3rd April 1971

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Loco(s) Used  ?829 'Magpie? (2)

Route :

Loco(s) Route
????? Plymouth - Exeter St Davids - Taunton - Castle Cary - Newbury - Reading - North Pole Jn - Kensington Olympia
????? Kensington Olympia - (?reverse of outward route?) - Plymouth

Notes :
(1) Martin McLean comments: Me, and around 50 of my primary school friends had tickets to see the England v Holland Schoolboy International at Wembley. We departed Plymouth (after waiting ages on the platform for the stock to arrive from Laira) at around 08:00 - arriving at Kensington at around 12:00. Disembarking at Olympia (from memory in the covered bay platforms) we all piled on to a coach for a scenic tour of London; then onto Wembley for the match which England won 5-0 (If I remember correctly). After the match we all piled back on the coach for the return journey to Olympia and then the train home, leaving around 18:00 and getting to Plymouth around 10pm. The train definitely started from Plymouth and terminated at Kensington Olympia; though I don’t necessarily think the train was run entirely for us school-kids – there may have been something going on at the Olympia Exhibition Hall or Earls Court.
(2) Loco thought to have been 829 'Magpie' but confirmation is required.

Source : Martin McLean

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