6. Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, August 23rd, 1979


BOLTON MUSEUMS ART GALLERY


; . and •


The Central MUSEUM houses collections of Natural History and Geology, Prehistoric and local Archaeology and Egyptian antiquities. There is also an AQUARIUM. In the adjoining ART GALLERY are paintings, sculpture and pottery, and several art exhibitions are shown through the . year. •


On the outskirts of the town are SMITHILLS HALL, a medieval manor house on the edge of the moors, with a small Trailside Museum and Nature Trail. HALL I’ THE’ WOOD was once the home of Samuel Crompton, inventor of the Spinning Mule. ■ : .


Museum of local history, LITTLE BOLTON TOWN HALL.


This museum was opened to display aspects of social history In 1978. ,


INQUIRIES TO BOLTON 22311 (Ext. 379) i. ■. ■


IF. IT rains during the iBank Holiday weekend, and it usually does, be prepared; . Have the sort of out­


ing which can be spent in or out of doors, keep the children happy; but do make sure that p i a n s in c l u d e safeguards just in case it turns out wet. , Long range forecasts,


Come rain or


No. 532, called “Blue ■ P e t e r , ” k n 5 w n to thousands of children and adults who watch the tele­ vision programme. With the cost of petrol


I K h a t s w o r t h


___ 1979 Season Open Sunday, April 1st, to Wednesday, October 31st.


tHouse and Garden, admission £1.20 or family


H 0US6 Outstanding architectural features,pictures, carvings, tapestries, furniture, china. New this year. Theatre Exhibition of Chatsworth History.


Garden only, still 50p, children 20p. Car park 20p. Coaches free.


icket £3.


Garden 100 acres landscaped, unusual trees, plants, plus Paxton’s brilliant waterworks.


F a rm y a r d Live farming and forestry exhibition, and ’ tralks


entrance to woodland waft of house and park.


Full information is available from: Comptroller, Chatswoi Bakewell, Derbyshire. Tel. 0246882204.


with unrivalled views a tx n


which never seem to be right, are offering us: hopes of a dry, hot, late August, but past experi­ ence should tell us to take no notice of that, and go ah e ad , hoping fo r a glimpse .of summer, but ready for the worst. Children who watch


BBC’s “Blue Peter,” and most children do, along with parents, would cer­ tainly enjoy a visit to the Dinting Railway Centre, which offers special attrac­ tions over the Bank Holi­ day Weekend. Two former express pas­


constantly on our minds, an easy way to reach the centre is by train on Bank Holiday Monday. There is the Manchester-Glossop service running from Pic­ cadilly Station and alight­ ing at Dinting which is just adjacent to the centre. Travelling this way is


■ Advertising feature by Winifred Bose Prices range • from just


over. £1,000 to more than four times that amount. But, even if-buying a boat is out of the question, it’s still fun . to look,. compare prices and dream a bit. The children with love looking - at the boats. They will b e : interested


in “The Gazelle,” adver­ tised as . being specially designed for the connois­ seur.,


SPACIOUS


worth more than a passing thought, but even if travel­ ling by car, Derbyshire is not so far away for an outing during what will be our last holiday before the autumn sets in.


satisfy their and river craft by going to a fascinating place even nearer home, the White Bear Marinas and Leisure Ltd at Chorley. It is under new owner­


Boat mad people eir love of


can sea


senger engines will be on display. One of them Ex- LMS No. 6115 “ Scots Guardsman” will actually be in “steam,” on the Sun­ day and Monday. The other locomotive,-


which will be on static dis­ play, is the famous LNER


JCOSCOWCOMCCCOCOSCOSOOCOSOCCCO


[BEAT INFLATION- i


BUY ANTIQUES]


j We love buying, selling and talking about i Antiques and there are 30 of us to choose from j specialising in every range of Antiques.


! Furniture, Fans, Gold, Silver, Paintings, | Prints, Pottery, Porcelain, Brass, Copper, j Pewter, Arms, Armour, Jewellery. In fact ! you name it and I think one of us will have it.


j ILKLEY-FAIR OF FAIRS in the j Kings Hall and Winter Gardens.


