The Last Train to Callington

The Last Train to Callington - FULL VIDEO

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Bere Alston to Callington was one of those beautiful LSWR lines cutting through some of the most vivid terrain in Devon and Cornwall. This long awaited documentary features the journey with unique archive footage, rare photographs and modern day aerials to show the route of the trackbed.
In 1966, the section from Callington to Gunnislake was cut short, and Luckett, Latchley and Chilsworthy, as stations in between, were axed as a result of cut backs. But, thanks to amateur cinematographers such as John Sandercock, we are able to reconstruct those nostalgic days of steam and early diesels to tell the story.
Chapter:
0:00 Introduction
2:35 A railway was needed
5:16 The journey
6:28 Bere Alston
10:13 Calstock
16:47 Gunnislake
27:23 Callington
30:40 Archives of the line
40:25 The workers and locomotives
43:54 The Last Train to Callington
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@PhilsTeleTime 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant. Thank you for creating and sharing this slice of Cornish history. A thoroughly enjoyable watch with its wistful take on a past era. Loved the line "there were no lotteries then - people worked to get money!!"

@richardcummins5465 2 ай бұрын

Next stop Chils worthy! What IS that fabulously haunting music that immediately follows this statement. This for me makes this film truly memorable.❤

@AarchiveRailways 2 ай бұрын

It's non-copyright from somewhere, I forget now.

@richardcummins5465 2 ай бұрын

Ok thanks for that info about 1946. 😊

@davemitchell9941 Ай бұрын

I knew dear ol Arthur Westington thro another dear ol mate Roy Wilce. Use to meet up at the BRSA club at Laira with the ol footplatemen,(green & brown badgers). I was busy with restoring 34007 @ Bodmin. Arthur worked with my uncle Harold Wright at Friary & Laira & knew my grandad George Wright (shunter) at Friary & Bere Alston. Arthur was good for a laugh & told of the struggle of getting the 0-6-2T’s up the bank from Calstock steam knocked back & water in bottom nut. They loved the ol Bulleids & yes even the western men quietly admired them too. Got quite a few good memories of the time I spent with the ol boys. Lovely vid thank you. Remember Bere Alston well from the 60’s.🙂

@AarchiveRailways Ай бұрын

You're welcome and thank you for the comments.

@rarerufus8864 Жыл бұрын

A most enjoyable 50 minutes, thank you, very evocative & nostalgic, well done.

@richardmawdsley2589 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed every minute of that, thankyou. If only we could go back, to a simpler time and way of life.

@stillstanding123 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed the video and its relaxed nostalgia. Thank goodness there are still people who care about preserving memories of this bygone age. Thank you.

@meruliouslacrimens5154 Жыл бұрын

In the 1960s we went from Kent all the way to Newton Poppleford in Devon to stay for a glorious fortnight in a "Camping Coach", berthed on a siding. From Kent to London we went on an emu (electrical multiple unit), for the uninitiated. But from Paddington, where we were greeted with an enormous noisy steaming monster of an engine to take us to Exeter, then a tank engine to take us down the branch line. It went from double track to single line working (with a token) from Newton Poppleford to Sidmouth. Fantastic journey, i can clearly remember we had a meal on the train and the waiter came to our table with six bowls of soup, but as he went to put the last two down we went over some catch-points and he spilt the lot. Didn't take long to replace the soiled table cloth and new soup came. Those branch lines were sorely missed after Beeching closed thousands of railway lines and stations, (2,363 stations).

@akgguildford6397 Жыл бұрын

What a well made documentary, really well put together. Extremely informative and interesting, gentle narration, with that overiding sense of sadness that nothing lasts forever. Thankyou.

@matthew0605 Жыл бұрын

What a treat this film is, so important to have such evidence of times gone by. The Narrators gentle west country accent is lovely and compared to my North Kent twang so special too. Thank you Thank you for sharing everything.

@daydays12 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this informative, and nostalgic! film.Very pleasurable watching and listening

@tinders5069 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video, informative, well presented, full of social history and how the railway fitted into the social fabric of that part of Cornwall. Well done Aarchive Films, 10/10

@AarchiveRailways Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated, thank you.

@cd82156 Жыл бұрын

What a fantastic film! Really well put together, superb narration, more please!

@tominnis8353 Жыл бұрын

A wonderful film, with an excellent commentary - and good quality too for SVHS. Thank you.

@AarchiveRailways Жыл бұрын

I am planning on revisiting some of the lines and updating the 'modern day' footage.

@williamcarrington61 Жыл бұрын

Thank goodness we have many preserved Railways.

@lionelmarytravels6003 Жыл бұрын

Beautifully done. Pure nostalgia. Thank you😂

@stephensaines7100 Жыл бұрын

Breathtaking!

@ADMIRALSCORNER Жыл бұрын

Great memories! Thank you.

@richardcummins5465 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video really entertaining and the music is delightful. Really enjoyed it!

@pauladams7006 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic! A very well-made film, accompanied by Roger Lilley's superb and witty narration. Make sure he does some more! 10/10.

@AarchiveRailways Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comments, but unfortunately Roger passed away over 20 years ago now. I'm his son, Phil, and am working on a new production about Yeovil to Taunton. I'm hoping I can be as good as he was.

@user-ci7rw8sg5i 11 ай бұрын

Delightful to see this, but I must try to make some corrections. This uses a previous film, with the same title, but if you look at the sunshine and the vegetation you will see that this cannot be the last train in November as claimed. The footage was in fact shot by the Callington Grammar School Film Society in the summer of 1966, under the guidance and inspiration of our teacher, Sarah Poyntz, who appears sitting in a carriage towards the end. I recognise Susan Wonnacott, but no one else at this distance in time. I’m the tall chap with heavy-framed glasses. Offered in the spirit of historical accuracy.

@AarchiveRailways 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the correction. As I remember, the footage was a mixture from different people. It was dad that found the footage (who has sadly passed away). I know he did his best with the information he had, but happy to be corrected. :)

@SpoonyMcSpoonface Жыл бұрын

Who’s that handsome guard changing the points at 8.43? I had hair in those days 😁. I’m sure on the original video I featured right at the end changing the points at Bere Alston in my shirt sleeves and braces. My boss pulled me up for not wearing an HV vest.

@petersmith4455 Жыл бұрын

hi there. great video,great times then,this reminds me of the Stanmore to Harrow and Wealdstone line which went the same way ,parts of it which you can walk on now which i have done.the intermediate station was Belmont which is now a car park

@stevieb9699 Жыл бұрын

Cracking video, sad to see it go but that was progress I suppose!

@philiprufus4427 Жыл бұрын

Specially if your name was Ernie Marples ! No Tax for thirty years also ! When they come looking for it,do a runner overnight; Jolly nice of the taxpayer to buy you a Chateux in France. Blame it all on Richard Beeching,thats why you appointed him,

@RichardFelstead1949 Жыл бұрын

Greetings from Australia.Just discovered your channel and subscribed.Will check out your videos as time permits.

@adrianbew9641 Жыл бұрын

They talk about beeching cuts as good for the country, in fact in most cases it was the opposite with the destruction of livelihoods and communities over night, but the government conveniently overlooked that in favour of saving money, false economy really .

@AwesomeAngryBiker Ай бұрын

Beeching should have been jailed for life for the damage he done

@richardcummins5465 2 ай бұрын

Hold on. The censors certificate at the beginning says 1946. What? Obviously this doesn't take anything from the enjoyment of this film. Just a tad confusing!

@AarchiveRailways 2 ай бұрын

That's a little in joke. Dad and I always used to put a certificate on the front of our movies, for fun. The date on it is actually dad's birthday.