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Do It Yourself Railway

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
597
Date Released
2 Jun 1966
Date recorded
6 May 1966
Length of issue (in feet)
678
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Carnation Farm
  2. 2Do It Yourself Railway
  3. 3Swimming Tiger

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
Pathe synopsis: Victor Martin is railway mad. His house is built to look like a station and he’s all prepared for the day when British Railways decides to re-open operations on the Isle of Sheppey. Meanwhile Victor and his wife Lulu are happy enough issuing tickets to visitors, keeping a genuine ex-LMS signal in working order and running their own "O" gauge railway in a shed at the bottom of the garden. Trains keep strictly to the St Pancras time-table of 1948 and they’re only late when mice get on the line.
Keywords
Railways; Toys and models
Locations
Kent; England
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
Wilfrid Thomas
Length of story (in feet)
282
Story extras:
Film clip

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