! OPEN:—


[ Saturday, August 23th, 11 a.m. — 9 p.m. i Sunday, August 26th — Closed all day. • Monday, August 27th — 11 a.m. — 9 p.m.


[ Tuesday, August 28th — 11 a.m. — 5 p.m. j


J )


Follow the AA signs to the fair. Admission 50p (Monday 60p)


An Antique Dealers Fairs Presentation. J i i iW i H i j 4L '


Give vour kids lan adventure


.* This weekend enjoy a real adventure. We've . just opened our new 'Tarzan Trail'. Swing, slide, balance, climb! It's great fun for all ages! And of course you can wander through the


beautiful unspoilt Lowther Parklands in the company of over 60 species of birds and animals. Foxes, otters, badgers, wolves and wild boar. You can picnic in the park or enjoy a meal in our restaurant/ licensed bar.


Ice Drome Tel: (02S3J 41707 a • • • • • • .7 7 7 7 * 4 • • • • • • Yorkshire Dales Railway


STEAM TRAINS


run at


(between Sklpton and Bolton Abbey. otftheAS9)


EMBSAY STATION THIS


SAT., SUN. & MON. 11 a.m. — 5 p.m.


the inhole family 1 tc. fascinalionfor fun and


Signposted from M6, Exits 3 9 and 40.


Easy to reach.


on AC, 4 miles South o f Penrith


IQIIITHER ™ WiLDUFE ADVENTURE f%RK W


TOWNELEY HALL BURNLEY


House dates from 14th century Period furniture in room settings.


BR0ADW00D CARAVANS INGLETON LA6 3EX Telephone 0468 41253.


BESSACARR, SWIFT, ABBEY


touring caravans in stock at reduced prices.'


Good selection of second-hand touring caravans for sale.


Now available Tabbert luxury caravans.


Summer programme of exhibitions Open daily 10 a.m. — 5-30 p.m.


Sunday 12 — 5 p.m. ■ CLOSED ALL DAY SATURDAY Admission free Car parking free • Cafe in grounds


Only 12 miles from Manchester, just off the AS7 Manchester-Sheffield Road and adjacent to Diming station on me Manchester jmccj-Giossop line (no Sunday service).


THE DINTING RAILWAY CENTRE LTD DINTING, GLOSSOP. DERBYSHIRE


OPEN EVERY DAY 10-30 a.m. to 5 p.m.


Many famous locomotives on display Including:—“ BLUE PETER,**SCOTS GUARDSMAN, “ BAHAMAS, “ BITTERN


Many other Railway exhibit! — An engine "In steam” every Sunday, Brake van rides, Picnic ares. Refreshments.


AOMISSION: A d u lts 35p, C hildren 15p FREE CAR PARKING


SPECIAL ATTRACTION FOR THE AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY 6115 "SCOTS GUARDSMAN" IN STEAM on the Sunday and Monday


BOLTON ABBEY TEA COTTAGE


MORNING COFFEE LIGHT LUNCHES


AFTERNOON TEA


Traditional Yorkshire baking in an historic setting msrlooking the Priory and River Wharfe


Open 7 days a week during August 10-30 a.m__ 6-00 p.m.


- Telephone: BOLTON ABBEY 495. t NORTH WESTERN MUSEUM OF


SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY I 97 Grosvenor Street, Manchester ■ “WORKING DAYS”


Recommence SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29th 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.


Demonstration of Splnnlng-and Weaving, Printing and paper Making.


Gas, Steam and Electrical Engines st work, special temporary exhibition


"The Best In the World" — The history and development of Rolls-Royce and their products.


' Light refreshments available l r ADMISSION FREE MUSEUM CLOSED SUNDAY


NEWSTEAD ABBEY AND ITS 25 ACRES.OF BEAUTIFUL GARDENS


Founded at a Priory In 1170—later the home of the poet, Lord Byron, 9 mllet north of Nottingham on the Manalleld Road (A60).


ABBEY: Open from Good Friday until September 30th, 2 until ,


GARDENS: Open throughout the year 10 a.m. until dusk. 6 p.m.


