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May Bank Holiday family fun at Rocks by Rail Museum
Following the success of the first two events of the 2023 Season Rocks By Rail Museum at Cottesmore will be holding two more family friendly events over the May Bank Holiday. Sunday 30th April will see...
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Quarry operations on Sunday 2 July 2023
Rocks by Rail – The Living Ironstone Museum is open on Sunday 2 July 2023 with steam hauled brake van rides and quarry demonstrations The Museum will be open from 10am with a full day of quarry...
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High Dyke closure 50th anniversary
LAST IRONSTONE TRAIN ON HIGH DYKE MINERAL BRANCHLINE REMEMBERED Fifty years ago this month the last train of ironstone bound for Scunthorpe steelworks traversed the High Dyke mineral branchline in...
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We’re probably all familiar with Dr. Who and his Tardis but did you know our website can also travel back in time with The Wayback Machine? Climb aboard and click here to be transported back to 2012....
View ArticleSunday 30 July 2023 – Ironstone and Quarry Day
Sunday 30th July – Ironstone and Quarry day The museum will be open from 10am with steam brake van rides and quarry activities. All the normal exhibits will also be open and there will be an exhibition...
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August Bank Holiday events
Enjoy a ride in the brake van of our Rutlander Train. The post August Bank Holiday events appeared first on Rocks by Rail.
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FEPOW 78th Anniversary
VJ – 78th Anniversary of the Liberation of Far Eastern Prisoners of War On 28th August 1945 British Liberator bombers flew low over the Changi Gaol Prisoner of War Camp in Japanese occupied Singapore....
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FEPOW 80th anniversary: Burma – Siam Railway completion.
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM On 17th October 1943 in the jungles of Thailand the surviving allied prisoners of war issued a collective sigh of relief as their years work on the Burma – Siam railway came to...
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Oxfordshire Ironstone Company remembered
OXFORDSHIRE IRONSTONE COMPANY QUARRIES REMEMBERED It is now hard to envisage that the pleasant rolling countryside of north Oxfordshire was once host to opencast quarrying of ironstone for iron and...
View ArticleMembership renewal
Membership Renewal A gentle reminder to members of Rocks by Rail that 2023 membership subscriptions are now due. Membership fees can be sent to the Membership Secretary (Sophie Bruton) by post or paid...
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