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1975"
1975
B.R.
Awayday Excursions
The following are advertised awayday specials - confirmation if they ran (and if they did, the route & locos) is required.
May
Date: Sun 4/5/75
Origin Birmingham; no other pick-ups shown
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Sun 4/5/75
Origin Birmingham; pick-ups Solihull, Leamington & Banbury
To Paddington
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Date: Thurs 8/5/75 (Senior Citizens only)
Origin Birmingham; no other pick-ups shown
To Scarborough
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Date: Sat 10/5/75
Origin Birmingham; no other pick-ups shown
To Cleethorpes
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Date: Sat 10/5/75
Origin was Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry & Birmingham
To Skegness
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Date: Sun 11/5/75
Origin Birmingham; pick-ups included Coventry
To Southend Central
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Date: Sun 11/5/75
Origin Birmingham; pick-ups included Coventry
To Euston
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Date: Mon 12/5/75 (Senior Citizens only)
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Morecambe
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Date: Sat 17/5/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Edinburgh
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Date: Sat 17/5/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Sun 18/5/75
Origin Birmingham; pick-ups included Coventry & Leamington & Banbury
To Portsmouth & Southsea / Portsmouth Harbour
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Date: Sun 25/5/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Sun 25/5/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Skegness
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Date: Sun 25/5/75
Origin was Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry & Birmingham
To Scarborough
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Date: Sun 25/5/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Blackpool
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Date: Sun 25/5/75 (overnight departure)
Origin was Banbury; pick-ups included Leamington & Coventry & Birmingham
To Penzance for optional steamer trip to St Marys, Scilly Isles
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Date: Mon 26/5/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Scarborough
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Date: Mon 26/5/75
Origin was Banbury; pick-ups included Leamington & Coventry & Birmingham
To Morecambe
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Date: Mon 26/5/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Mon 26/5/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Blackpool
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Date: Mon 26/5/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Torquay / Paignton
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Date: Mon 26/5/75
Origin was Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry & Birmingham
To Weston-s-Mare
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Date: Mon 26/5/75
Origin Birmingham; no pick-ups shown
To Barry Island
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Date: Mon 26/5/75
Origin Birmingham; pick-ups included Coventry & Leamington & Banbury
To Weymouth
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Date: Mon 26/5/75
Origin Birmingham; no pick-ups shown
To Hereford
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Date: Mon 26/5/75
Origin Coventry; pick-up was Leamington
To Church Stretton for Show / Craven Arms
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Date: Mon 26/5/75
Origin Birmingham; no pick-ups shown
To Grindleford / Hathersage / Bamford / Hope / Edale
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Date: Wed 28/5/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Edinburgh
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Date: Thur 29/5/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Torquay / Paignton
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Date: Thur 29/5/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Blackpool
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Date: Sat 31/5/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Exeter / Dawlish / Teignmouth / Newton Abbot
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Date: Sat 31/5/75
Origin Birmingham; no pick-ups shown
To Bridlington
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June
Date: Sun 1/6/75
Origin Birmingham; pick-ups Solihull, Leamington, Banbury
To Paddington
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Date: Mon 2/6/75 (Senior Citizens only)
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Grange-over-Sands
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Date: Mon 2/6/75 (Senior Citizens only)
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Windermere
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Date: Sat 7/6/75
Origin Wellington; pick-ups included Oakengates, Wolverhampton, Birmingham
To York
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Date: Sat 7/6/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Sun 8/6/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Euston
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Date: Sun 8/6/75
Origin Wolverhampton; only pick-up was Birmingham
To Torquay / Paignton
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Date: Mon 9/6/75 (Senior Citizens only)
Origin Water Orton; only pick-up was Birmingham
To Torquay / Paignton
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Date: Wed 11/6/75 (Senior Citizens only)
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Bridlington
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Date: Sat 14/6/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Yarmouth
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Date: Sat 14/6/75 (Afternoon departure)
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Euston
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Date: Sun 15/6/75
Origin Wolverhampton; only pick-up was Birmingham
To Weston-s-Mare
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Date: Sun 15/6/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Anglesey Cruise (described as rail to Llanfair PG for steamer cruise from
Menai Bridge via Menai Straits & South Stack to Llandudno from where the
return is by rail)
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Date: Mon 16/6/75 (Senior Citizens only)
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Wellington
To Borth / Aberystwyth
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Date: Fri 20 - Sat 21/6/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Isle of Man (rail to Liverpool for steamer cruise to IoM, returning via
Liverpool)
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Date: Sun 22/6/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Euston
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Date: Sun 22/6/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Mon 23/6/75 (Senior Citizens only)
