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A Musical Railway Celebration

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

A little over 150 years ago, on 15 September 1830, a single gunshot sent eight trains off on a 30-mile journey from Liverpool to Manchester. This was opening day for the world's first passenger rail service.
Popular group Fivepenny Piece joined autumn celebrations at the oldest surviving passenger railway station - the Manchester Terminus of Stephenson's Great Railway Experiment.
Colin Welland tells the story and Fivepenny Piece sing the songs to celebrate The Birth of the Railway Age.
BBC Manchester

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Presenter:
Colin Welland
Produced by:
Barry Bevins
Source: Radio Times

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