Twenty years after the closure of the Woodstock branch line, two local men revive the memory with a book and a scale model of the Woodstock terminus. – Vintage Photograph

Twenty years after the closure of the Woodstock branch line, located in Kidlington, England, two local men, Mr. Maurice Davis and Mr. Richard Lingard, have come together to revive the memory of the line. Mr. Davis has created a scale model of the Woodstock terminus as it was in its heyday, complete with its correct rolling stock and an accurate replica of its Fair engine, Rosamund. Meanwhile, Mr. Lingard is nearing the completion of a book about the line, which was open from 1890 to 1954, which is to be published in May by the Oxford Publishing Co. The two men have managed to trace many of the men who worked on the line, but are still on the lookout for any anecdotes, photographs, or connected equipment associated with the railway.Twenty years after the closure of the Woodstock branch line, located in Kidlington, England, two local men, Mr. Maurice Davis and Mr. Richard Lingard, have come together to revive the memory of the line. Mr. Davis has created a scale model of the Woodstock terminus as it was in its heyday, complete with its correct rolling stock and an accurate replica of its Fair engine, Rosamund. Meanwhile, Mr. Lingard is nearing the completion of a book about the line, which was open from 1890 to 1954, which is to be published in May by the Oxford Publishing Co. The two men have managed to trace many of the men who worked on the line, but are still on the lookout for any anecdotes, photographs, or connected equipment associated with the railway.

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The memory FL/ EXPC PAPER. to The memory of the old Woodstock railway is being revived 20 years after it closed, with a book and a scale model. MAI ESTER The two men responsible never travelled on the line, but have both found it an ir- resistible attraction. E2 MAR 1973 WOODSTOCK Kidlington BRANCH LINE LIVES AGAIN Mr Maurice Davis, of 25 Green Lane, Woodstock (on right) is seen with the superb scale model he has made of the Woodstock terminus as it was in its heyday, complete with its correct rolling stock and an accurate replica of its Fair engine, famous Rosamund. On the left is Mr Richard Lingard, 21, of 6 Court Close, Kidlington, who is reading Law at Southampton interest His University. began when he walked along the disused track from the other end. After three years’ research, he is nearing the completion of a book about the line – and Fair Rosamund. It is to be published in May by the Oxford Publishing Co. as part of a series on branch lines. He, has managed to trace many of the men who work- ed on the line, which was open from 1890 to 1954, but he is still on the lookout for anecdotes, photographs, or connected equipment any with the railway.