A RAILWAY JOURNEY FROM SANDSEND TO KETTLENESS - THEN AND NOW.

Another lost journey along The Golden Line. This time from Sandsend to Kettleness through the Deepgrove and Kettleness tunnels. The last time this journey was made was on Saturday, 3rd May,1958.
By Michael Aufrere Williams (author of The Whitby-Loftus Line).

[@jeffallinson8089]

Beeching had a lot to answer for; this was a fabulous upload.

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

You need to get your head out of your arse. This line closed on 5th May 1958, long before Beeching came along in 1961.

[@jeffallinson8089]

@@neiloflongbeck5705 Your completely missing the point. That line should never have closed regardless.

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

@@jeffallinson8089 no, I'm not. The line was undef threat since the grouping of 1923. Annual passenger numbers on the line had fallen year on year since 1923 and the LNER was considering closing the line. By the 1950s you could get a United bus every 30 minutes from places like Ssndsend, but had to wait hours if you missed one of the right or so trains that BR ran each say. The line generated little or no freight.

[@STRAYCHORD59]

Great Pics & song to accompany ......am playing along with You !
Cheers !

[@davidgreaves4088]

Brill. Thanks a million.

[@onthegoldenline]

David, the song is 'Need Your Love So bad' (originally recorded by Little Willie John); this version is by the Mike 'Shaky' Williams Combo.

[@davidgreaves4088]

Can you tell me please who sing I need your love the song that lovely train journey . thank you.

[@geoffreymackenzie1498]

It’s simply so extremely sad that we have lost this, thanks to the hideous Beeching.

[@philippankhurst6680]

Beeching was innocent in this case as the line closed in 1958, when the 'good' Doctor was still with ICI.