Ledbury railway station is set to become a showpiece for local art. Three talented female artists from the town, Caroline Owen-Thomas, Cheryl Davies and Jeanette McCulloch, are preparing a new art display advertising the heritage buildings of Ledbury. The display, in three sections will comprise calligraphic script describing the buildings, paintings and drawings of the buildings together with a location map and calligraphic script documenting the coming of the railway including a number of archive photographs. The display will be housed in a three bay glazed cabinet.
The project is being funded by West Midlands Railway under their ’Your Community, Your Fund’ scheme with the generous assistance of Ledbury Town Council and Ledbury Civic Society. The project is being managed by Gareth Calan Davies of Ledbury under the aegis of Rail & Bus for Herefordshire.
Fay Easton, Head of Community & Stakeholder at West Midlands Railway, is keen to firmly promote Ledbury on the West Midlands Rail Map. This project, which is expected to be completed by early autumn will complement the work undertaken by Ledbury Poetry Festival, making Ledbury the art and poetry place to visit by train.
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