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1902
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*1902 Employees of Friar's Carpet Works, and others totalling about 500 - 600 people, were due to go on an excursion to Blackpool, leaving Bridgnorth at 4:50am. The train arrived about two hours late due to the signalman at Berrington oversleeping.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001602/19020830/036/0004 Ludlow Advertiser - Saturday 30 August 1902 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
*1968 [[GWR 829 Full Third]] arrived on the SVR from Didcot. LMS 9355 also arrived (since converted to [[LMS 149 Buffet Car]]).
*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1970|1970]] The SVR arranged an informal meeting to ensure it had the membership's support for the proposed extension to [[Foley Park]]. Around 300 SVR members attended and were in favour of the proposals<ref>SVR News 18</ref>
==References==
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==Links==
[http://search.shropshirehistory.org.uk/collections/getrecord/CCS_MSA11996/ Southwell's Carpet Factory, Friars St, Bridgnorth, on shropshirehistory.org.uk]
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