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Area Station Manager Mian Sarwar presents Steve with a plaque Credit: ITV Meridian

England: Worker “Steve McCulloch” Ends 52-Years Commutting on Same Train-Route! (12.5.2026)

Over the years he’s collected snapshots of his journey – and he’s certainly had some memorable moments.

“In the days of slam-doors stock I was sitting at the end of the train at Slough and we moved away and somebody came running up the side and through the door and tried to climb in but stumbled. I had to grab them and pull them in,” he said.

Train travel has changed significantly since the 1970s with more electrification, the introduction of high speed trains, and digital signalling.

Mian Sarwar, the Station Manager for GWR, Slough and Maidenhead area, said: “Steve’s been travelling with us for over 50 years and to acknowledge his travelling and his loyalty with us, it was important to acknowledge him and mark this occasion very well. ”

Steve says he has plans for his retirement. He wants to travel further and has been invited to go to India, but he also hopes to explore the UK more… by train of course.

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Winterstoke Road Bridge was built in the early 1940s and is now reaching the end of its safe lifespan

UK: Bridge That Survived Hitler Doesn’t Survive Local Council! (25.12.2025)

“Winterstoke Road is a vital route within Weston, with many local businesses and communities relying on the route for access. It also previously acted as an emergency diversion route for the M5.

“Given the importance of the bridge, the Ministry of Defence (who own the bridge) have allocated funding to us to design and build a replacement that will better serve the area.

“At April’s meeting of the executive, members agreed to delegate authority to award the detailed design and build contract for Winterstoke Road Bridge to councillor Mike Bell, leader of North Somerset and executive member for major projects.

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Brave Yemeni People Resisting Zionist-fascism!

Anti-Zionism – Not A Threat To A Nice Cup of Tea! (13.2.2024)

Like all the disinformation that has intensified lately, such fake stories as this are designed to take the attention of a passive and supine population away from the fact that the International Court of Justice is in the midst of finding Israel guilty of ‘Genocide’ – whilst Israeli troops (armed by the US, UK and EU) continue to carry out the very atrocities the ICJ has already judged as being ‘Crimes Against Humanity’! It is the murder of 30,000 Palestinian men, women and children – and the wounding of 70,000 others – by the Zionist-fascist IDF that is the problem, not Yemen’s Resistance to this Genocide, or the fact that relatively well-off Westerners might be inconvenienced for a short time when waiting for a brew. Time for another cup of relaxing tea – me thinks!

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