ADMISSION: Grounds 40p, Children 12p; Abbey 25p, Children Sp; Car Park: FREE.


INQUIRIES: Superintendent, Newstead Abbey, Unby, Notts.. Telephone Blldworth 2B22.


RIPLEY CASTLE


HARROGATE — Open SUNDAYS MAY TO SEPTEMBER (Inc.) 2 p.m. to 6p.m. BANK HOLIDAYS 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. GARDENS only open on Saturday during above period 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. PARTIES admitted any day May to September by arrangement CAR PARKING — CATERING. RIPLEY CASTLE exterior was used In the B.B.C. series “THE DUCHESS . OF DUKE STREET."


Owner: SIR THOMAS INQILBY, Bt. HARROGATE 770166 or 770152 (STD 0423)’ '


. stwich, Manchester —


HEATON HALL • ■■.• The Cupola Room Heaton. Park,' P re -


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finest in the country * . * H (PEVSNER) . y W BBH magnt/ictnf. Geor- Vp jj


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1(8 period in Laricn-E&cH-^ i •-« -----> s/nre, find one ofthc


The finent honee of Q ?


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q, r t^ X T r k . ( a land mlh panoramic: Mon: — Sat.. 10 — 6. view, of the city.


; Sun 2-30 — 6. ' *


The Gallery' of •’ English Costume


P lan Hall, Platt Fields, Rusholme, . Manchester , .


The most important collection of costume in this country ont- stde London. Fash­ ions from■ the 17th century to Mary Quant and Zandra i Rhodes.


(Heaton Hall 2 — 6) ADMISSION FREE 1- ■ rr-S-j 7


1 2 J I !KSt!]KS.y,ELL’ wher® ma°y wishes have come t r u * ' S rEp « r?™ e k . - nn,h.ltI.0,IC‘ l e,h,bm° " °» K n a re .b o ^ u g h ." '


THE


Knaresborough, North Y orkshire hi™C|nV| M.n,alnlna an V1”


THE DROPPING WELL ESTATE '


LIMITED 4


of Molh* r Shlpton, reputedly teun porou“ obie« » are turned to 'stone'. '


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BORWICK HALL Residential Centre


Nr Camforth, Junction 35 off MS


Hall and Gardens open to tho public 2-30 to 5 p.m.


' MONDAY, AUGUST 27th Adults 25p, Senior Citizens 15p, 14


yean and under 10p Light Refreshments


WHITFORDS


CARAVAN CENTRE END OF SEASON SALE Special offers on all new cara­


vans by: Thomson, Lynton, A- Line and Compass.


(Big discounts — if no part exchange)


Self tow hire caravans available late Aug.-Sept.


Accessories, rep a irs , HP facilities, part exchange, etc.


Used caravans from £500. Healey Wood


Industrial Estate Burnley 20029


Used caravans Include:


1978 Tabbert Comtesse 1975 Lister Meresldo Slamander 1977 Thomson Glenelg 1975 Elddls Cyclon and many others.


* LOCOS ON VIEW * BUFFET * VINTAGE ROLLING STOCK A lto runs every Sunday until September 30th


« LANCASTER CITY OF Places of interest to visit:


LANCASTER CASTLE: Open daily.


ANCiENT PRIORY CHURCH, with all its treasures: Open daily. JUDGES LODGINGS, with its dolls museum: Open daily.


C ITY MUSEUM: Open daily except Sundays.


18th CENTURY COTTAGE on Castle Hill.


Inquiries telephone Lancaster 65338. 1


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HoghtortTower (Five miles east of Preston, Lancashire on A675)


Dramatic I6th Century for* tified hill-top mansion where


James 1st Knighted the ‘Loin of Beef’ in 1617


TEA ROOM, SOUVENIR AND GIFT SHOP, PERMA­ NENT DOLL’S HOUSE AND DOLL’S COLLECTION


Sundays during August. All Bank Holidays.


Admission: 75p Adults


25p Children from 2 p.m. until 5-30 p.m.


Available for conferences, social functions, etc.'


