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Not any more, but as a child our garden backed on to the Mouldsworth to West Cheshire Junction line with copious amounts of freight hauled by Classes 25, 31, 40 and 47. Sadly the line closed in the 1990's.
I watched the original broadcast in 1984. I was 14. The background then of course was we were genuinely living in fear of an attack and Threads just amplified that fear. I seem to recall another programme being on just before Threads was broadcast detailing the effects of a nuclear war, could...
Surely you have a duty of care to everyone else on the railway to be 100% fit for work? If you are not getting enough rest and your mental health is suffering, you really need to consider are these shifts are right for you. It may be that this job, even though you enjoy it, is not right for you...
The barrow crossing at Helsby was removed years ago and means anyone in a wheelchair or pushing a pram now needs assistance to use the footbridge to access Platforms 2,3 and 4. No replacement lifts.
A Cheshire Day Ranger gives you plenty of choices around Cheshire, Manchester, Wirral and Liverpool with options for most of the routes in the area as far East as Macclesfield etc.
More good news for the Airbus plant at Hawarden... Judging by the number of Beluga aircraft flying over our house recently the wing lines must be very busy.
When I was travelling for business regularly I used the M6 Toll road, and frequently saw mobile camera units on the overbridges approaching the Toll Booths Northbound.
We has the line from West Cheshire Junction to Mouldsworth line literally at the end of our garden, so seeing huge freight trains pulled by Class 25, 40 and 47 regularly pass by must have has an effect.
There was a suggestion a couple of years back that Manchester was to get pre clearance for the USA. Not sure where that is up to, or whether indeed it is still on the cards.
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