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Watercolour scenes to boost Swanage emergency appeal

ARTIST Oliver Pyle has come to the aid of the Swanage Railway’s £360,000 Save Our Service appeal to mitigate the impact of revenue loss through lockdown.

Exhibiting his work at the Mulberry Tree Gallery in the resort’s High Street, West Sussex-based Oliver has produced four evocative watercolour scenes of steam trains on the heritage line, with 250 limited

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