The inside story of its “removal” and restoration by David Burton-Pye, fomer head of Conservation Design and Tourism at South Staffordshire District Council, where he worked from 1974-2011. It was a Sunday in June 2005 when a crane crashed into the historic footbridge on Codsall Station leaving it heavily damaged and leaning over the railway track beneath. It could not have happened at a worst time - it was the day of Cosford Air Show and the trains were packed with people desperate to get there.

In the aftermath, David was embroiled in a struggle with the insurers who wanted to replace it with a modern steel structure and the conservationists who wanted a faithful reproduction of the original wrought-iron bridge. Come and find out what happened.