Beatles again...

It seems folks can't stop making the connection between the Beatles and the West Somerset Railway. And this despite the Railway Company consistently failing to make the most of the historic visit of the Fab Four to the Minehead Branch in 1964 when the "train scenes" were filmed on location. Recently, Richard Lester who directed "A Hard Days Night" returned to Somerset to retrace his steps as part of a forthcoming BBC series "Comedy Map" due to be screened in February 2007. This has created a small wave of nostalgia - even the local BBC folks have published a piece complete with audio clips of interviews with Richard and with Mary Noble, who in 1964, was one of hoardes of screaming local teenage girls keen to get sight of the Liverpool Lads. The BBC webpage on the recent visit is at http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/2006/12/12/richard_lester_minehead_feature.shtml

whilst the unofficial WSR website has some more stuff at http://www.wsr.org.uk/beatles.htm Now if only the Railway itself could make more of this...