Sunday 31 January 2016

Railholiday Cornwall notified of the plight of the iconic Dawlish Warren railway carriages

Railholiday Cornwall continue to restore railway carriages for holiday accommodation.
"...[They] are currently working on a big project that will see the conversion of a brake third coach designed especially for wheelchair users and the coach built by GWR for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee."
The unpainted exterior of Railholiday's current restoration project
Inside the current restoration project. Brake carriage is empty. Paintwork is pealing
"...[They are] very proud of [their] newest addition Mevy, a GWR Slip Coach, with its first class sleeping compartment and bespoke triple bunk beds for children. Converted and equipped to the highest standards in an eco friendly way, Mevy has fabulous views over the surrounding countryside and unlike our other coaches is set away from the line. Mevy is sumptuously upholstered and equipped with allergy free mattresses and bedding. Sorry no pets."
Mevy, fully restored exterior in brown and cream GWR colours
fully restored interior of Mevy
Their other superbly converted railway carriages are an old luggage van, and a travelling post office.

Please have a look at their terrific website, which is accessible for the partially sighted.
Railholiday - A Cornish holiday with a difference

  • Perhaps they can help with the campaign to save the Dawlish Warren carriages. Here's the email sent today.


Hi
The iconic site at Dawlish Warren is to be demolished when the 2016 summer season finishes. Please can you help and advise the campaign to save it?  I thought that the first step would be to get the site listed with Historic England, which would be a passport to funding from Heritage Lottery and the DofE and all sorts.
The details of the emails I have sent, the new Facebook campaign group, press articles are on this link:
http://starcrosshistory.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/campaign-to-save-iconic-camping.html
yours sincerely-
Monica Lang
Chair
Congratulations on your beautiful website and your innovative  conservation of your railway carriages.

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