Apply Secretary 025485 2986


Open every Sunday until the end of October, Saturdays and


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S tflllW O r tll$ (lEA ) L td . 16 MARSDEN MALL,


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ARHDALE CENTRE, NELSON Tel. 63573


14-18 SKIPTON ROAD, BARNOLDSWICK Tel. 813350


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Established In the Reign of Queen Victoria and rdnowned for Quality, , Service and Civility.


ST JAMES’S ST., BURNLEY


Tel. 29347'


| BASHALL EAVES, Nr CLITHEROE ^


By permission of Mrs S. Gorton g


AUG. 27th 11 a.m. to 6 'p.m.


\ ..THE RED PUMP INN \\ BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY


1 ★ LIMITED EDITIONS OF COLLECTORS’ AND PRESTIGE ITEMS ^


IN CHINA AND GLASS


£ * LIMITED EDITIONS OF SIGNED PRINTS BY LOWRY, TOM 2 DODSON & W. CHAMBEBI AIN


? * GENUINE OIL PAINTINGS


^ ★ ROYAL DOULTON FIGURES & CHARACTER JUGS 4 ★ LLADRO FIGURES


? ★ ROYAL WORCESTER & COALPORT FIGURES ^ ★ MASONS IRONSTONE


% ★ WEDGWOOD ' ^ ★ HEREDITIES (IN BRONZE)


^ ★ BEAUTIFUL HANDBAGS & JEWELLERY.


\ £


C O M E T O


HARLOW CAR CARDENS


H A R R O G A T E (Crag Lane, Otloy Road)' Open every day 9 a.m. to dusk


See the beauty of the flowers, shrubs, trees, alplnes, streamslde, trial gardens and rockeries, model veget-; '(


able and fruit plots. Small Admission Charges — Free Car Park FREE ADMISSION DRINKS, TEA, COFFEE & FOOD AVAILABLE ^ xvxxvyvxxxxxxvvvyvy^wvxyvxxvvxxxxxxxxvxxxxvvvvxxxvvvxxxxxxxxxxxvvZ


BROUGHTON HALL OPEN TO PUBLIC


(ON A59 3 MILES WEST OF SKIPTON) AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY


GUIDED TOURS EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.


ENTRANCE £1 per person


JUDGES’ LODGINGS LANCASTER


Town House Museum and Museum of Childhood


• Holiday, till Friday, November 2nd. :■ 2p.m. — 5p.m.


Open throughout all the season. Including Bank


"Gateway"


Tel. Lancaster 2808 for details.


August and September /


Additional openings in ;


With guide or tout* sheet . «


’Admission 40p Under 18 20p . Closed,only Good^Friday and Christmas;Day.


HADDON HALL Probably the most comDlete and authentic


Bakewell, Derbyshire Cod in Biittel


example of a medieval and manorial home . -■ to be seen In England.


The Hall and Terrace Rose Gardens are open to the public from Tuesday to


Saturday inclusive (not Sunday or Monday) until September 29th.


(2 to 6 p.m.) and Monday (11 a.m. to 6 p.m.) Morning refreshments, lunches end afternoon teas available.


OPENING HOURS: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Charge of admission 95p — Children 40p. SPECIAL OPENING: Bank Holiday Sunday


c . , . . ^ ° DO?.S ALLOWED — CAR PARK 10p. Estate Office, Haddon Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire. Tel. — L-'.. ■


B a k ew e l l 2BSS. ■


OPEN FROM 10 a.m, Sundays 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. or.earlier sunset.


i 200 g Ja : • . /'■ NEWBY HALL Near Ripon


One of the loveliest gardens in England provides the jjerfect setting for this famous .Adam House.


Extended tour includes Bedrooms sujjerbly restored.


NEW ADVENTURE GARDENS NOW OPEN OPEN BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND


Sejrtember Opening Times: Gardens daily 11 a.m. to G p.m. House daily exc. Mon. & Fri. 2 to 6 p.m.


Inquiries: Opening Secretary, Neicby Hall, Ripon. Tel. Uoroughbridge 2583. '


ship, so if you have been before, this time will be quite different, and ’its fairly easy to find in Park Road, Adlington, Chorley. There is a wonderful col­


lection of inland and offshore craft and plenty of used boats offered (for sale.


