The music is "Dancing on the Beach" available on free download from Soundclick.com
@andrewharris18376 ай бұрын
Thanks for posting.70's an era i grew up in Exeter for schooling and holidays when often we took the train😊
@John2E0GTU3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant photographs. Very nostalgic!
@arthurvanos24032 жыл бұрын
Thank you Clive!
@philclennell2 жыл бұрын
Lovely photos, thanks for sharing!
@Clivestravelandtrains2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your comment, thanks.
@paulb72003 жыл бұрын
Great photos Clive, thanks for putting them together and sharing them 👍
@realjohnboxall3 жыл бұрын
Wow, brilliant quality. Thank you for sharing.
@borderlands66063 жыл бұрын
The 1970s were a mixed bag, railway-wise. Much of the Victorian infrastructure was intact, with plenty of pre-BR details. On the other hand passenger services had been cut to the bone. Railways are much busier today, albeit with virtually identical units, signage and facilities across the country. Boring but efficient.
@SpoonyMcSpoonface2 жыл бұрын
So much green enamel around. A lot survived but some was binned. I wish my 3yr old self had a screwdriver back then 😀.
@musoseven82183 жыл бұрын
Cracking photos, captures the era and atmosphere! Are any available for sale?
@Clivestravelandtrains3 жыл бұрын
If there is demand, I might set myself up to do colour prints. Is that what you had in mind?
@musoseven82183 жыл бұрын
@@Clivestravelandtrains Hi sorry, I've only just seen/received your reply/alert - thanks for getting back to me. Yes colour prints would be ideal for a myriad of reasons a valid resource for modeller and historian alike.
@vicsams44313 жыл бұрын
Great photos. Hastings Unit on the Brighton - Exeter. Shame Exmouth does not have 4 platforms today. Wonder when the Brixham branch closed..... Nice that Okehampton has some live now.
@Clivestravelandtrains3 жыл бұрын
13th May 1963.
@vicsams44313 жыл бұрын
@@Clivestravelandtrains Cheers for that. Anything between 1808 and 2021, I'll blame Beeching ! Brixham is a popular place, it is somewhat peculiar that the connection at Churston was south-facing. Not helpful if Paddington to Brixham trains had to reverse....... LOL !
@davidreed3655 Жыл бұрын
The Western on 1A55 is an up Paignton to Paddington working entering Teignmouth station .
@Clivestravelandtrains Жыл бұрын
Thanks for that comment - memory fades after 50 years! I was always puzzled as to why a westbound train would have a 1A headcode. I think when I took that photo it was the only time I'd been on Teignmouth station, and had obviously become disorientated with the passage of time.
@farmer29543 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@cyberheritage3 жыл бұрын
Takes me back
@markwilliams17352 жыл бұрын
The rather sad music suits the run down condition of the railway in the aftermath of Beeching. Exmouth Station with its abandoned platforms particularly depressing.
@kaushikganguli10913 жыл бұрын
Lot of feel good factor! Was too young to have seen England in the 70s ....
@Clivestravelandtrains3 жыл бұрын
I still think of the 1970's as the best decade of my life - in terms of railway infrastructure that still existed in large quantities from a bye-gone era, ease of access to derelict sites, and fewer people on the trains than nowadays! On the other hand, I had to endure people laughing at me if I said I liked to travel by train. It was so un-cool then.
@stephenchappell75122 жыл бұрын
@@Clivestravelandtrains You are lucky to have experienced the decade as an adult Being born in 68 I was far too young to appreciate what was about however I still can picture blue DMU's and the odd boxcar mixed freight complete with brakevan
@Clivestravelandtrains2 жыл бұрын
@@stephenchappell7512 Thanks, I appreciate that comment.
@derisleybrittain3 жыл бұрын
Superb 👍👍👍👍
@Clivestravelandtrains3 жыл бұрын
Thanks - I will be doing a similar one of Cornwall over the next few weeks.
@batman512 жыл бұрын
The answer to your query at 1.25 is No, but the box is still there, if a little tatty (see Google street view)
@richardjames34463 жыл бұрын
The main rail centre in those days was Plymouth of course as Devon's major city . It has declined since but needs to re-establish itself.
@Clivestravelandtrains3 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I still enjoy occasional visits to Plymouth when I can treat myself to an all-line Rover ticket. I put pictures taken at Plymouth station on my Cornwall collection, mainly to balance out the numbers. I still have some pictures of Exeter St Davids, which I will eventually post along with Castle Cary and one or two other locations.
@richardjames34463 жыл бұрын
@@Clivestravelandtrains Well done, thanks.
@likklej82 жыл бұрын
If the Tory government and the following Labour government hadn’t shut so many lines and electrified rather than dieseled but UK always shuts doors after the horse is long gone..
@studebaker42173 жыл бұрын
These bouncing captions and "music" destroy this collection for me.
@Clivestravelandtrains3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment. Regarding the music, you can turn the volume down or off. Regarding captions, I have since found a better way of doing captions - many KZbinrs like myself are amateurs and as such I welcome constructive comments. But you know the saying - "you can't please all of the people all of the time!".