The Staple Hill Tunnel

The Staple Hill Tunnel

Season: 7 Episode: 2

Bristol’s hunger for coal sparked a bold idea, drive a railway straight from the pits at Coalpit Heath into the city. With Royal Assent granted on 19th June 1828, the Bristol & Gloucestershire Railway was born.

One of the line’s most ambitious features was the Staple Hill Tunnel, begun in 1834. In this episode, we look at a few tales behind this local landmark

CAST

F. A. Hemmens - Steve Sheperd

Mr G Lane - Julian Kendall

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This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England.

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SOURCES

Forgotten Relics of an Enterprising Age

Bristol Mercury - Tuesday 13 December 1887

Bristol Mercury - Friday 02 November 1888

Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Tuesday 31 March 1903

Bristol Times and Mirror - Wednesday 01 April 1903

Western Daily Press - Tuesday 02 December 1924

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