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30/09/2017
Anne Marie McAleese presents a special programme to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of when the railways closed in Fermanagh and the bordering counties on 30 September 1957. We bring you stories and memories from Enniskillen, Belcoo, Maguiresbridge and Bundoran Junction.
Last on
Sat 30 Sep 2017
08:05
麻豆官网首页入口 Radio Ulster & 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio Foyle
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We Lost a Vital Link
Duration: 01:34
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Former Railway Steam Cleaner
Duration: 01:50
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We Left In 1959 As A Family
Duration: 01:59
Great Northern Railway
In 1957 rail travel ended on 93 miles of track of the Great Northern Railway system in Northern Ireland. Leaving all the country between Omagh, Clones, Sligo and Bundoran without any trains. Anne Marie talks to聽Fermanagh men, Alan Devers and Selwyn Johnston who know all about what happened to the railways here 60 years ago.
Short Back and Sidings
Headhunters Barber Shop and Museum in Enniskillen is one of its kind in Northern Ireland. It's also the only place you can get a haircut, re-visit a bygone age of steam travel and some railway history all in one visit.聽
Steam Around Fermanagh
Anne Marie meets, Enniskillen-born railway author, Charles Friel overlooking the Weirs Bridge in Enniskillen. He鈥檒l be giving an illustrated talk at the Ardhowen Theatre which recreates the railways that disappeared 60 years ago.
Broadcast
- Sat 30 Sep 2017 08:05麻豆官网首页入口 Radio Ulster & 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio Foyle
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