| Tramways and light railways long gone Posted by grahame at 09:22, 7th November 2025 |     |
I came across Fenland on Film a few minutes ago ... these are stills from a film. Are there any films / records of light railways in our area such as the Biddeford, Westward Ho! and Appledore, or the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead?
| Re: Tramways and light railways long gone Posted by BahnCard100 at 14:17, 7th November 2025 | |
Hello Grahame,
re the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway there is interest group with a website www.wcpr.org.uk which looks fairly comprehensive. YouTube also has some content, hope this helps.
| Re: Tramways and light railways long gone Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 18:27, 7th November 2025 | |
Many years ago, my wife bought me a DVD from the W C & P Railway Group, as a Christmas present: "Somerset's Lost Railway - the story of the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway". It's 90 minutes of fascinating material, much of it in colour.
You're welcome to borrow it: I'll post it to you. CfN.
| Re: Tramways and light railways long gone Posted by johnneyw at 21:50, 7th November 2025 | |
Many years ago, my wife bought me a DVD from the W C & P Railway Group, as a Christmas present: "Somerset's Lost Railway - the story of the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway". It's 90 minutes of fascinating material, much of it in colour.
You're welcome to borrow it: I'll post it to you. CfN.
You're welcome to borrow it: I'll post it to you. CfN.
I did the way marked walking route between Clevedon and Weston-Super-Mare this summer. Some of it takes you to old remnants of the line, including some stretches of the trackbed, halts and the site of a bridge over a tidal pill with a branch to a former wharf, all aided by interpretation boards.
| Re: Tramways and light railways long gone Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 22:18, 7th November 2025 | |
Thanks for posting that, johnneyw.
I'm rather more familiar with the remnants of that particular line between Clevedon and Portishead. I used to deliver groceries to a lovely - very elderly - couple in an old farm at Walton-in-Gordano. The boundary of their back garden was ... erm, the trackbed of the WC&P.
My 'Mr Customer' was great: whilst I was unpacking their groceries onto the kitchen worktops for them, he would regale me with anecdotes about that railway - just because I'd asked a casual question about it.
Chris from Nailsea.
| Re: Tramways and light railways long gone Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 15:01, 8th November 2025 | |
For further detail on the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway, see a previous topic, at https://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=485.0
