Video: Middleton Railway’s rich history

As we’ve reported on this week’s big launch of the Middleton Life local history project today, we thought it’d be nice to share a video we found on Youtube on Middleton Railway.

The video is from an 8mm silent cine film showing what things were like on the railway over 40 years ago. The video’s posted by ‘Gordon Crapper’:

 [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk9mkEQJ1qc&w=560&h=315]

Menawhile, UKSteam has posted a terrific video of the railway’s recent ‘200 years of steam event’ on Youtube: