Image source, G A Richardson, Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust Bob Downes was 19 when he began working as a porter at Shillingstone station in 1962, before training as a signalman. "There was always ...

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The British Railways modernisation programme of the 1960s radically changed the rail network, and the British Transport Films unit and the TV news were there to capture it. Compiled here is never ...

Visitors are invited to step back in time to the 1960s at the Great Central Railway next weekend. The Leicestershire attraction is holding a 'Railways at Work Gala', complete with the sounds, sights ...

One of a number of recordings used in the programme 'Sports Review of 1960', presented by Philip Greene, broadcast 30 December 1960. This recording features: Commentary from the final of the Railway ...

Bob Downes was 19 when he began working as a porter at Shillingstone station in 1962, before training as a signalman. "There was always a busyness about the station, I miss it so much," he says of his ...