B&R No. 71 Dvd: Lancashire & Yorkshire Memories, Part 5 Programme based solely in Lancashire, an area bounded by Manchester, Liverpool, Southport + Wigan. Manchester Victoria to Kearsley + unique footage of ‘LION' at Eccles on original route of Liverpool + Manchester Railway. Patricroft + coal fields of Walkden. Wigan Wallgate for 2-6-4T + Crab 2-6-0. South to Earlstown, Widnes + St Helens. Push-pull service through Warrington, Widnes + Ditton Jct, Edge Hill yards + shed to Liverpool. Southport travel line to Preston via Crossens, Hesketh bank + New Longton when there were still steam worked services. Liverpool Exchange to Preston via Maghull, Ormskirk + Burscough Jct. Liverpool via Wigan to Kirby line. Mainly filmed between 1964 + 1968. A programme based solely in Lancashire where ex L&Y lines criss-crossed county, bounded by Manchester in east. Liverpool in west + Southport + Preston in north. Covering all main lines it follows steam traction from 1964 to 1968 over mainly L&Y routes but some ex LNWR lines also included, in this generally clockwise tour around Lancashire. From Manchester Victoria LNWR route to Eccles + Patricroft is taken with unique footage of ‘Lion’. Coalfields of Walkden for a North Staffs tank engine, scenes at Wigan Waligate + Earlstown to St. Helens + Ditton Jct. Push-pull service via Warrington precedes arrival at Liverpool. Speke Jct + Edge Hill sheds visited. Environs of Liverpool to Bootle + Southport. 1964 scenes with steam on Crossens + Hesketh Bank line. Other route to Preston from Exchange to Burscough for memories of last Black 5 passenger trains in 1967 + 1968. Finally Wigan to Liverpool route with 2-6-4 tanks close this nostalgic look at steam around Lancashire. With authentic sound tracking + an informative commentary.
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