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AWARD: The Downs Light Railway has been nominated for an award A MINIATURE railway in Worcestershire has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award. The Downs Light Railway, in Colwall, has been picked for the Heritage Railway Association’s 2021 awards, described as the “BAFTA of railways”. The railway was nominated in the Small Groups Award category for youth engagement and shortlisted by the nominations panel of the Heritage Railway Association. The HRA Awards Ceremony will be held in March / April 2021 and the winner will be announced on the day of the awards ceremony. Voting the winner from the shortlist nominees is done by secret ballot.
DAME Margaret Weston, who played a key part in creating the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, now Media Museum, has passed away at the age of 94. On June 16, 1983, Lord Snowden and National Science Museum director Dame Margaret formally opened the Bradford museum. Dame Margaret became the first female director of a National Museum, and oversaw a significant expansion of the Science Museum during her tenure from 1973-1986. Jo Quinton-Tulloch, director of the National Science and Media Museum, said: “We are incredibly saddened to hear of the passing of Dame Margaret Weston. Dame Margaret was instrumental in establishing our museum in Bradford, launching as the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in 1983.
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway facing uncertain future
| Updated: 11:54, 14 January 2021
Steam railways are facing a crisis as supplies of coal are under threat, the Heritage Railway Association has warned.
This means that the much-loved Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway is now facing an âuncertain futureâ, according to spokesperson Ian Crowder.
In December, Newcastle City Council refused a planning permission application for a new coal mine at Dewley Hill, outside the city.
The decision means that coal production in the UK has come to an end and has slashed the hopes of Britainâs heritage railways, which need affordable coal to continue running steam trains.