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1984
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Chris Halsall, rail enthusiast and owner of Brookside Garden Centre, built a simple ‘out & back’ 5 inch gauge railway at the site.
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1989
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Due to increased public demand, the railway was re-gauged to 7¼ inches.
The track was extended to run around the old open-air swimming pool. A station shop and ticket office were built, with platforms and a canopy.
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1999
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The track was extended to form a continuous circuit.
A tunnel had to be built under the road and a 60’ long cutting had to be dug out. The track climbs a very steep gradient of 1 in 36.
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2007
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A further extension was made over the river and into the old overflow car park. On special days a fairground operates in the middle of this track loop.
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2008
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Klondyke Strikes purchased the garden centre, with Chris Halsall continuing to run the railway for them.
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2016
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In June the station area and a lot of the railway (and most of Poynton!) was flooded by the Norbury Brook bursting it's banks.
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2016/17
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The A555 improvements resulted in a revised trackbed and another new tunnel under the road.
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2018
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Chris Halsall left the site in the Autumn.
Timpdon Miniature Railway Co. Ltd, a company formed from local enthusiasts, took over running the railway in December.
So began a long process of trying to restore the railway.
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