Lets also remember Labour was responsible for the road building boom of the 60's and created more than a million jobs in services and suppliers. Then along came the Tory's and changed legestion and let the building program open to private contractors, Thatcher then claimed it was all a Tory idea, the cheeky Lady even opened the M25.
Beeching was not single-handedly responsible for destroying the railways, that would have been impossible and well you know it. And yes Beeching's Report remain very controversial at the time.But you have to remember that the report was commissioned by a Conservative Government not a ("odious Labour Govement").
It's very important to get the facts right, I am glad you liked the film.
@Mablethorpeistops You are absolutely correct sir/madam. The seaside air obviously had corroded my sense away when writing that post. The 'Beeching Axe', courtesy of an indeed penny-pinching Tory government and not Labour, was however responsible for closing a third of the rail network in the early '60's, amounting to over 75,000 job losses.
The results are clear to see even now, over 40 years later.
A quite superbly nostalgic film, of part of our once great network.
Yes i agree, closing of the East Lincolnshire mainline and Mablethorpe branch was i think a very poor decision. I think the BR board also tried to close the line between Skegness and Boston but failed!
Sadly the ELR will never reopen, something that i find very sad but it's the communities which will suffer the most.
What a ruddy shame this service is not still used. The work that has been lost.
keithfrmcov 1 year ago
Lets also remember Labour was responsible for the road building boom of the 60's and created more than a million jobs in services and suppliers. Then along came the Tory's and changed legestion and let the building program open to private contractors, Thatcher then claimed it was all a Tory idea, the cheeky Lady even opened the M25.
Mablethorpeistops 1 year ago
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CoastRider1975 1 year ago
Beeching was not single-handedly responsible for destroying the railways, that would have been impossible and well you know it. And yes Beeching's Report remain very controversial at the time.But you have to remember that the report was commissioned by a Conservative Government not a ("odious Labour Govement").
It's very important to get the facts right, I am glad you liked the film.
Mablethorpeistops 1 year ago
@Mablethorpeistops You are absolutely correct sir/madam. The seaside air obviously had corroded my sense away when writing that post. The 'Beeching Axe', courtesy of an indeed penny-pinching Tory government and not Labour, was however responsible for closing a third of the rail network in the early '60's, amounting to over 75,000 job losses.
The results are clear to see even now, over 40 years later.
A quite superbly nostalgic film, of part of our once great network.
CoastRider1975 1 year ago
Yes i agree, closing of the East Lincolnshire mainline and Mablethorpe branch was i think a very poor decision. I think the BR board also tried to close the line between Skegness and Boston but failed!
Sadly the ELR will never reopen, something that i find very sad but it's the communities which will suffer the most.
johnson121able 1 year ago
Very nice bit of film!
Comparable with our shots from the 1970s on the DVD - Lincolnshire Railways Now and Then - Vol. 4
PMDVD 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing - what a shame it's all gone.
lynnkeith1 2 years ago
Yes, very short sighted.
rogerhgrew 2 years ago