Education, education, education

Pupils from Chilton Trinity Technical College recenrtly paid a very successful visit to Bishops Lydeard Station in Somerset. Around fifty 16 to 17 year olds visited with class tutors to study railways and transport as part of their exam course work. This involved management and setting up a railway - that is, starting a railway from scratch, including all aspects of safety. A working signal lever frame c/w with bell system was set up in the museum by WSR volunteers Mike Hanscombe and Bob Livermore - and proved to be "cool and wicked". Some of the girls were heard to say that when back at the College as part of their course work thay were going to try and recreate something similar. A good example of the worth of the West Somerset Railway to the local community and perhaps one of the less obvious and less noticed aspects of the Railway...