Forty Shilling Special
18 November 2012
To celebrate the opening of Snowdown Coal Mine , 100 years ago this week.
Location
East Kent Railway , Shepherdswell
Time
11am
Cost
Forty shillings i.e. £2 per person in todays money ! ( over two years old ).
Contact
John Griffiths
Phone
07516472905
Email
Website
Trains from Shepherdswell EKR station, adjacent to the main line station, leaving at 11.00, 12.30, 14.00, and 15.30. Vintage ( 1957 ) diesel trains will go to Wigmore Lane, the nearest we can get to the coal mine our line went to at Tilmanstone.
Also at Eythorne station, will be Many Hoots birds of prey sanctuary display from nearby East Studdal.