Contact:
Mob; 07765 408930
speaker@brianmedia.co.uk
A Peculiar Victorian Enterprise
The Weston Clevedon & Portishead Railway
The railway age saw many fledgling enterprises start up with a view to capitalising on the new technology of the “iron horse”. Although many were based upon slender business cases, the WC & PR railway was in a league of its own.
Brian Margetson
Mob ; 07765 408930
Email; speaker.brian@outlook.com
Time – 30 to 60 minutes to suit occasion
Equipment – presenter provides screen, projector and laptop for a Powerpoint presentation or ZOOM
This presentation is suitable for any type of audience.
Themes – HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, TRAVEL, GENERAL INTEREST
The Improbable Story of the WC & P Railway
Want to hear about the company that holds the record for being in receivership the longest? Discover how The Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Light Railway Company accomplished this dubious honour. Let me take you down the line of fragile optimism upon which the enterprise was promoted and the desperate measures taken to survive, and survive it did for 43 years.
Along the way, I’ll introduce you to Colonel Stephens, undisputed king of Britain’s small and quirky railways. Creaking infrastructure from the start, hand-me-down equipment, you just couldn’t make up this story.