Origin Stechford; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Blackpool
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Date: Sun 29/6/75
Origin Birmingham; pick-ups Solihull, Leamington, Banbury
To Paddington
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Date: Sun 29/6/75
Origin Wellington; pick-ups included Oakengates, Wolverhampton, Birmingham
To Scarborough
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Date: Sun 29/6/75
Origin was Walsall; only pick-up was Birmingham
To Skegness
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July
Date: Sun 6/7/75
Origin Wolverhampton; only pick-up was Birmingham
To Scarborough
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Date: Sun 6/7/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To London Euston
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Date: Mon 7/7/75 (Senior Citizens trip)
Origin Birmingham; pick-ups were Smthwick, Wolverhampton
To Rhyl
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Date: Thurs 10/7/75 (Senior Citizens trip)
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham
To Scarborough
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Date: Sun 13/7/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Hastings
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Date: Sun 13/7/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham
To Weston-s-Mare
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Date: Sun 13/7/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham
To Moreton-in-Marsh
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Date: Tues 15/7/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Aberdovey / Towyn / Barmouth
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Date: Wed 16/7/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham, Walsall, Lichfield
City
To Scarborough
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Date: Thurs 17/7/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Edinburgh
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Date: Thurs 17/7/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Lowestoft
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Date: Sat 19/7/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To London Euston
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Date: Sun 20/7/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Dover
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Date: Sun 20/7/75
Origin Birmingham; pick-ups Solihull, Leamington
To Paddington
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Date: Sun 20/7/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Sun 20/7/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Ludlow
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Date: Mon 21/7/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Tenby
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Date: Mon 21/7/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Windermere cruise (rail to Grange-over-Sands & coach to Lakeside)
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Date: Mon 21/7/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham, Walsall
To Skegness
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Date: Tues 22/7/75
Origin Birmingham; pick-ups were Perry Bar, Walsall, Lichfield City
To Cleethorpes
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Date: Tues 22/7/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Bridlington
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Date: Tues 22/7/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Solihull, Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Tues 22/7/75
Origin Wellington; pick-ups included Oakengates, Wolverhampton, Birmingham
To Scarborough
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Date: Wed 23/7/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Edinburgh
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Date: Wed 23/7/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Blackpool
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Date: Wed 23/7/75
Origin Birmingham; no other pick-ups shown
To Scarborough
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Date: Thurs 24/7/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Oakengates,
Wellington
To Borth / Aberystwyth
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Date: Thurs 24/7/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Dunoon via Gourock (including ferry from Gourock)
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Date: Thurs 24/7/75
Origin Perry Bar; pick-ups included Birmingham, Dudley Port, Wolverhampton
To Morecambe
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Date: Fri 25/7/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Redcar / Saltburn
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Date: Fri 25/7/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham, Walsall
To Cleethorpes
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Date: Sun 27/7/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Blackpool
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Date: Sun 27/7/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Sun 27/7/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Euston
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Date: Sun 27/7/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Newport / Cardiff / Swansea
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Date: Sun 27/7/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Evesham / Moreton-in-Marsh
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Date: Mon 28/7/75
Origin Wellington; pick-ups included Oakengates, Wolverhampton, Birmingham
To Exeter / Dawlish / Teignmouth / Newton Abbot
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Date: Mon 28/7/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Clacton
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Date: Tues 29/7/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Margate / Ramsgate
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Date: Tues 29/7/75
Origin Birmingham; no pick-ups shown
To Bridlington
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Date: Tues 29/7/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Wed 30/7/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Aberystwyth
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Date: Wed 30/7/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Yarmouth
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Date: Wed 30/7/75
Origin Walsall; pick-ups included Perry Bar, Aston, Birmingham
To Weston-s-Mare
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Date: Thur 31/7/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Edinburgh
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Date: Thur 31/7/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Skegness
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Date: Thur 31/7/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Southend (does not state which station)
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August
Date: Sun 3/8/75
Origin Wolverhampton; only pick-up was Birmingham
