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[[File:Bridgnorth_Boiler_Shop_20150614.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Bridgnorth Boiler Shop]]On {{PAGENAME}} in SVR history.
*1861 William Bache, [[Railway Navvies of the SVR#Court_appearances_and_other|a navvy working on the construction of the railway]], was convicted of stealing a bundle of clothing from another navvy. He was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment in Shrewsbury gaol with hard labour.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000401/18610517/032/0005 Shrewsbury Chronicle - Friday 17 May 1861, on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>*1980 The SVR played host to two railtours on the same day, enabling the Bridgnorth PA to announce ''"The next service will call at Bewdley, Basingstoke, Winchester, Eastleigh and Southampton. Change at Bewdley for Leeds, Keighley, Haworth and Oxenhope.''"<ref>SVR News 56</ref> *[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1988 | 1988]] The SVR launched a prospectus for a share issue to raise funds for the construction of [[Bridgnorth Loco Works|Bridgnorth Boiler Shop]]<ref>SVR News 88</ref>. ==Gallery==Photos taken on 17 May:<gallery>GWR_143_20150517.jpg | 2015: [[GWR 143 Tool & Packing Van]] at BewdleyGW_55_20150517.jpg | 2015: [[GWR 55 Riding/Dormitory Van]] at BewdleyGWR_2233_20150517.jpg | 2015: [[GWR 2233 Corridor Brake Third]] at Bewdley</gallery>
==See also==
{{On this day see also}}
==References==
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