The Media Archive for Central England is the public screen archive for the East and West Midlands. An independent charity and company based at the University of Lincoln, MACE acquires, catalogues, preserves and makes widely available moving image materials that inform our understanding of the diverse cultures and histories of communities between the Lincolnshire coast and the Welsh border.
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Railway Cottages at Blackwell
Would you be able to cope if 500 tonnes of diesel hauled express train hammered past your front window every few minutes? Seems as if you get used to it!
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Overview
Bev Smith meets people living at Blackwell in Worcestershire who have to cope with living only six yards away from the main Birmingham to Bristol railway line. From thundering express trains to squealing and clanging freight wagons, how do they manage? A hair raising news item that gets right up close to the story. In fact a little bit too close in one section...
The residents of Blackwell didn't even have the benefit of a handy railway station as the actual stop for the town had been closed in 1965.
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