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16 May 2014
Bonnie Dundee made her way to the Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal to play her part in the gala premiere of "Postman Pat the Movie" in the guise of the Greendale Rocket, with a headboard carrying this name. The event, on 17th May, was attended by Stephen Mangan, who was the voice of Postman Pat in the film and Postman Pat's creator, John Cunliffe.
16 May 2022
Premier coaches No. 131 'Joan', Coach No. 140, and the Directors' Saloon No. 132 'Ruth' were officially commissioned by the railway directors Peter Hensman, Georgina Townsend and James Clarkson Webb. Although not celebrities, it was quite fitting that members of the Wakefield family launched these coaches which carry the names of their parents and relatives who, as directors, presided over a period of great change and prosperity on the railway.
