Stephen Cranford cuts the ribbon to open The Lost Railway Exhibition boards on the Downs Link

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00:00 [Sounds of traffic]

00:09 Okay, I just want to say thank you for everyone coming down today.

00:12 I'm not going to talk for ages because my voice is virtually gone.

00:16 So you're in luck, it'll be nice and short.

00:19 But we are very excited as the Stirling District Union Partnership

00:24 to be celebrating the Lost Railway exhibition boards that have now gone in.

00:29 As you can see, went in in December.

00:32 We're getting a lot of positive feedback, so we're really, really pleased with them.

00:36 I just want to do a quick thank you to some of the people that are here as well

00:40 and the people that have been involved, mainly obviously the National Park

00:44 for their funding alongside the Community Rail Network

00:48 and the South East Communities Rail Partnership

00:52 for all of the work they've done to help us get that funding and secure the installation.

00:57 Also the Stirling Museum for all the brilliant work they've done

01:01 and our fabulous working party that have worked really, really hard

01:05 to obviously get the information together and produce these boards.

01:08 Obviously without volunteers and those types of people,

01:11 you won't get projects like this to happen, so we're very, very grateful.

01:16 Also for Bramber Parish Council as well, because they will hopefully be

01:21 the asset managers of these for a long, long time to come.

01:26 I also want to do one special thanks to Michael Bissett-Powell

01:30 who actually put together all the design work for everything we see.

01:34 So very, very successful project. Very, very pleased with everyone that's helped.

01:38 And it's exciting that it's now here and ready for people to use.

01:43 So without further ado, I'm going to hand you over to Stephen Cranford

01:46 who's going to do our opening.

01:48 Well, thank you very much, Russell.

01:50 I've been amazed at the interest in this old railway line, perhaps the most, in 1966.

01:57 And it's amazing that nearly 60 years later, there's still an awful lot of fondness

02:02 and love for the old Stirling line.

02:04 And the fact that we're actually standing pretty much where the track was

02:08 all those years ago makes it extra special.

02:11 So the fact that these lost railway exhibition boards are here for future generations

02:15 to see more of them as a given task, I think is a great thing that we've all achieved.

02:20 And I'm very flattered that the opportunity is, because Tracing Rail Series 1

02:26 is focusing on the Stirling line, and I've been amazed at the amount of things

02:31 I've discovered that are still there.

02:34 So I look forward to not only looking at these in the future, but also the other boards

02:40 that will hopefully make their way north up the line to Port Horsham

02:43 and maybe, who knows, onto Port Kiel for this run.

02:47 So, I have the great pleasure, I'm delighted to officially open

02:52 the Bramber Lost Railway Exhibition.

02:56 [applause]

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