-- Please note that 'waggon' is the correct contemporary local spelling--> In 1958, the Talyllyn also purchased one of the Corris carriages, which had been in use as a summerhouse in a garden in Gobowen.
He was educated at Oswestry Boys High School, where he played for the school team as well as turning out for Gobowen Juniors and the Druids club at Ruabon.
The name Gobowen is believed to originate from Gob (a pillow) and Owen (Owain Glyndŵr) who was believed to have rested his weary head there.
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Gobowen railway station is a railway station on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line of the former Great Western Railway's London (Paddington) to Birkenhead via Birmingham (Snow Hill) line, serving the small town of Gobowen in Shropshire, England.