Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I can't find, after a lot of research, that Hillside Publishing is operational any more. However, if you are the authorised owner of this recording, please let me know and if you would rather, I will take it down.
Description from VHS box.
The Remarkable Story of the Stratford Upon-Avon & Midland Junction Railway Called "The Shakespeare Route" by a PR-minded boss, the SMJ was a fusion of four small lines that opened from 1866 to 1891. One lost its passenger trains after four months. and all had closed to passengers by 1952. Today, just three miles remain, serving an army depot. We explore this neglected line with old documents and cine film, "then- and-now" contrasts, "cab-rides", photos, maps, plans, etc. See over 20 different classes of engine in action, including Army and Industrial locos ! Coverage of stations and signalling will help the Modeller. This was a delightful line that once used a "Fairlie' 0-6-6-0 that had been built for Russia, and was over TEN FOOT wide. It mixed success and failure, despair and comedy in Measure for Measure. It served Shakespeare-Land, and had the Bard been around, he would have loved it, and immortalised it in prose.
I can't find, after a lot of research, that Hillside Publishing is operational any more. However, if you are the authorised owner of this recording, please let me know and if you would rather, I will take it down.
Description from VHS box.
The Remarkable Story of the Stratford Upon-Avon & Midland Junction Railway Called "The Shakespeare Route" by a PR-minded boss, the SMJ was a fusion of four small lines that opened from 1866 to 1891. One lost its passenger trains after four months. and all had closed to passengers by 1952. Today, just three miles remain, serving an army depot. We explore this neglected line with old documents and cine film, "then- and-now" contrasts, "cab-rides", photos, maps, plans, etc. See over 20 different classes of engine in action, including Army and Industrial locos ! Coverage of stations and signalling will help the Modeller. This was a delightful line that once used a "Fairlie' 0-6-6-0 that had been built for Russia, and was over TEN FOOT wide. It mixed success and failure, despair and comedy in Measure for Measure. It served Shakespeare-Land, and had the Bard been around, he would have loved it, and immortalised it in prose.
