30pm local news
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« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2024, 14:14:34 »
So come on Infoman - you obviously watched this item, so tell us more?

Some of us aren't in that TV▸ (Thames Valley, or TeleVision, depending on context) region to watch it....
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« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2024, 15:15:26 »
Quote from: infoman on July 11, 2024, 13:49:47
at 13:30pm Thursday 11 July.

BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) camera crew were at Westbury (Wilts) to cover the story.

Should be shown again on the 18:30pm local news
Quote from: ChrisB on July 11, 2024, 14:14:34
So come on Infoman - you obviously watched this item, so tell us more?

Some of us aren't in that TV▸ (Thames Valley, or TeleVision, depending on context) region to watch it....

A couple of members were there.   I'm flooded at the moment if someone else can post please ;-)
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« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2024, 16:00:51 »
From the GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) press release:

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A special event at Westbury station on Thursday will celebrate the launch of a new archive film project.

Windrose Rural Media Trust has used footage from 1909 to the 1990s to create short films relevant to 24 stations across seven routes on the GWR network.

Each film explores local life as it used to be, allowing customers to travel into the past via a QR▸ (QR Code - Quick Response code (2D bar code)) code link on posters displayed at stations, which can be scanned into phones while waiting for the train.

Routes covered are:

Westbury to Salisbury
Westbury to Weymouth
Westbury to Bath
Westbury to Swindon
Westbury to Bedwyn
Westbury to Taunton
Taunton to Bristol
Made possible by a grant from GWR’s Customer and Community Improvement Fund, the project has been inspired by a 1936 film called Great Western Approaches, which took viewers on a journey into the sun.

An introductory film can be viewed here https://youtu.be/rKvA98Cla-o and film footage will be available on request.
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« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2024, 16:01:59 »
 package from Westbury starts at 06:50 into the program
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00210yg/points-west-lunchtime-news-11072024
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« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2024, 17:03:08 »
Main project site:  (where the QR▸ (QR Code - Quick Response code (2D bar code)) code takes customers)

https://windroseruralmedia.org/projects/great-western-approaches-revisited/
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« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2024, 21:33:15 »
They were at GWRs▸ (Great Western Railway) stakeholder forum - I bought a couple of these films
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