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[[File:Riverside Railway Museum - LNWR 1439.JPG|thumb|300px|right| LNWR 1439 was used in filming (Wikimedia Commons)]]  
 
[[File:Riverside Railway Museum - LNWR 1439.JPG|thumb|300px|right| LNWR 1439 was used in filming (Wikimedia Commons)]]  
The Fasting Girl was a BBC 2 Wales TV drama broadcast in 1984<ref>[http://tvrdb.com/listings/?y=1984&m=02&d=18 TVRDB TV listing]</ref>. It was a dramatisation of newspaper reports from 1869 concerning a little Welsh girl who was claimed to have fasted, with no significant loss of health, for more than a year<ref>[http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7160c712 BFI.org]</ref>.
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The Fasting Girl was a BBC 2 Wales TV drama broadcast in 1984.<ref>[http://tvrdb.com/listings/?y=1984&m=02&d=18 TVRDB TV listing]</ref> It was a dramatisation of newspaper reports in ''The Times'' from 1869 concerning a 13 year old Welsh girl, Sarah Jacobs, who was claimed to have fasted, with no significant loss of health, for more than two years until her death<ref>[http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7160c712 BFI.org]</ref>.
  
 
==Filming on the SVR==
 
==Filming on the SVR==
[[National Railway Museum|NRM's]] LNWR Ramsbottom 0-4-0ST No 1439 was loaned to the SVR for filming which took place in May 1983 at Arley, renamed Pencader for the production<ref>SVR News 68</ref>.
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[[National Railway Museum|NRM's]] LNWR Ramsbottom 0-4-0ST No 1439 was loaned to the SVR for filming which took place in May 1983 at [[Arley]], renamed Pencader for the production.<ref>SVR News 68</ref> 1439 had not steamed in preservation and so for the filming it and two saloons were propelled by [[GWR 7812 Erlestoke Manor]] towards the station and released without getting 7812 in the camera shot. The train ran into the platform, braking by means of 1439's locomotive handbrake.<ref>Dave Beaman, SVR Unofficial Facebook 6 February 2023</ref>
  
 
A brief extract is featured in an ABC TV trailer on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEFEMSTCl7g YouTube], though with no obvious SVR connection.
 
A brief extract is featured in an ABC TV trailer on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEFEMSTCl7g YouTube], though with no obvious SVR connection.
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==Links==
 
==Links==
 
[http://www.railalbum.co.uk/steam-locomotives/lnwr-ramsbottom-040st-1.htm Railalbum images of 1439 at Arley 16 October 1983]<br>
 
[http://www.railalbum.co.uk/steam-locomotives/lnwr-ramsbottom-040st-1.htm Railalbum images of 1439 at Arley 16 October 1983]<br>
[http://www.nrm.org.uk/ourcollection/locomotivesandrollingstock/CollectionItem?objid=1978-7015&cat=steam&comp=All&ipp=96 Steam locomotive, number 1439, National Railway Museum website]<br>
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[https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co205772/steam-locomotive-number-1439-steam-locomotive Steam locomotive, number 1439, Railway Museum website]<br>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEFEMSTCl7g ABC trailer on YouTube]
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEFEMSTCl7g ABC trailer on YouTube]<br>
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[https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/bd974e20-46c0-3228-8109-3cdc993fa410 Carradice, P., 'Sarah Jacobs: the fasting girl', BBC Wales Blogs, 14 March 2011]<br>
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[https://ribblesteam.org.uk/exhibits/steam/lnwr-ramsbottom-1439-1865/ 1439 on Ribble Steam Railway and Museum website]

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LNWRLondon & North Western Railway 1439 was used in filming (Wikimedia Commons)

The Fasting Girl was a BBC 2 Wales TV drama broadcast in 1984.[1] It was a dramatisation of newspaper reports in The Times from 1869 concerning a 13 year old Welsh girl, Sarah Jacobs, who was claimed to have fasted, with no significant loss of health, for more than two years until her death[2].

Filming on the SVRSevern Valley Railway

NRM's LNWRLondon & North Western Railway Ramsbottom 0-4-0ST No 1439 was loaned to the SVRSevern Valley Railway for filming which took place in May 1983 at Arley, renamed Pencader for the production.[3] 1439 had not steamed in preservation and so for the filming it and two saloons were propelled by GWR 7812 Erlestoke Manor towards the station and released without getting 7812 in the camera shot. The train ran into the platform, braking by means of 1439's locomotive handbrake.[4]

A brief extract is featured in an ABC TV trailer on YouTube, though with no obvious SVRSevern Valley Railway connection.

See also

List of film and TV productions

References

  1. TVRDB TV listing
  2. BFI.org
  3. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 68
  4. Dave Beaman, SVRSevern Valley Railway Unofficial Facebook 6 February 2023

Links

Railalbum images of 1439 at Arley 16 October 1983
Steam locomotive, number 1439, Railway Museum website
ABC trailer on YouTube
Carradice, P., 'Sarah Jacobs: the fasting girl', BBC Wales Blogs, 14 March 2011
1439 on Ribble Steam Railway and Museum website