The village Post Office at Sharlston seems to be a working Post Office, which is surprising when you consider the number of "cut-backs" that the Post Office has done over the years. Looking at the painted sign on the side of the building, you can't help but wonder how many years this building has been a post office? I didn't get to see Postman Pat or his cat though...
Just in case you didn't believe that this farm house is old - as in REALLY, REALLY old - here is the proof. The inscription above the door reads "R.T 1655". Now I think that that is old!
Just outside Featherstone, just off of Wakefield Road (A645), there is a very old, dilapidated farm house. It is beyond any use whatsoever, but I have a funny feeling it is probably classified as a "listed building" so the owner can't do anything with it anyway - except to let nature take it's course.
Whilst walking the dog along the local public footpath I came across this balloon. It looked all lost and forlorn in the heavy undergrowth.
In the end the steam train uses coal, and that is the main reason why they were replaced - not because they were environmentally unfriendly, but because the diesel engines that replaced them were cheaper to run.
Thornes Miniature railway doesn't just do scale replica models of steam engines, there are some larger sized models (obviously working on the same gauge line). Dennis is not quite "Thomas the Tank Engine" but I don't think the young children, who hopped on for a ride, minded.
Large or small, the "Black Prince" is still an impressive feat of mechanical engineering.
