Please no politics. I am tired of ignoring such silly remarks here and on other sires as well.
Yes and to quote the late, great Thelma Ritter in “Miracle on 34th Street” (My favourite Chistmas movie of all time)
“I don’t get it, I just don’t get it.”
This year is the 120th anniversary of the operation of the Snaefell Mountain Railway on the Isle of Man. The island is planning special events, and the Light Railway Transit Association is planning an extended weekend around its annual meeting, the afternoon of Saturday, 19 September, at the Claremont Hotel in Douglass. Their program includes:
Friday evening 18 September, dinner train on the Isle of Man Steam Railway
Saturday morning: Shop tours of the steam railway and the Manx Electric Railway
Saturday noon: soup and sandwich lunch at the Claremont Hotel
Saturday afternoon: LRTA annual meeting at the Claremont Hotel
Saturday evening: LRTA annual dinner at the Claremont Hotel
Sunday: Manx Electric special train tour and side vintage bus trip to Jurby Transport Museum
Sunday evening: Dinner on Mount Snaefell, and rail return to Douglass
I will not be able to attend this glorious program because of responsibilities in Jerusalem. In discussions with the LRTA, you may refer to my
George Hilton penned a delightful article about IOMR and the various other railways on the Isle of Man in TRAINS in the mid-1960’s.