Many will remember the classic cinematic moment when Bobbie (Jenny Agutter) shouted “Daddy, my daddy!” as her father emerged on the platform from the steam train after being falsely imprisoned and eventually released thanks in part to the ‘old gentleman’.
Now the 40th anniversary 1970 film adaptation of the Edith Nesbit’s book is being celebrated with various events in the village of Haworth in West Yorkshire where most of the filming took place. This includes a Railway Children Walk which takes in many of the famous locations including Three Chimneys where the family moved to, and Oakworth Station where Mr Perks’s was stationmaster and the above scene took place.
During selected days in September the public can even take on Mr Perks’s role operating the signals and greeting the steam trains which run along the the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.
Outside of the film, the village still holds many appeals with it’s cobbled streets and olde worlde look right in the heart of Bronte country.
Useful links:
Hotel accommodation in Keithley (near Haworth).
Haworth visitor attractions
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
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