On July 5 in SVR history.
- 1969 Last public appearance at Longmoor Military Railway of LMR 600 Gordon.
- 1975 A celebration evening was held at Castle Hall in Bridgnorth to mark the 10th anniversary of the Severn Valley Railway Society[1]
- 1980 The automatic crossing at Northwood Halt was commissioned.[2]
- 2003 A BBC drama Hearts of Gold was first broadcast, part of which had been filmed at Bridgnorth, posing as Pontypridd.