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Wells And Walsingham Light Railway
The Wells and Walsingham Light Railway is a gauge heritage railway in Norfolk, Norfolk, England running between the coastal town of Wells-next-the-Sea and the inland village of Walsingham. The railway occupies a section of the trackbed of the former Wymondham to Wells branch which was closed to passengers in stages from 1964 to 1969 as part of the Beeching cuts. Other parts of this line, further south, have also been preserved by the Mid-Norfolk Railway. Despite its miniature dimensions, the Wells and Walsingham Light Railway is a "public railway", indicating that its operation is established by Act of Parliament. The original establishment of the preserved line was authorised by the Wells and Walsingham Light Railway Order 1982, the terms of which were altered under the subsequent Wells and Walsingham Light Railway (Amendment) Order 1994. Prior to 1982 the gauge Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway had traded as "The World's smallest public railway", a phrase sometimes quoted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Refilling The Tank At Wells
Refill may refer to: * Free refill, a drink that can be filled again, free of charge, after being consumed * Refill (campaign), British environmental campaign * "Refill" (song), 2012 song by Elle Varner * '' Relapse: Refill'', 2009 album by Eminem See also * Capillary refill, medical term * Toner refill Toner refilling is the practice of refilling empty laser printer toner cartridges with new toner powder. This enables the cartridge to be reused, saving the cost of a complete new cartridge and the impact of the waste and disposal of the old one. ..., refilling of laser printer toner cartridges * Refil (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wells Harbour Railway
The Wells Harbour Railway was a gauge railway that ran at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England. It was long, running between Wells Harbour and Pinewoods. The line operated for 45 years, from 1976 to 2021, when it was closed and replaced with a bus service. History The Wells Harbour Railway was established in 1976 by Roy Francis (naval officer), Roy Francis. It opened in July of that year. There were two stations, Harbour and Pinewood, located at the town and seaward ends of the line respectively. At the latter there is a caravan park and beach. The railway provided an alternative to the long walk between Wells next the Sea and the beach at Wells Harbour. A bus route once served Pinewoods, but this was withdrawn. The Motive power depot, engine shed was located at Pinewoods. Over 80,000 passengers were carried in the first two years of operation. In January 1978, a storm washed away over of track. The railway was rebuilt and reopened in July that year. In 1980, Francis sold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Francis (naval Officer)
Lieutenant-Commander Roy Wallace Francis (2 July 1922 – 27 January 2015) was a British naval officer who served on and during World War II. He was later the founder of the gauge Wells Harbour Railway and Wells & Walsingham Light Railway, both located in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Francis died aged 92. Early life Francis was born in Chingford, Essex on 2 July 1922 the son of Colonel Aubrey Francis. Francis developed an interest in railways at an early age. He had an ambition to work on the railway, but his father signed him up for a naval school at the age of fourteen. Military service Francis joined the training ship in 1936 and joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1939. During World War II, Francis served in the Royal Navy on HMS ''Manchester'', which was in the Mediterranean in July 1941 when she was hit by the first aerial torpedo used in combat by the Germans. He then served on . Following promotion to sub-lieutenant, he served on , which wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walsingham2
Walsingham () is a civil parish in North Norfolk, England, famous for its religious shrines in honour of Mary, mother of Jesus. It also contains the ruins of two medieval monastic houses.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 251 – Norfolk Coast Central''. . Walsingham is northwest of Norwich, approximately northeast of King's Lynn, and around northeast of Sandringham House, the royal estate. The civil parish includes Little Walsingham and Great Walsingham, together with Egmere medieval settlement, Egmere (a depopulated medieval village), and has an area of . At the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census, it had a population of 819.Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes''. Retrieved 2 December 2005. Walsingham is a historically significant Christian pilgrimage site, renowned for its devotion to Our Lady of Walsingham. According to tradition, in 1061, the Anglo-S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beeching Report
Beeching is an English surname. It is either a derivative of the old English ''bece'', ''bæce'' "stream", hence "dweller by the stream" or of the old English ''bece'' "beech-tree" hence "dweller by the beech tree".''Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames'', Reaney & Wilson, Oxford University Press 2005 People called Beeching include:- * Henry Beeching (1859–1919) clergyman, author and poet * Jack Beeching (John Charles Stuart Beeching) (1922–2001), British poet * Richard Beeching (1913–1985), chairman of British Railways * Thomas Beeching (1900–1971), English soldier and cricketer * Vicky Beeching (Victoria Louise Beeching) (born 1979), British-born Christian singer See also * Beeching Axe, informal name for the report "The Reshaping of British Railways" References {{surname English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Region Of British Railways
The Eastern Region was a region of British Railways from 1948, whose operating area could be identified from the dark blue signs and colour schemes that adorned its station and other railway buildings. Together with the North Eastern Region (which it absorbed in 1967), it covered most lines of the former London and North Eastern Railway, except in Scotland. By 1988 the Eastern Region had been divided again into the Eastern Region and the new Anglia Region, with the boundary points being between and , and between and . The region ceased to be an operating unit in its own right in the 1980s and was wound up at the end of 1992. History The region was formed in at nationalisation in 1948, mostly out of the former Great Northern, Great Eastern and Great Central lines that were merged into the LNER in 1923. Of all the "Big Four" pre-nationalisation railway companies, the LNER was most in need of significant investment. In the immediate post-war period there was a need to rebuild ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport Act 1947
The Transport Act 1947 ( 10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 49) was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Under the terms of the Act, the railway network, long-distance road haulage and various other types of transport were nationalised and came under the administration of the British Transport Commission. The BTC was responsible to the Ministry of Transport for general transport policy, which it exercised principally through financial control of a number of executives set up to manage specified sections of the industry under schemes of delegation. Overview The Act was part of the nationalisation agenda of Clement Attlee's Labour government, and took effect from 1 January 1948. In Northern Ireland, the Ulster Transport Authority acted in a similar manner. The government also nationalised other means of transport such as: canals, sea and shipping ports, bus companies, and eventually, in the face of much opposition, road haulage. All of these transport modes, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
