Head of Sales & Marketing for Swanage Railway, David Rawsthorn talks us briefly through the history of the popular public service and tourist attraction
“In the 1970s a group of people got together to save the railway” – David Rawsthorn, Swanage Railway
By Helen ffitch 7 November 2019, 12:01 pm
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