Topic Brief: "Looking at this desolate waterway now, it's hard to imagine what it was like in the great days - but it's not so hard for me, because ... John Stapleton reports from Tavistock North railway station in Devon, which was closed by British Rail in the late 1960's following ...

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"Looking at this desolate waterway now, it's hard to imagine what it was like in the great days - but it's not so hard for me, because ... John Stapleton reports from Tavistock North railway station in Devon, which was closed by British Rail in the late 1960's following ... 'Victoria' is the realisation of a dream for two steam fanatics - their own beautiful little boat steaming up and down Regent's

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  • "Looking at this desolate waterway now, it's hard to imagine what it was like in the great days - but it's not so hard for me, because ...
  • John Stapleton reports from Tavistock North railway station in Devon, which was closed by British Rail in the late 1960's following ...
  • 'Victoria' is the realisation of a dream for two steam fanatics - their own beautiful little boat steaming up and down Regent's
  • "Today these stations are small and remote and unprofitable, but 100 years ago, they were the threads that bound a nation ...
  • This far from immaculate veteran is so many tons of whining, rattling, clanging, swaying, pure nostalgia” - Fyfe Robertson.

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1962: A Lament for the FORTH AND CLYDE CANAL | Tonight | Retro Transport | BBC Archive
1962: LAST TRAM in Glasgow | Tonight | Retro Transport | BBC Archive
1964: Living the STEAM DREAM on Regent's Canal | Tonight | Retro Transport | BBC Archive
1956: The END OF THE LINE? | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive
1963: TRIBUTE to CLOSED RAILWAY STATIONS | Tonight | Retro Transport | BBC Archive
1976: The TRAIN STATION with NO TRAINS | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
1969: The Vanishing Railway | Gone Tomorrow | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive
1975: GLASGOW's Victorian UNDERGROUND RAILWAY | Nationwide | Retro Transport | BBC Archive
1960: WEST HIGHLAND RAILWAY - A Day in the Life | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive
1976: Meet the COMMUTERS | Nationwide | Retro Transport | BBC Archive
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1962: A Lament for the FORTH AND CLYDE CANAL | Tonight | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

1962: A Lament for the FORTH AND CLYDE CANAL | Tonight | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

"Looking at this desolate waterway now, it's hard to imagine what it was like in the great days - but it's not so hard for me, because ...

1962: LAST TRAM in Glasgow | Tonight | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

1962: LAST TRAM in Glasgow | Tonight | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

This far from immaculate veteran is so many tons of whining, rattling, clanging, swaying, pure nostalgia” - Fyfe Robertson.

1964: Living the STEAM DREAM on Regent's Canal | Tonight | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

1964: Living the STEAM DREAM on Regent's Canal | Tonight | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

'Victoria' is the realisation of a dream for two steam fanatics - their own beautiful little boat steaming up and down Regent's

1956: The END OF THE LINE? | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive

1956: The END OF THE LINE? | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive

Read more details and related context about 1956: The END OF THE LINE? | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive.

1963: TRIBUTE to CLOSED RAILWAY STATIONS | Tonight | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

1963: TRIBUTE to CLOSED RAILWAY STATIONS | Tonight | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

"Today these stations are small and remote and unprofitable, but 100 years ago, they were the threads that bound a nation ...

1976: The TRAIN STATION with NO TRAINS | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

1976: The TRAIN STATION with NO TRAINS | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

John Stapleton reports from Tavistock North railway station in Devon, which was closed by British Rail in the late 1960's following ...

1969: The Vanishing Railway | Gone Tomorrow | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive

1969: The Vanishing Railway | Gone Tomorrow | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive

Terence Carroll's documentary series Gone Tomorrow examines those aspects of Britain that are vanishing. Since the Beeching ...

1975: GLASGOW's Victorian UNDERGROUND RAILWAY | Nationwide | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

1975: GLASGOW's Victorian UNDERGROUND RAILWAY | Nationwide | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

Read more details and related context about 1975: GLASGOW's Victorian UNDERGROUND RAILWAY | Nationwide | Retro Transport | BBC Archive.

1960: WEST HIGHLAND RAILWAY - A Day in the Life | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive

1960: WEST HIGHLAND RAILWAY - A Day in the Life | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive

Read more details and related context about 1960: WEST HIGHLAND RAILWAY - A Day in the Life | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive.

1976: Meet the COMMUTERS | Nationwide | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

1976: Meet the COMMUTERS | Nationwide | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

Bernard Falk investigates a modern social phenomenon, commuting. What inspires hundreds of thousands of people to spend up ...