Name: Cheltenham to Wolverhampton
Released: 2014-01-24

Great British Railway Journeys

S5 · E15 — Cheltenham to Wolverhampton

S5:E15 · Cheltenham to Wolverhampton

Great British Railway Journeys

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Cheltenham to Wolverhampton

Season 5 · Episode 15 · Jan 24, 2014

On the final leg of his journey from Southampton to Wolverhampton, Michael's first destination is the elegant spa town of Cheltenham, where he discovers a very early locomotive carriage which ran not on rails but on the road and is lucky enough to get behind the wheel. His next stop is the medieval town of Tewkesbury, scene of a grisly battle during the Wars of the Roses. Armour-plated and sword at the ready, Michael joins a group of re-enactors for a taste of the action. Mercifully unscathed, he makes tracks for Droitwich to find out about how a lowly boatman became the King of Salt and lived in a beautiful chateau, an unexpected sight in the Midlands countryside. Michael's journey ends in Wolverhampton. He learns how the townspeople showed off their talents to the Queen, among them the lost art of Japanning, a speciality of Wolverhampton.

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Great British Railway Journeys

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201030m7.4

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Cheltenham to Wolverhampton

Season 5 · Episode 15 · Jan 24, 2014

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