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CONTINUING SEVEN DECADES OF EXCELLENCE

SEVERAL hundred negatives from the collection of the late renowned railway photographer Henry Cyril (H C) Casserley have been added to the award-winning Narrow Gauge Railway Museum’s archive at Tywyn. The negatives of views taken by H C Casserley and his son Richard were purchased with the help of a ‘generous’ donation given to the museum for this specific purpose, and are currently being digitised to ensure their ongoing preservation. Among the highlights of the acquired negatives are images of the Isle of Man in 1933 and 1950, the 2ft 3in gauge Campbeltown & Machrihanish Light Railway in 1930, the Corris Railway in

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