Redruth library to host railway exhibition (This is The Westcountry 10/08/2010)

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[JayMac]

From This is The Westcountry:

There will be something for railway enthusiasts of all ages in Redruth this month at an exhibition at Cornish Studies Library.

This will include a series of photographs by author and photographer John Vaughan between August 17 and 28. More than 3,000 images will be on display, illustrating railways in Cornwall between 1970 and 2000.

On Monday, August 23 at 7.30pm Stuart Walker, chair of the Helston Railway Preservation Society, will give a talk about the railway and the work that has been done over the past four and half years to reopen a section of the former branch line which closed in 1964.

For younger transport enthusiasts, there will be an art workshop for children who will be able to make model cars, traction engines, aeroplanes and rockets before racing them. Artist Alice Mumford, will run Cornish Wacky Races on Tuesday, August 24 from 10am to 12pm. The workshop is suitable for all ages and tickets are available from the Cornwall Centre, where the studies library is based, at ^2.

Kim Cooper, principal library officer at the Cornwall Centre, said: ^We are thrilled to have this wonderful collection of excellent images. It provides a fascinating insight into Cornwall's recent railway history and will be of great interest to railway enthusiasts, local historians and people of all ages.^

[Andy]

Anyone intending to visit the Redruth Library exhibition may also be interested in combining it with a visit to Helston Folk Museum where, from 21 August to 3 September, there is an exhibition about the Helston Branch Line, a stretch of which which is currently being revived as a preserved railway. Details of the exhibition and the railway itself can be found at:
http://www.helstonrailway.co.uk/