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« on: April 29, 2011, 16:34:29 »
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« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2011, 16:43:39 »
Someone was born?

someone died?

Giz a clue? (in yozzer hughes giz a job mode but you may not get that if you aint a scouser)
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« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2011, 16:44:04 »
Took over 4 minutes for the images to load
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« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2011, 16:57:20 »
Quote from: Mookiemoo on April 29, 2011, 16:44:04
Took over 4 minutes for the images to load

Sorry about that - reduced them to just links ... but they're still big so they can be read.
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« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2011, 17:19:49 »
Hmm.  Roll Eyes

At first, I thought, Dilton Marsh Halt might be the answer - but then, on second thoughts, I thought Weymouth may feature in the answer.

(A cunningly disguised attempt at 'two bites of the cherry', there - sorry!)  Tongue Embarrassed
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« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2011, 22:09:33 »
I note that Melksham is mentioned in the third one with the train taking the north curve at Bradford Junction
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« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2011, 22:23:04 »
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That would have been my third guess ...  Embarrassed Tongue Roll Eyes
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« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2011, 07:19:44 »
Not sure I was actually asking a question in my original post ... rather more simply providing an interesting piece of history looking at what the service was like on the Salisbury <----> Bath section just over fifty years ago.
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