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Thread #72771 Message #3075641
Posted By: Ross Campbell
16-Jan-11 - 09:17 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Songs about Beeching's Cuts
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about Beeching's Cuts
As somebody above said - "Go on, go on, go on!"
Fleetwood lost its main station in 1966, Wyre Dock Station was then renamed "Fleetwood" and became the end of the line, releasing the huge marshalling yard area which became the lorry-park for various Irish ferry links (now being released for other development in a piecemeal fashion. The Stena link to Larne ceased in December 2010). The rail passenger service to Fleetwood ceased in 1970 (so not directly linked to the Beeching cuts) and the line to Fleetwood Power Station continued through to the early eighties. Since 1984 there has been an ongoing campaign to get the connection reinstated. It is allegedly a main plank in Wyre Borough's Master Plan for Fleetwood's future. We'll see.
Ron Baxter wrote a song "The Ghost Train" to the tune of Don Bilston's "Loco Fireman" for one of our "Amounderness Tales" shows in the late eighties (pre-computer days, so I'll have to do some digging). Will post when I find it.
Ross