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Items added on 23rd December 2016                                                                                         Those added most recently come first.

23/12/2016

 
Looking for Maps
Dave Antony
Hi Keith
I don't know if anyone has previously suggested this site.


http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore

It's from the National Library of Scotland. You can pick an old OS map from the drop down menu, I find the 6 inch 1888-1913 the best, and by sliding the blue button in the bottom left it then superimposes the current birds eye Bing photo over the map. Fantastic for pinpointing old tracks, building etc.
Cheers   Dave Anthony              
                 Many thanks Dave, well worth noting and trying.
Amazing Angarrack
Roger Winnen
Each year at Christmas time the little village of Angarrack near Hayle becomes a blaze of lights for about three weeks.  During this time there are many visitors and collectors with buckets in hand raise a lot of money for charity.  Congratulations to them.  Also congratulations to Roger Winnen who on his second attempt got this fleeting view from the lofty viaduct.
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Angarrack. Well worth a visit. 22nd December 2016 Copyright roger Winnen.
Westover Bridge
John Cornelius

Hi Keith, Here's a couple of pics I took of Westover railway bridge piers near Langport which were left in place after the Taunton-Yeovil branch closed. It only had a 7ft headroom, so only small vehicles could pass under. Bigger vehicles had to had to go up a trackway adjacent to the bridge to cross the line which had gates controlled by a crossing keeper who lived in the cottage beside the  line. Today this is a private residence. After the serious flooding on the moors in the winter of 2013/2014, when the village of Muchelney was marooned,the council took the decision to raise the road by 1 metre from Muchelney to the Westover piers,so in the event of future flooding there would be access to and from Muchelney.The second pic was taken after the road works were completed on 26-2-2015. My only regret is that I never to took a pic of a train passing when the bridge was in situ.
But that's life.  cheers JOHN C  Many thanks John
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This bridge was south of Langport. Copyright John Cornelius
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Copyright John Cornelius

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