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[[File:Old Regatta Ground Bridgnorth.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Location of the showground showing the wider embankment to accommodate the siding]]
 
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The 1896 Shropshire and West Midlands Agricultural Show was held at the Old Regatta Ground, about a mile and a half north of Bridgnorth on July 1 - 3.
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The 1896 Shropshire and West Midlands Agricultural Show was held at the Old Regatta Ground, about a mile and a half north of Bridgnorth on 1 - 3 July.
  
 
At a meeting of the show committee in January, opinions were expressed that a railway siding was essential to the success of the show. The cost would be £250, with the GWR willing to accept a contribution of half that amount from the show committee. The siding would allow the simultaneous unloading of 20 horse boxes, 20 wagons and one traction engine<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001961/18960125/095/0007 Bridgnorth Journal and South Shropshire Advertiser. - Saturday 25 January 1896 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
 
At a meeting of the show committee in January, opinions were expressed that a railway siding was essential to the success of the show. The cost would be £250, with the GWR willing to accept a contribution of half that amount from the show committee. The siding would allow the simultaneous unloading of 20 horse boxes, 20 wagons and one traction engine<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001961/18960125/095/0007 Bridgnorth Journal and South Shropshire Advertiser. - Saturday 25 January 1896 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
Private sidings connected to the Severn Valley Railway
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[[Private sidings connected to the Severn Valley Railway]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 20:14, 12 December 2021

Location of the showground showing the wider embankment to accommodate the siding

The 1896 Shropshire and West Midlands Agricultural Show was held at the Old Regatta Ground, about a mile and a half north of Bridgnorth on 1 - 3 July.

At a meeting of the show committee in January, opinions were expressed that a railway siding was essential to the success of the show. The cost would be £250, with the GWRGreat Western Railway willing to accept a contribution of half that amount from the show committee. The siding would allow the simultaneous unloading of 20 horse boxes, 20 wagons and one traction engine[1]

See also

Private sidings connected to the Severn Valley Railway

References

  1. Bridgnorth Journal and South Shropshire Advertiser. - Saturday 25 January 1896 on the British Newspaper Archive