Special weekend to mark the 50th anniversary of the closure of Lutterworth Station

A special exhibition was staged to mark the 50th anniversary of the closure of Lutterworth's rail station.
By James Bryce
Published 7th May 2019, 10:24 GMT
Updated 7th May 2019, 10:28 GMT
Kerry Girling and Alison Smith of Lutterworth Museum with David Hanger secretary of Lutterworth Railway Society and organiser Stuart Hammond with the original Lutterworth Railway Station sign. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTERKerry Girling and Alison Smith of Lutterworth Museum with David Hanger secretary of Lutterworth Railway Society and organiser Stuart Hammond with the original Lutterworth Railway Station sign. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER
Kerry Girling and Alison Smith of Lutterworth Museum with David Hanger secretary of Lutterworth Railway Society and organiser Stuart Hammond with the original Lutterworth Railway Station sign. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Lutterworth Railway Society and Lutterworth Museum held a joint Model Railway Exhibition including a Classic Bus Display on Saturday and Sunday to mark the anniversary. The event had traders, model layouts, a display by the B17 group which aims to build a brand new locomotive of the type that used to run on the Great Central Railway in the 1950s. There was also an exhibition by Lutterworth Art Group, and Cotesbach Educational Trust showed railway films.