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Interview
3096, TR/014
Tracking Our Heritage

Speaker: Stuart Woodhouse, 1953 - 0, Interviewee, Male,
Speaker: Bond M, Interviewer, Male

Summary of interview item: Memories of the railway as a teenager before it closed. Darley Dale Station and people who worked there. Darley Dale footbridge. Watching trains. Wagon derailment at Darley South Yard. Recollections of railway people, Sunday School outings. Cattle dock at Darley. Rowsley sidings. Dismantling Church Lane footbridge and Rowlsey Bridge as an adult after line closure. Recalls early days of Peak Rail at Darley. Childhood memories of trainspotting, footplate rides, changing trains at Millers Dale for Buxton. Social haunts of railway men, football trains to Derby and travelling through High Tor Tunnels at Matlock Bath.
Place of birth: Two Dales, Derbyshire
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Marital Status: Married, Children:
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Location: County: Derbyshire
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Periods Covered: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Language: English

Recording Date: 12/9/2018
Playing time: 24 mins 29 secs
Access Restrictions: Item Copyright: Derwent & Wye Valley Railway Trust
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Transcription: No
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