EPISODE · Dec 20, 2020 · 40 MIN
Shipton-on-Cherwell - December 1874
from Signals to Danger
Christmas Eve 1874. As people make their way home to see friends and family, many swarmed to London stations to start their journey. Several hours after a train left London, it derailed over a canal bridge, and the disaster takes the lives of 34 people.What led to the disaster which ruined Christmas in a sleepy Oxfordshire village?Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Christmas Eve 1874. As people make their way home to see friends and family, many swarmed to London stations to start their journey. Several hours after a train left London, it derailed over a canal bridge, and the disaster takes the lives of 34 people.What led to the disaster which ruined Christmas in a sleepy Oxfordshire village?Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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