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Caravan upholsterers help restore 99-year-old carriage

THE restoration of a 1924-built Ashover Light Railway carriage on the Lincolnshire CoastLight Railwayistaking rapid strides thanks to the generosityand skills ofaSkegnessfirmthatspecialisesin upholstery for caravans.

After the Derbyshire line closed in 1936, the carriage and three others became sports pavilions

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