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THANKS A £10.6 MILLION!

IN what may be the biggest single state cash injection into the heritage sector as a whole in its 70-year history, the Government has thrown 43 cash-strapped railways, tramways and museum venues a £10.6 million lifeline to offset the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown and restrictions.

The first round of emergency handouts for railways big and small which range in size from £20,000 to £970,000 are drawn from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage (CRFH), designed to secure the

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