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This man never fails to deliver great films of amazing places! Congratulations!

Hi Chris, Just finished watching the Winchester to Alresford dvds, which I thought were excellent, especially including the map section and stills you took along the way. Well done, as usual. Just about to watch the Winchester Chesil ones which I'm sure will be good too.

Bought many of Dumpman's DVDs over the last couple of years. Always good quality. Chris has a great way of retracing disused railways with a good degree of history and dry humour! Highly recommend his DVDs and would give six stars if I could.

Hi just would like to say thank you for your great DVD that I bought on eBay from you. They are so interesting. My Mum is 93 and she remembers going on the steam train from Shoreham to Steyning, and also travelling on the Hayling Island steam train in the 1930s. All the best happy filming.

Brilliant person for struggling through all those brambles and hedgerows to bring us his take on the many disused railway lines in the country, especially the south of England. Long may it continue! Have a good Christmas Chris!

Redgate Mill to Heathfield - Great DVD. A really in-depth look at what is left of this wonderful rail track. Carefully and thoughtfully executed. Watched with a few friends last night and thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. Will definitely be buying further Dump Man DVDs of his explorations and adventures. Super!

Hi dumpman. It's Ian thanks for the two dvds love um. The two lines have been in my life since the 50s my family lived in and around Reading so when we go to the south coast the coach would come down the road B3349 from Hook to alton or the road A339 from Basingstoke to alton. The bridge is gone now on the B and A line you showed were the two roads meet before butt's junction I can remember going under it. In the 70s a friend of mine who had a car who is a steam fan looked and walked some of the B and A line it's changed so much now. The Meon line the coach would go down the A32 road. I said one day I'll walk along it but haven't. But you've done it for me thanks. Just to say love well recorded and information of the two lines. Thanks. Stay safe.

Westerham Branch Line - Chris, many thanks for your excellent DVD and customer service. My father and uncle walked the line in the 1940s, and there are some videos on YouTube of the line in use, Alan Snowdon's 1958 film perhaps being the best. Dunton Green station was one of my locations for train spotting in the late 1960s and early 1970s when my grandparents lived in Otford. I first explored the branch line more than 50 years ago. I cycled to the Brasted station site, the main building still standing and long before the M25 was built. I then walked towards Chevening Halt through the main cutting and it was just so peaceful. Westerham station site was also visited, with the Crown Hotel opposite. The platform was still in place along with the base of the signal box plus various signal wires and other bits and pieces. At Dunton Green, the main station building was still in use, the disused branch platform being accessed from the up platform through a covered passageway. The branch line track in the station vicinity and three goods sidings were still in place, and my brother and I would play on that track as we knew the Mr Burgess who worked in the ticket office. Dunton Green signal box was still standing, with its lever frame and illuminated panel, and it closed in 1973. It was only used after 1962 if, for example, access to the goods sidings was required. During the construction of the A21 bypass in the 1960s I remember seeing goods wagons in the sidings being used on that project on one occasion. I visited Dunton Green again in 2015, walking from the former A21 bridge in Dunton Green for about three quarters of a mile along the route, including crossing that stream. The signal post base shown in your film may have been part of the abandoned project to install colour light signals on at least part of the branchline. A post for such a signal was installed at the exit to the branch in 1961 alongside the signal on the main line (photo in Dunton Green Station Gallery 3 on the really informative Disused Stations website) and was then removed. The Brasted station site shown in your video was particularly interesting along with the shots of the surviving sections of the route. Overall, it brought back some great memories from more than 50 years ago. Best wishes, Steve

Hi Chris, Just bought your Hawkhurst DVD set. Absolutely fantastic! Would highly recommend your films to others. Very nicely narrated with a touch of wry humour. A real treat! ***** Any thoughts on the Crab and Winkle Line?

Steve Pilfold you genius ! Mr Pilfold has worked tirelessly to provide the continuation of this website for Dumpman Films. I am deeply deeply indebted to you sir.