Look at the crowds massing on the barrow crossing and tracks getting their photographs of The Crewe Campaigner Railtour Relief as it has a photo-stop at Wellington station, could you ever imagine this being permitted today? 40144 and 40113 are leading the train on the leg from Birmingham to Crewe via Shrewsbury. Notice the branch of John Menzies above the bridge on what is Church Street. Their bookstalls were a familiar site on stations for many years, all of these, including the the high street branches, were sold to WH Smith in 1998 but the Menzies group of companies is still going strong in a number of key areas such as distribution and aviation support.
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