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« on: May 29, 2025, 16:06:36 »
It's a phrase that resonated. So much railway land redeveloped for retail, and just occasionally, provision made for a new line through the site.

Galashiels is to some extent a case of "Where there have never been trains, there will be trains", mind, to misquote John Betjeman.

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« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2025, 17:02:10 »
(Source of phrase, for anyone who missed it:
https://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=11010.msg361826#msg361826 )
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