Geoff Courtney
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‘Wish-list’ acquisitions boost for Cumbrian railway museum
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By Geoff Courtney THE owner of one of the country’s newest regional railway museums is celebrating the acquisition of two local railwayana items that have been on his wish-list for many years but had come onto the market only recently. They are a venerable Maryport & Carlisle signalbox nameboard and a totem sign from the…
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Norman Preedy: – a real character and a local legend
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With reference to Geoff Courtney’s obituary of Norman Preedy in the last issue, may I add my thoughts on someone who was a great friend and a superb and enthusiastic railway photographer. Norman was a real character and quite a local legend held in the highest esteem. Having been born in Newton Abbot in the…
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