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Great Bush Railway
The Great Bush Railway is a private, Narrow gauge railway, narrow gauge running round the edge of Tinkers Park, Hadlow Down, Sussex. The railway is operated by the Claude Jessett Trust Company. The line is 500 meters long and has three stations, Hadlow Down, Bracherlands Junction and Tinkers Lane. The railway only opens to the public on Tinkers Park events. History The line was laid down by Claude Jessett as an attraction to accompany the yearly steam rallies and as a replacement for an earlier miniature railway that existed around his garden. A heavily converted Motor Rail (later named ''Aminal'' [''sic.'']) was acquired from a nearby brickworks. This, alongside coaches built from brick trolleys, ran for a couple of years. A volunteer group (named FIDO, not an acronym, but named due to the age of the volunteers) established themselves on the site and ran the line. More locomotives were acquired, putting the very worn Aminal out of use. Later the coaches were retired and a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hadlow Down
Hadlow Down is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District, Wealden district of East Sussex, England. It is located on the A272 road three miles (4.8 km) north-west of Heathfield, East Sussex, Heathfield. The parish is within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It came to prominence with the Wealden iron industry in the 17th and 18th centuries. In 2011 the parish had a population of 857. The majority of the population now works outside the parish, but it still has a strong community atmosphere centred on the New Inn pub, St. Mark's school and St. Mark's church. The parish church, St Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, St. Mark's, was first built and consecrated in 1836 and rebuilt just before World War I. Edmond William Costello (1873–1949), holder of the Victoria Cross, is buried in the churchyard, and Diana Rowden (1915–44), Special Operations Executive, SOE agent, lived at Hadlow Down before World War II. A former Calvinistic chapel, Providence Chapel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
