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It's Melkburybridge all over again
Or was it Trowshambury?
FGW unit 150101 leaves Frome North junction behind working 2E20 08.53 Weymouth to Gloucester.
The destination, clearly visible, is the county town of Glocestershire, less than ten miles away is the similarly-sized town of Cheltenham. In May 2024 it was revealed that Gloucestershire County Council had held secret talks to discuss the feasibility of merging Gloucester and Cheltenham into one supercity by means of strategic housebuilding projects between the two.
It is rumoured that in 1988 Wiltshire County Council considered a similar project involving the proposed merger of three 'un-named' towns in the west of the county near the border with Somerset. The story goes that the scheme was abandoned after one concerned councillor urged his fellow council members to watch the 1987 supernatural horror film 'The Gate' and that after watching the fictional depiction of hell on earth being released the scheme was immediately abandoned.
It's Melkburybridge all over again
Or was it Trowshambury?
FGW unit 150101 leaves Frome North junction behind working 2E20 08.53 Weymouth to Gloucester.
The destination, clearly visible, is the county town of Glocestershire, less than ten miles away is the similarly-sized town of Cheltenham. In May 2024 it was revealed that Gloucestershire County Council had held secret talks to discuss the feasibility of merging Gloucester and Cheltenham into one supercity by means of strategic housebuilding projects between the two.
It is rumoured that in 1988 Wiltshire County Council considered a similar project involving the proposed merger of three 'un-named' towns in the west of the county near the border with Somerset. The story goes that the scheme was abandoned after one concerned councillor urged his fellow council members to watch the 1987 supernatural horror film 'The Gate' and that after watching the fictional depiction of hell on earth being released the scheme was immediately abandoned.