Wordless Wednesday : Time for a Party!

An Teach Beag (The Small House) Clonakilty

Tuesdays of Texture : Week 3 of 2017

Old ticket machine seen at the Model Railway Village in West Cork during the summer.    Doesn’t it look a bit like a visitor from outer space?

Tuesdays of Texture

Weekly Photo Challenge : Tiny

For this week’s Photo Challenge, let’s go back to the Model Railway Village in Clonakilty, West Cork.   We had such an enjoyable day there in the summer, not only did we see and get a ride around the town on the old train, but we also got to see the models of the surrounding towns, showing life in the 1940s and 1950s  in Ireland.

Market day long ago

Above is a scene from an old market day, with produce, cattle, sheep and pigs on display to the highest bidder.

 

The model railway station shows commuters waiting for the train, as a goods train passes carrying new cars.

My ‘giant’ grandchildren!

Looking down on the tiny houses!

Linked to WPC : Tiny

Wordless Wednesday : Fairy Cottage!

Midel Railway Village, Clonakilty

Thursday Special : Eye Contact

I haven’t taken part in this challenge for a long time, but found an interesting picture for this one.  During the summer days we visited the West Cork Model Railway Village in Clonakilty, Co Cork.  This was such a fun place, not only for kids and train enthusiasts, but for the whole family.

Their website describes the village as a fully scaled handmade model of the old West Cork Railway Line with fully working trains and the towns that the railway served , Clonakilty, Kinsale, Dunmanway and Bandon.
Each model is a replica of the town as it was back in the 1940’s and it’s a great way to make local history real for all ages.

There is also a museum, and this old machine was one of the attractions – it looks like its making eye contact with me…like an alien from another time sending me a message!

My grandchildren enjoyed being ‘giants’ towering above the town

Here be Giants

Giants towering over the town

Linked to Paula’s Thursdays Special : Eye Contact

Wordless Wednesday : The Elephant Comes to Town

Colourful display in Clonakilty, West Cork