To Scarborough
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Date: Sun 3/8/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Sun 3/8/75 (described as STOP PRESS:
Late addition)
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Euston
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Date: Sun 3/8/75
Origin Banbury only shown
To Dawlish / Teignmouth / Torquay / Paignton
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Date: Mon 4/8/75
Origin Wolverhampton; only pick-up was Birmingham
To Tenby
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Date: Mon 4/8/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Blackpool
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Date: Mon 4/8/75 (described as STOP PRESS:
Late addition)
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham
To Yarmouth
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Date: Tues 5/8/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham
To Scarborough
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Date: Tues 5/8/75
Origin Kidderminster; pick-ups included Cradley, Birmingham, Water Orton,
Wilnecote
To Cleethorpes
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Date: Wed 6/8/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Hastings
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Date: Wed 6/8/75
Origin Banbury; pick-ups included Leamington, Coventry, Birmingham,
Wolverhampton
To Aberdovey / Towyn / Barmouth
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Date: Wed 6/8/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Blackpool
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Date: Thurs 7/8/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Clacton
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Date: Thurs 7/8/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Thurs 7/8/75
Origin Banbury only shown
To Dawlish / Teignmouth / Torquay / Paignton
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Date: Thurs 7/8/75 (described as STOP PRESS:
Late addition)
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Ayr
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Date: Sun 10/8/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham
To Weston-s-Mare
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Date: Sun 10/8/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Euston
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Date: Sun 10/8/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Solihull, Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Mon 11/8/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham
To Torquay / Paignton
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Date: Mon 11/8/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Morecambe
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Date: Mon 11/8/75
Origin Wellington; pick-ups included Oakengates, Wolverhampton, Birmingham
To Skegness
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Date: Tues 12/8/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Dover
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Date: Tues 12/8/75 (described as STOP PRESS:
Late addition)
Origin Birmingham; pick-ups included Wolverhampton
To Aberdovey / Towyn / Barmouth
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Date: Wed 13/8/75
Origin Wellington; pick-ups included Oakengates, Wolverhampton, Birmingham,
Water Orton, Wilnecote
To Scarborough
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Date: Wed 13/8/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Wed 13/8/75
Origin Banbury only shown
To Dawlish / Teignmouth / Torquay / Paignton
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Date: Thur 14/8/75
Origin Banbury; pick-ups included Leamington, Coventry, Birmingham,
Wolverhampton
To Blackpool
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Date: Thur 14/8/75 (described as STOP PRESS:
Late addition)
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Bescot (for Walsall passengers),
Birmingham
To Tenby
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Date: Sat 16/8/75 (Half day)
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Euston
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Date: Sun 17/8/75
Origin Birmingham; pick-ups included Solihull, Leamington, Banbury
To Paddington
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Date: Sun 17/8/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Blackpool
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Date: Sun 17/8/75
Origin Wellington; pick-ups included Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Coventry
To Southend (which station was not stated)
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Date: Mon 18/8/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Euston
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Date: Mon 18/8/75
Origin Wellington; pick-ups included Oakengates, Wolverhampton, Birmingham
To Cleethorpes
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Date: Mon 18/8/75
Origin Birmingham; only pick-up was Wolverhampton
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Tues 19/8/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Water Orton, Wilnecote
To Skegness
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Date: Tues 19/8/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Blackpool
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Date: Tues 19/8/75
Origin Banbury only shown
To Dawlish / Teignmouth / Torquay / Paignton
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Date: Wed 20/8/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Wed 20/8/75 (described as STOP PRESS:
Late addition)
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham
To York
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Date: Thurs 21/8/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Southport (an accompanying note describes this as for the first day of the
Flower Show, with a late return to give keen horticulturists plenty of time at
the show, or a seaside trip)
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Date: Thur 21/8/75 (described as STOP PRESS:
Late addition)
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham
Mystery Trip
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Date: Sun 24/8/75
Origin Wellington; pick-ups included Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Coventry
To Euston
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Date: Sun 24/8/75
Origin Wellington; pick-ups included Wolverhampton, Birmingham
To Bridlington
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Date: Sun 24/8/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Morecambe
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Date: Sun 24/8/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups were Solihull, Birmingham
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Sun 24/8/75
Origin Walsall; only pick-up was Wolverhampton
To Rhyl
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Date: Mon 25/8/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry, Leamington
To Portsmouth NB. This excursion was observed picking up on the outward journey
at Stechford behind a Class 47.
