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West Somerset launches £1m SOS appeal – and two galas announced

THEWest Somerset Railway has launched an SOS appeal to its shareholders, stakeholders and supporters for£1million to see it through toMay2022.

It follows the WSR’s two appeals against the rejection of its £432,200 second round bid to the Government’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport’s Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage. It received £864,900 in the first round last October.

The railway is preparing for an expected

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