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Signalman in the final days of steam railways

In Sheringham, Norfolk, Melvyn Bragg is joined by Michael, a railwayman who looks back at footage of himself as a 19 year old signalman during the final years of steam railways as the Beeching axe approached.

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Reel History of BritainThe End of the Line

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