Popular local music maker John Walker has gathered his fellow vocalists and a pianist from Bradford Players to add both visual and vocal authenticity to West Somerset Railway’s 40s Weekend.
The event takes passengers from Bishops Lydeard to Minehead and back along the original steam railway line.
Along the way. each station features 40s music and displays of memorabilia – including vintage cars.
Costumed characters add colour at each stop and the whole journey is an immersive reminder of bygone days with the climax being a ‘platform dance’ at Minehead Station.
At Crowcombe Station yesterday (Saturday), JW Voices presented a programme of World War 2 favourites, sung so joyfully that the assembled passengers on the platforms and in the carriages couldn’t help but join them as each train steamed in.
If you would like to catch this delightfully nostalgic reminder of the 40s, West Somerset Railway’s 40’s Weekend continues today (Sunday) and JW Voices will be back at Crowcombe Station throughout the day.
To see the programme, including the timetable and what’s going on at every station, click the link here.
