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« on: January 01, 2017, 19:48:56 »
I was actually standing on the alignment of an old railway track bed:
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

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« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2017, 19:52:09 »
Congresbury?
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« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2017, 19:58:53 »
No - but thank you for a very prompt answer.  Wink
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2017, 20:29:54 »
Port Z ?.
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« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2017, 20:32:40 »
No, not Portishead, either. Wink
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2017, 20:38:36 »
A guess - Highbridge?
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« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2017, 20:46:49 »
Sorry, no: not Highbridge.  Wink

You are all in the right part of the Great Western area, though.  Grin
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"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2017, 20:48:06 »
Keeping in line with forum tradition.... sorry BNM the locals have stolen the tracks and got some scrap metal money down Taunton way overnight.   Grin
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« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2017, 22:59:18 »
Yatton perhaps ?.
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« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2017, 23:24:24 »
Tescos in Clevedon?
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« Reply #10 on: January 02, 2017, 11:40:48 »
No, not Yatton, but at the other end of that old branch line.  Yes, Clevedon.

The view in the opposite direction: the old track bed ran alongside that line of trees into the centre of the town.
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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