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| Dedication
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These pages are dedicated to the memory of an ex-Somerset & Dorset Railwayman, Derek Edge 1927-1996, my Dad, who worked in the fifties and early sixties at Sturminster Newton, Blandford and Bailey Gate Stations, and who gave me no chance of escaping a lifetime interest in all things railway. He even managed to give his growing son a bedroom window with a wonderful view across the Dorset countryside, with trains passing in the middle distance, including the mid-afternoon "Bailey Gate Belle". Thanks, Dad.
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| Privacy
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We respect the privacy of those who contact us. Any contact details that you supply are stored and used solely to provide you with an appropriate response. We may contact you if, for example, a request for further re-use of an image or words, is received. Contact details are held in strict confidence. We do not disclose, share, sell or rent your contact details to any other organisation unless you give us prior permission.
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| Cookies
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The website does not use cookies. However, pages may contain content from third party websites, for example, YouTube or Camstreams or Google, may introduce cookies. We are unable to control a visitor's consent to third party cookies so you will need to check your browser's settings. We currently cannot change the page to prevent third party cookies being downloaded.
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| Acknowledgements
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This is an "unofficial" web site, and relies heavily on contributions of text and images. Grateful thanks to all contributors and those who have offered help, details and corrections. Special thanks to long-time friend Hein Burger, erstwhile Commercial Manager of the West Somerset Railway plc for his initial and continued support. This site now enjoys considerable support from contributors - my thanks to all for every snippet of information, and for every visit. For further details about how to contribute material and how we use material, please see the Contributions Page.
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| Copyright and Re-use of Content
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All photographs, drawings, diagrams and text are copyright © 1999 -
of the respective photographers, artists and authors. If you wish to re-use any material, please see the Contact and Contributions Page and if in doubt contact us first by email.
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| Disclaimer
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These pages are independent of, and are not officially supported by, the West Somerset Railway plc or any of the affiliated organisations, unless specifically mentioned on the appropriate page. All information is believed correct but neither this web site or the Railway cannot be held responsible for any errors.
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The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided in good faith by a variety of contributors and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
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In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.
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Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under our control. We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.
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Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, we takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.
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| Why create and run a website?
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Simple really. The Internet offers a great opportunity to share so many things. Doing just that for the West Somerset Railway seemed quite a good idea back in 1998 when access to the Internet became possible. Why the WSR? It's a long tale. The short version relates how a new job in Taunton led to moving house to Bishops Lydeard in 1976. Being a volunteer at that time for the very fledgling Swanage line, it was easy to transfer those efforts to the preserved line just up the road - the WSR. Since then I have spent time as publicity officer for the West Somerset Railway Association; publicity manager for the Railway Company; also Station Master at Bishops Lydeard; Booking Clerk and Guard. I have surveyed, and produced large scale maps, of all of the stations for use in books and official documents. Likewise I have drawn many maps of the line for publicity purposes and for a variety of books. I have also produced, in collaboration with chums, several WSR books. And all that time, I took many WSR photographs, even after an enforced relocation to Peterborough in 1984. The web site gives me the chance to continue the publicity work and at the same time create an online collection of stories, history, news, pictures and maps. The best - and quite unexpected - was the creation of a whole new WSR community, including the many contributors to this site, who share their interests on the web as well as for real when on the Railway itself.
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| Home page
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Since hit counters work in many different ways, we'd like to make it clear for this website this figure is the total number of times the home (front) page has been opened since January 1999.
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Since hit counters work in many different ways, we'd like to make it clear for this website this figure is the total number of times the home (front) page has been opened since January 1999.
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| Pages and files issued
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| In January 2009 more detailed statistics became available. |
| The highest number of pages issued by the webserver in a single day: |
| » 130321 on 16 March 2011. |
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| The highest number of files (scripts, pages, images) requested from the webserver in a single day: |
| » 455702 on 16 March 2011. |
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| The highest number of unique visits in a single day: |
| » 3988 on 16 March 2011. |
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| Website size
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| » around 2080 pages |
| » around 34400 images |
| » around 1.6Gb of data |
| Website maintenance and hosting
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The website was first created in 1998 and has been upgraded several times. The pages are mostly HTML with some Javascript, and server-side scripts written in Perl. All is edited using Notepad - nothing works better than plain text. The master data is tested on Firefox and Internet Explorer, using Vista, XP and Win7. New and updated data is uploaded via an FTP client to the webserver. The latter is managed by Freeola |
| WizzerTV
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| The above is a temporary counter display of the number of times the WizzerTV page has been opened since 29 January 2011.
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| Event counter
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| The above value is for internal monitoring use only.
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