Category

Wales

Operation Pied Piper
During the early months of 1939, parents up and down the country received a letter from their local education authority advising them that they were in an area deemed at risk from bombing in the event of war, and that plans were being drawn up to evacuate children to...
Railway Reflection No.6 – Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, Orion
Tubize or not Tubize, that is the question. It was certainly the question facing the narrow gauge Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway during 2006. The Tubize in question was the 2-6-2T steam locomotive No.15 Orion. Built in 1948 by the Belgian firm S.A. Les...
Operation Pied Piper

Operation Pied Piper

During the early months of 1939, parents up and down the country received a letter from their local education authority advising them that they were in an area deemed at risk from bombing in the event of war, and that plans were being drawn up to evacuate children to...

read more