Thursday, 8 October 2009

Whats in a name?

Hi all,

Welcome to the start of this charity RailWorks project.

For a little background information please read this post;

So now you have the idea, I think it's about time we run our first competition.

Name the headland and some information about it's history...

Some of this history will then be used to sculpt the landscape.

All I want to say is the headland is attached to mainland England, high tide would cut off road access leaving only access via the rail bridge.

regards
Derek

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2 comments:

  1. Unknown9 October 2009 at 17:23

    Hi Derek,
    I imagine the island was settled by monks who built a monastery and they called it Platfarne Island. The first railway was just an industrial tramway to exploit local minerals, and later became a proper railway which connected to local seaside villages which then developed into seaside resorts or a small port. On a humorous note, the monks introduced biscuits into the British Isles and the local industries are Liquorice mines, Treacle wells and Jam Butty mines.

    Steve A.

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  2. Mobius407710 October 2009 at 11:31

    Hiya, heres my contribution.

    The Island is called Point Luck and it is located on the eastern coast of England. The Island was originally a small mining town in the center of the island and also had a small fishing port, named Kenneth Harbour, which would bring fish from the channel. Over the years the harbor grew to a moderate sized town and became a significant sector for British commerce with trade coming across the English Channel. A small railroad opened on the island in the 1890's taking coal to the mainland and the railroad was later expanded to bring in visitors. One of Point Lucks biggest milestones in History, was in 1944, being a staging point for the D-Day invasion. Some of the first waves of ships left from Ken's Harbor, and the first thing returning soliders would see is the lighthouse on top of BoxxyHill.
    Today Point Luck houses a War Memorial in the small coastal town Anawn, which is connected to the rest to the rest of the coastal villages by a preserved steam service on a restored sightseeing line.

    Thats mine idea. Im sure there could be plenty to tweak and whatnot.

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