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Two Swanage Railway founders return after 50 years to lay flowers at volunteer memorial

TWO pioneering Swanage Railway founders who started the battle to rebuild the Purbeck heritage line as university students in 1972 – just weeks before work started on lifting the branch track toWareham – have returned 50 years later to lay flowers at a memorial to generations of dedicated volunteers.

The sons of Polish immigrants, Andrew Goltz and John Sloboda were keen 22-year-old railway enthusiasts when they travelled from London to

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