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Date: Mon 25/8/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Blackpool
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Date: Mon 25/8/75 (half day)
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Rhyl
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Date: Mon 25/8/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Aberdovey / Towyn / Barmouth
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Date: Mon 25/8/75
Origin Banbury; pick-ups included Leamington, Coventry, Birmingham
To Skegness
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Date: Mon 25/8/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham, Water Orton,
Wilnecote
To Matlock
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Date: Mon 25/8/75
Origin Banbury only shown
To Dawlish / Teignmouth / Torquay / Paignton
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Date: Tues 26/8/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Weston-s-Mare
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Date: Tues 26/8/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Clacton
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Date: Wed 27/8/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Windermere cruise (rail to Grange-over-Sands & coach to Lakeside for boat
trip to Bowness)
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Date: Wed 27/8/75 (described as STOP PRESS:
Late addition)
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Blackpool
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Date: Thur 28/8/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Edinburgh
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Date: Thur 28/8/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham, Walsall
To Scarborough
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Date: Thur 28/8/75
Origin Banbury only shown
To Dawlish / Teignmouth / Torquay / Paignton
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Date: Fri 29/8/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Sun 31/8/75
Origin Wellington; pick-ups included Wolverhampton, Birmingham
To Weston-s-Mare
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Date: Sun 31/8/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Southport
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September
Date: Mon 1/9/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Blackpool
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Date: Tues 2/9/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Aberdovey / Towyn / Barmouth
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Date: Wed 3/9/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham
To Bridlington
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Date: Thur 4/9/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Oakengates,
Wellington
To Aberdovey / Towyn / Barmouth
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Date: Sat 6/9/75 Half day
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Blackpool
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Date: Sat 6/9/75 Half day
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Wembley (for Speedway Championships)
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Date: Sun 7/9/75
Origin Wellington; pick-ups included Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Coventry
To Euston
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Date: Sun 7/9/75
Origin Wellington; pick-ups included Oakengates, Wolverhampton, Birmingham
To Scarborough
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Date: Tues 9/9/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Aberdovey / Towyn / Barmouth
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Date: Wed 10/9/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Thur 11/9/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Sat 13/9/75 Half day
Origin Walsall; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Blackpool
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Date: Sun 14/9/75
Origin Birmingham; pick-ups were Leamington, Banbury
To Paddington
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Date: Sun 14/9/75
Origin Birmingham; only pick-up was Wolverhampton
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Mon 15/9/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham, Walsall
To Skegness
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Date: Tues 16/9/75
Origin Wellington; pick-ups included Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Coventry
To Southend
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Date: Thur 18/9/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Edinburgh
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Date: Sat 20/9/75 Half day
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Euston
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Date: Sat 20/9/75 Half day
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Blackpool
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Date: Sat 20/9/75
Origin Stratford-u-Avon; pick-ups included Henley, Shirley, Spring Rd, Water
Orton, Wilnecote
To York / Scarborough
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Date: Sat 20/9/75 Half day
Origin Kidderminster; pick-ups included Cradley, Smethwick, Birmingham,
Wolverhampton
To Blackpool
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Date: Sun 21/9/75 Half day
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Euston
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Date: Sun 21/9/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry, Leamington,
Banbury
To Bournemouth
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Date: Sun 21/9/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Blackpool
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Date: Mon 22/9/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Mon 22/9/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham
To Tenby
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Date: Tues 23/9/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham, Coventry
To Clacton
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Date: Tues 23/9/75
Origin Walsall; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Southport
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Date: Wed 24/9/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Blackpool (inclusive of rail, evening meal & cabaret)
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Date: Wed 24/9/75
Origin Banbury; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham
To Bridlington
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Date: Thur 25/9/75
Origin Wellington; pick-ups included Wolverhampton, Birmingham
To Torquay / Paignton
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Date: Thur 25/9/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno
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Date: Fri 26/9/75
Origin Leamington; pick-ups included Coventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Borth / Aberystwyth
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Date: Sat 27/9/75 Half day
Origin Walsall; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Blackpool
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Date: Sun 28/9/75
Origin Coventry; pick-ups included Birmingham, Wolverhampton
To Rhyl / Colwyn Bay / Llandudno Junction / Bangor
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Date: Sun 28/9/75
Origin Birmingham; pick-ups were Leamington, Banbury
To Paddington
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Date: Mon 29/9/75
Origin Wolverhampton; pick-ups included Birmingham
To Torquay / Paignton
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++++++FORTHCOMING ATTRACTION++++++
Date: dep Fri evening 3/10/75
Isle of Skye (presumably via Kyle line but no other details are given, except
fare inc rail, ferry & coach)
The June leaflet also listed the following future attractions: Edinburgh Tattoo (Sats 30/8/75 & 6/9/75); Wembley for Disney on Parade at Empire Pool (Sat 16/8/75); Denmark using rail & boat via Harwich & Esberg (Thur 2/10/75; Wed 8/10/75; Sat 18/10/75). All were available from Coventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton. Also, from Birmingham only: Jersey Night Flyer Trips on 20/7 - 27/7; 3/8 - 30/8; 6/9 (overnight each way). Whilst the Edinburgh & Wembley trips are by special train, it is not clear whether the Jersey & Denmark trips are by specials or service trains.
Source : 'Devonian'
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