Heritage Railway

Farewell to Llangollen pioneer Bill Shakespeare

THE Llangollen Railway has been in mourning for founding father Bill Shakespeare MBE, who died on September 22 at the age of 95.

Born William Reginald Shakespeare in October 1927, he was involved in the heritage line since its inception as the Deeside & Flintshire Railway Preservation Society in the late 1970s; the

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