Blackpools TWO finest Summer Season Shows


esting places like Hoghton , Towers, just a mile or so on the Chorley: Road from Blackburn, which is not only an interesting place to visit, but surrounded by . wide open countryside where, weather permitting children can have unfet­ tered play. The approach to the Towers is particu­ larly impressive, and this attraction so near to home is well worth a visit. Broughton Hall, Skip-


ton, the seat of the Tem­ pest family, is another on-


Close to home are inter- ■


• owners who really ruled the country. ■ They farmed the land


and most of the houses had a home farm which sup­ plied fresh foods to the house. The landowning classes


tresses than homes, with all the paraphernalia of war collected and close at hand, so that the house or castle or manor, could be defended in case of attack.


EXCELLED


tried to keep outsiders out, and it was not until the 19th century that the sys­ tem began to show sings of erosion. 1 Girouard describes the


the-doorstep building. For those with an interest in caravans, there is Broad- wood at Ingleton and Whitfords at Blackburn. Ingleton is a delightful place to visit, with or with- o u t c a r a v a n s , and Morecambe is so close, the worst weather need not put off any family with a ■ will to make the most of yet another wet Bank Holiday.


reason, stately homes are visited more on Bank Holi­ days than at any other time, and each of these houses large or small, fam­ ous or not, is a part of our heritage and our social


F o r some s t r a n g e


history. Marc Girouard wrote:


“Life in the English Coun­ try House,” and it was published just about a year ago. It is a dream of a book for those with an interest in our country homes of the past.


sion of a country property with land was a way of enabling owners to live a good and luxurious life by renting small properties on their land. It was a safe way to get into the ruling classes, for it was the land-


He tells how.the posses­


houses as power bases, pleasure bases and family


ju d g e s , p ro fe s s io n a l people and b u s in e s s people. They journeyed to Bath and to Buxton, and in the Middle Ages often went on pilgrimages. The world was their oys­


were mainly .supported by unearned income, which meant that their owners were not country bound, for almost all of them had town houses. T h ey w e re . M P ’ s ,


homes. These ruling classes


war footing found in these houses did not disappear until the 16th and 17th cen: tu r ie s . The formality remained, and each layer of society within the h o u s e s was c l e a r ly defined, not just by the owners, but, so they believed, by God, who took the blame for all kinds of nonsense man chose to take to himself.


Life was formal, and the


There were house par­ ties, dinners, dances, and


retinues of servants and often great wealth, but that only came later. In earlier Elizabethan days the insides of most of the great houses were spartan,'', cold and very miserable. ‘ They were more like for- .


ter in the 18th century and this was the period when many owners travelled abroad and returned to fill their homes with art trea­ sures, pictures, marble, gojd ana later, when big- game hunting became the done thing, those revolting heads of tigers and panth1 ers, tables 'made from elephants’ feet, ivory tusks pinned to the walls and so on. - The big houses had huge


.rooms and billiard rooms and sitting rooms, bed­ rooms and dressing rooms and drawing rooms, con­ se rv a to r ie s and grand reception rooms. Victorian. houses were


these continued in similar form right .into the 20th century, though different in many ways to the very earlier patterns. There were dining rooms, break­ fast rooms, music rooms and • libraries, smoking


they spouted morals and religious fervour to their


went, being fashionable in big houses in the I8th cen­ tury, but they . were- dis­ gustingly stinking, and lost favour until the- water closet' was invented'. . . but to more pleasant thoughts.' The weekend lies before


"inferiors^” Lavatories came and


you to eat out, visit a stately home, buy a cara­ van, or cabin cruiser, or just stay at home, perhaps to buy a piece of jewellery or a handbag for the wife at Stanworth’s. You hardly need to get the car out for that.


