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In photos: Worcester’s one-man Cathedral Ferry service across the River Severn

Wed 22nd June, 2022Wed 22nd June, 2022 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Linking Worcester Cathedral’s Watergate and the Chapter meadows on the opposite site is this one man-operated ferry service, and it’s one of the last rowed public ferries across the Rover …

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In photos: Victorian semaphore signals still in use at Worcester Shrub Hill railway station

Wed 15th June, 2022Wed 15th June, 2022 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Fans of Victorian-era mechanical signalling are in for a real feast at Worcester Shrub Hill railway station, where all movements at the station are still controlled by a signalman/woman pulling …