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Tweets from a recent #Lincolnshire Day Ranger rail ticket to cover what remains of the railways there. The railway network in the county was severely depleted by the closures of October 1970 but passenger services to the east coast @ #Skegness & #Cleethorpes remain. 1/15 
Starting at #Skegness, the station concourse features a statue of 'Skegness Sam', famous from the 'Skegness is so Bracing' old Great Northern Railway poster. Old style semaphore signals still exist & the line from #Nottingham in now known as 'Poacher Line'. 2/15
Skegness-Grantham: Top left c/w leaving #Skegness the train passed the scorched, flat agricultural lands of #Lincolnshire & through market towns of #Boston, with it landmark church (Boston Stump) & #Sleaford with its magnificent set of disused malthouses once owned by Bass. 3/15
This Romanian mother was attacked just outside her home in #Doncaster being told, amongst others, to go back to her country.
There has been a rise in hate crime in recent years. This is what happens when xenophobia becomes legitimised.
Read more at: thestar.co.uk/news/police-la…
There has been a rise in hate crime in recent years. This is what happens when xenophobia becomes legitimised.
Read more at: thestar.co.uk/news/police-la…
And here's who is responsible for legitimising hatred and xenophobia:
I'm so angry reading this. The attackers called the Romanian woman "Polish c***" before attacking. It illustrates so well the xenophobe's mentality: we are all the same undesirable migrants to them who need to be "taught a lesson". Speak up against xenophobia wherever you see it!
@KPMaltzahn setting Greens' agenda for #doncasterrail and more public transport. Supports @WalmerStBridge #Yarra @transport_forum #SpringSt
@rwynnemp discusses poorly planned #EWLink, damage inflicted upon local residents. Broader focus on @DanielAndrewsMP public transport projects + increased capacity + Metro Rail #Yarra @transport_forum #SpringSt
