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« on: January 22, 2012, 12:59:41 »
Victoria Wood's trip from Crewe to Crewe is showing on Yesterday today, now-ish
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« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2012, 03:22:32 »
Just watched this on Youtube - what a contrast between 1995 (when the film was made) and now. Of course, it may have been selectively edited to make a point, but the general impression is of a dilapidated system on its last legs, not especially busy and in certain places carrying almost no passengers...

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And it was impossible not to notice that some of those uniforms (don't know if they were very late BR▸ (British Rail(ways))/sectorization or if they were very early privatization) were HORRENDOUS!
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