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Politicians not Beeching killed off railways

ROBIN Jonesarticle ' in issue 269, 'BeechingA : Man of his time-or ahead of it?' raises some interesting points.

The first of these is that the real villain of the piece was Transport Minister, Alfred Ernest Marpleswho , was able to use Beeching as a convenient front man.

Marples was a major shareholder of Marples Ridgwaythe , company

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