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« on: July 27, 2016, 18:36:18 »
New Station opens in Swindon on Sunday 31st July 2016

http://coatewaterrailway.wixsite.com/swindon

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Sunday 31st July: Special Event, Public Running
and official opening of the Richard Jefferies Museum halt at 12pm

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« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2016, 19:33:55 »
That should cheer up Richard Jefferies a little. He must be spinning in his grave at the sight of all those houses cluttering up the land he loved, where Bevis played. Still, we musn't decry progress  Undecided
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