IT’S WORTH RIDING WORTH VALLEY


THIS AUGUST BANK HOLI­ DAY and Daily until Sunday, Sept. 2nd


RAILWAY STEAM TRAINS


K e ig h le y /O a kw o r th /H o w a r - th/Oxenhope round trip 90p, children 5-16 and OAP half-fare, under 5*.s free.


often built with servants' quarters separated oh a sex basis, according to Girouard. Staircases lead­ ing to bedrooms in diffe­ rent wings were banned to all but those of the sex who slept in that wing. Knowing the Victorians,


this method of being moral and narrow was confined only to the servant class. The master of the house could Cross the dividing line of sex, an art at which the Victorians excelled as


It’s not far by car. All W.V.R. Steam Trains connect at Keigh­ ley with B.R. services and there’s through buses from Keighley from all parts. More than 30 steam engines, ."Real Ale,” buffet car on some trains, railway. letter services, picnic area, museum at Oxenhope, loco yarVs at Howarth, and see the Railway Children’s Station at Oakwortti. "Park-n-Steam Ride” a t Ingrow, Oakworth and Oxenhope to Howarth for the' Bronte Village.


24 hour timetable. Tel. Howarth 43629.


P.S. A new date (or diary — Sat. & Sun., Oct 6th & 7th — the new Autumn enthusiasts weekend on the W.V.R.


* Under New Ownership


WHITE BEAR MARINA AND LEISURE LTD. PARK ROAD, ADLINGTON, ON THE BASIN LLC, NEAR CHORLEY, LANCS.I Tel. 481054 (Adlinaton) 0257


Inland and Offshore Cruisers EARLES C°URT (PRICE)


BOAT SHOW OF THE NORTH USED BOATS FOR SALE


Superb Benitau French built heavy weather inboard diesel yacht £3,850 complete


Immaculate Norman Con­ quest 8 horse power Yamaha


£3,450 '


Falrline Family £2,200 inc. eng.


Norman 23 Honda 7.5 £3,300 Burland 26 £2,950 Inc. eng. Dawncraft Dandy £2,6p0


Water Rat part completed £1,400


van Immaculate (for quick sale) £1,150


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Superb Knowsley 4 berth caravan, hot water system, fridge, numerous extras, Immaculate £1,450


MAIN DEALERS FOR


T h e new G a z e l le fast offshore week-ender


Mariner Outboards Blrchwood Boats C.J.R.


Wavy Rider Elite 7.5 Chandlery


Dawncraft 22 £4,385 Inc. ong.


See the popular Wanderers, Elite 7.5, New Blrchwoods etc. a t our ultra modern showrooms and moorings.


Based on the Basin, Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Adlington.


HAVE A RIDE OUT — BRING THE KIDS


SEE OUR TOP COLLECTION OF CHANDLERY INLAND AND OFFSHORE.


RINQ EDDIE EARLE FOR DETAILS.


FULLYQ SR


covering BUR $ h z m u


RAMSBOTTOM AA. & RAC.


FULLY RESIDENTIAL. A LA CARTE LUNCH & DINNER


Special table d’hote luncheon every Sunday. ^ Cabaret, dinner & dancing every Thursday.


Dancing to our resident organist on Friday and Saturday.


Buffet luncheon daily, Mon. fo Fri., £1.25. Snacks from 50p in our Public Bar.


Reservations: RAMSBOTTOM 2991.


PADIHAM, RO CLITHER


FORD BURNL Licensed Annua is now avail. PRIVATE THE CALDE


VAUXHALL BEDFORD


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STEAMTOWN RAILWAY MUSEUM


Warton Road, Carnforth, Lancs. Phone Carnforth 4220.


Come by train (we are adjacent to Carnforth Station) or by :v


road .via the A6 or M6 (junction 35).


Visit the largest Railway Centre In the North-West. Steamtown has a maqnificent collection of preserved steam locomotives ■ including: FLYING SCOTSMAN, SIR NIGEL GRESLEY, LEANDER and engines from Britain, France and Germany.


Vintage coaches, Midland Railway signal box, model railway,


coaling plant, 15in. gauge'railway, Gift Shop, Collectors' Corner and Cafe. Admission covers all listed attractions including unlimited'rides when locos are in steam.


Open daily: Summer 0900-—1800. Winter 0900—1630. STEAM RIDES . ..


Sunday Easter to October, dally in July and August and Bank l


Holiday weekends. (Facilities subject to change without notice) Free car parking for patrons


Closed only Good Friday and Christmas Day.


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