“…Appledore and Chasewater and Saffron Walden,
Midsomer Norton, Berry Brow, Swanbourne, Waterfoot, Templecombe,
Flax Bourton and Egremont and Adlestrop and Ashton-under-Wychwood,
Starcross and Sturminster Newton and Sampford Courtenay…”
The BBC Archive project has turned up a lot of gems, but this has to be one of the best so far, as Derek Hart reads a lyrical tribute to the stations axed by Beeching.
It’s not quite as depressing as this list makes out: a few of the stations named were actually reprieved and survive to this day. Bonus points if you can spot the two which are now part of Merseyrail.
12th July 2011 at 6:36 pm
And here’s a similar list as sung by Flanders and Swann: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6OHD2uCpfU
Guaranteed to make my boyfriend burst into tears when he hears it.
12th July 2011 at 7:46 pm
I reckon the version of The Slow Train by The King’s Singers edges the original. They even do chuff-chuff sounds!
14th July 2011 at 12:13 am
Diggle and Fazakerley?
Thankfully by no means all the stations that were listed have been closed, as of course you pointed out.