The movie poster in the breakfast room at Apothecary Guest House that started it all. Such a beautiful look that we had to read the book, then find the movie.
An engine of the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway that "starred" in the movie
Surely, you know and love E. Nesbit's wonder book The Railway Children. A Victorian-era mother and three children, suddenly in need of economizing after the father is unfairly accused of a crime, move to the country. And have wonderful adventures and meet wonderful people. And the railway is a main theme. If you haven't read it, you must.
There are a number of TV versions and at least two movies. Sadly, most Americans can't watch the best - as both the VHS tape and the DVD are encoded in a way that most US players can't display. But, Ha, we have a DVD player that plays absolutely everything. So we love the 1970 movie, starring Jenny Agutter. It's a real treasure.
The walk takes you through Haworth, Oakworth, and Oxenhope. And past all the scenes from the movie.
The movie poster in the breakfast room at Apothecary Guest House that started it all. Such a beautiful look that we had to read the book, then find the movie. |
An engine of the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway that "starred" in the movie |
Two views through the gardens towards the hill up Main Street.
 The Oakworth train station, used in the movie. |
 Nancy in the Ladies' Waiting Room at the station. Men had to wait on the platform. |
 The tunnel. |
 The bridge in the closing scenes of the movie. |
We also discovered the village of Oakworth. And it's incredible Holden Park. The entrance is on the main street, and is truly enticing. Behind the garden, there's a fountain, then a bowling green. Then you climb through the grottos to a second level that goes back into a forest. |
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 A statue at the entrance. |
 A stairway leading to a walk along the tops of the walls. |
 Chuck in a grotto. |
 In Oakworth. Love that sign. It should be on the road as there's a tight blind corner where every car honks to announce it's coming through. |
The walk also goes by factories that seem to date back to the early Industrial Age. These are two that are now sort of incubators for new businesses. |
 The Airddale Springs Mill. Where, honest, I went in the office, they make springs. Of all imaginable kinds. What a neat chimney. |
Haworth
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