The last days of the Lynn and Dereham railway (1968)

The last days of the Lynn and Dereham railway (1968)

Posted by lympstone_commuter at 16:09, 2nd November 2025

This old BBC documentary film has just appeared on YouTube, recording the last days of the line between Kings Lynn and Dereham in 1968.

I thoroughly recommend it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uke3Y43F-BQ

I thought it was a great watch - fascinating, evocative, nostalgic, and of course melancholy......

Re: The last days of the Lynn and Dereham railway (1968)

Posted by CyclingSid at 13:22, 3rd November 2025

Interesting, but slightly depressing.

This happened before I had connections in North Norfolk. Before the days of pubs being open all day every day. The bus service had been reduced to one day a week, into the market in the morning and a rather merry bus back late afternoon/early evening.

There was reputed to be a firm who rented out horse-drawn gypsy caravans for holidays. If you didn't have a plan, supposedly the horse would take you on a tour of the local markets, where the pubs were open all day. Would be nice to believe.

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