Fun on the Railway.....

Yesterday we took the children - the little ones - to The Keighley and Worth Valley preserved railway line where they were having a weekend dedicated to The Railway Children, celebrating it's 40th Anniversary.

Wow, this place is fantastic.  A real bit of yesteryear tucked away.  As the weather was slightly chilly, to say the least, it was not over crowded.  We travelled up and down the line, travelling on two different trains, one of which was the train the "old gentleman" travelled in when first noticing the children on the side of the railway. 

There was a brass band and cream tea's.  Lovely english enthusaism on a cold day!!!  Ian loves the film,  I know he won't mind me saying that, so we purchased a photograph of the final scene on the station when all the bunting is out waiting for "daddy" to come home.  Sally Thomsett, who played Phyllis, was at the event lending her support to the preservation of the line and of course the anniversary of the film.  She was 20 when the film was made, even though Phyllis was actually 8 years old in the film!!!  She is lovely and did not mind talking and chatting to people about the film.  She also signed the back of the framed picture for us, dedicating it to the little ones with us. 

Unfortunatly, due to the fact we had two children, a buggy, a ruck sack with very heavy camera, a ruck sack with kids things in and ourselves, we left the picture on the train!  We only realised this when we were home and were obviously upset by this.  We emailed and called the Railway to see if the picure had been handed in - not really expecting it to be - and hey presto....  they found it.  Still in the place where we left it, so tomorrow we will be collecting it....  Thank you Keighley and Worth Valley for a lovely day out and finding our picture.