REVIEW OF THE MONTH
The Wellington, Much Wenlock & Craven Arms Railway
Adrian Knowles
Lightmoor Press, Unit 144B Lydney Trading Estate, Harbour Road, Lydney, Gloucestershire GL15 5EJ
Website: https/lightmoor.co.uk
Description: Hardback, 283mm x 283mm, 308pp
ISBN: 9 781911 038993
Price: £50
When an author takes best part of 50 years to research his subject and write it up, it’s a safe bet that the wait will be worthwhile. I first met Adrian Knowles in the late 1970s when he recognized that we shared a mutual interest in the fine but very derelict railway station at Much Wenlock in Shropshire. By that time, my ‘OO’ layout based on the Wellington-Craven Arms railway was no more but Adrian had seen it featured in Model Railway Constructor magazine and I’m surprised and delighted to find that it helped to inspire the researches that led to this splendid volume.
This was a remarkable stretch of single-track railway that served the cradle
