S&DR 197th Anniversary Event
To be announcedSATURDAY 24th and SUNDAY 25th SEPTEMBER – Celebrating the 197th Anniversary of the Opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway – at Shildon and Darlington. More details to follow.
Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway
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S&DR 197th anniversary walk
New Inn Crossroads at Phoenix RowTUESDAY 27th SEPTEMBER – The actual 197th Anniversary – Walk Witton Colliery via Phoenix Row and Etherley to West Auckland and the Station Master’s House (To be led by Members of Etherley incline & Witton Park Group and WASH).
Free
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