The View From Here: Full Steam Ahead for a Dose of Heritage ; Ian Parri Heads for Llangollen in Our Series Visiting 50 Welsh Communities
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THE kids' uniform squeal of delight echoes the engine's mournful whistle as the 14.22 from Carrog trundles into the station with a triumphant hiss of steam. The half-hour trip into Llangollen on the full-gauge heritage railway has been a nostalgia-tinged journey through some of the most spectacular scenery imaginable.
It reminds me in many ways of some of ruritarian eastern Europe's less frequented back ways, although at one stage I'd fully expected to encounter Basil Rathbone chasing a heinous monochrome villain along its swaying corridors.See the full content of this document
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The View From Here: Full Steam Ahead for a Dose of Heritage ; Ian Parri Heads for Llangollen in Our Series Visiting 50 Welsh Communities
Ageing enamel adverts for Woodbines cigarettes get the nod on the platform at Berwyn where they'd be frowned upon elsewhere. That's heritage for you.
Llangollen does well out of its heritage, t...See the full content of this document
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