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Title: Abandoned railways from above - merged posts Post by: grahame on September 21, 2024, 09:59:14 From Somerset Live (https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/once-lost-somerset-railway-returns-9569492)
Quote The 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 Title: Re: Abandoned railways from above - merged posts Post by: grahame on September 21, 2024, 17:14:08 From Somerset Live (https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/once-lost-somerset-railway-returns-9569492) Quote The 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 (https://www.wellho.info/pix/arfa1of6.jpg) Title: Re: Abandoned railways from above - merged posts Post by: ChrisB on September 21, 2024, 20:21:14 https://www.channel4.com/programmes/abandoned-railways-from-above
Title: Re: Abandoned railways from above - merged posts Post by: Phil on September 21, 2024, 20:31:21 Not a good start, with the commentator repeatedly mispronouncing the name of the city of Bath... :D
Title: Re: Abandoned railways from above - merged posts Post by: ChrisB on September 21, 2024, 21:40:16 Other than that 8) 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. Title: Re: Abandoned railways from above - merged posts Post by: Chris from Nailsea on September 21, 2024, 22:16:27 Thanks for the suggestion, ChrisB - now done! :)
Title: Re: Abandoned railways from above - merged posts Post by: JayMac on September 21, 2024, 22:32:39 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.
Disappointed of Templecombe Title: Re: Abandoned railways from above - merged posts Post by: Chris from Nailsea on September 21, 2024, 22:38:27 Finn would have been delighted to have been filmed from above ... ;D
Title: Re: Abandoned railways from above - merged posts Post by: JayMac on September 21, 2024, 23:13:35 Finn would have been delighted to have been filmed from above ... ;D He's been there, done that. :P (https://i.postimg.cc/7LJyzsLK/Screenshot-2024-09-21-23-10-30-302-com-google-android-apps-photos.jpg) Title: Re: Abandoned railways from above - merged posts Post by: Chris from Nailsea on September 21, 2024, 23:23:58 I didn't even need to set that post up: I just knew Finn would have already done it. ;D
Title: Re: Abandoned railways from above - merged posts Post by: ChrisB on September 22, 2024, 12:13:51 - and I think I heard the announcement that next week's programme is around Oxford. It certainly is..... Quote ....follows the line that connected England's two great university cities - and became Britain's secret Second World War weapon 8pm start next week.... Title: Re: Abandoned railways from above - merged posts Post by: JayMac on September 22, 2024, 19:11:33 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. :P Title: Re: Abandoned railways from above - merged posts Post by: Phil on September 22, 2024, 19:30:43 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. :P The presenter also mentioned "Evercreek Junction" that episode This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |