Thomas The Tank Engine Newspaper Archive
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Welcome to the TTTE Newspaper Archive, with over 75 years of articles and adverts of the famous little engine. Account run by @clickclacktrack
Crovan's Gate, Sodor
Joined January 2022
Hello, I'm @clickclacktrack, and welcome to the Thomas The Tank Engine Newspaper Archive! Here I'll be posting my cuttings of the famous little engine, from adverts to articles and more! There'll be several posts throughout the day of what to expect from this account. Stay tuned!
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FIVE HURT AT PARAGON STATION "Near shaves as platform barber's shop is hit. 'It's not stopping!'" If you'd like to know more about how the story in this newspaper became the basis for A Close Shave, why not check out my video on it?
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Audrey, the widow of Teddy Boston, with the Ulfstead Road layout, which had been gifted from the late Wilbert Awdry's collection to the Cadeby Light Railway. Nuneaton Evening Telegraph, March 9 1998
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Image above: Western Daily Press, December 30 1995
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Lancaster New Era, September 13 1999
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RT @clickclacktrack: This would also apply to supporting @ttte_newspapers. Those who donate any amount they wish in-between videos would ge…
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RT @clickclacktrack: Hey everyone, thanks for coming to the William Middleton premiere, I really appreciate it! I've got several and futur…
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"Thank goodness for the Americans." Leicester Mercury, April 19 1995
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IT'S FULL STEAM AHEAD AGAIN! "[My father] is pleased the series has started again," says Christopher, "Sammy the Shunter and Ivor the Engine are rather frowned upon in Awdry household." Cambridge Evening News, October 4 1983
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Don't recall seeing this shot in Thomas and the Magic Railroad before... 🤔 The Los Angeles Times, January 16 2000
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The Reverend Wilbert Awdry reads two-year-old Scott Birch "Thomas Comes to Breakfast" at the Cadeby Steam Open Day. The Hinckley Times, August 7 1987
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Thomas the Tank Engine rows his way down the Shropshire Union Canal during Audlem's annual raft race. Built by Winston Rogers, he would go on to win the fancy dress prize. The Crewe Chronicle, July 1 1987
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It's Thomas the Tank Engine Enthusiast Weekend at the Great Central Railway! Jessica Clifton and Nicholas Hill are just two of 5,000 visitors who turned up. "We had passengers standing in the trains; it was so full," said manager Terry Stirling. Loughborough Echo, Oct. 2 1987
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Even in Thomas' first years of publication, his creator Wilbert Awdry was already getting interviews, such as in John Bouverie's Journal Fun Fact: Whilst Troublesome Engines would be published in Sept 1950, Awdry had already written it by Dec 1949! Daily News London, 8 Dec 1949
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The Reverend Wilbert Awdry pays a visit to the Tallylyn Railway, one of the inspirations for his books, to see one of its locomotives decorated as the character Sir Handel. Cambridge Evening News, September 4 1984
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This summer, take a trip to the Abilene & Smokey Valley Railway to experience a Day Out with Thomas! The Manhattan Mercury, June 27 1999
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Reverend Wilbert Awdry makes a visit to the Coney Hill Junior School in Gloucestershire to see some of the models the pupils made of his characters. The Citizen, 21 June 1986
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