" The Old Rail Station "

"The Railway Hotel"

" The Fureys "

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoTcDKB3xg8

 

" We went to the room and we bolted the door,

The sound from the jukebox was coming through the floor,

And out through the walls we could still hear the roar,

Of the trains,

 

I wanted much more on the first night with you,

But the railway hotel was the best I could do,

I knew The Savoy would have suited you well,

But the best I could do was the railway hotel,

 

And though it was run down, battered and dead,

A sink and a chair and just one single bed,

The way that I felt and the things that we said,

I recall,

 

I wanted much more on that first night with you,

But the railway hotel was the best I could do,

I knew the Savoy would have suited you well,

But the best I could do was the railway hotel

The Old Railway Hotel "

 

This Rail Station has stood here since 1850 and its an old friend to me! I remember the steam trains that ran here and playing on the turntable after school where they used to manually turn the train to point back toward Dublin.

I had my poor Mams heart broken getting her to bring me to the station to watch the trains. I was about 6 and they were doing a job on the " Jubilee " tunnel which is on Bray head and 2 miles north of here and is a mile long.

The engine driver asked me if Id like to go with them for the day backwards and forward with materials for the repair! Imagine! I spent an entire day riding on the tender with them.

Its one of my dearest memories. Can you imagine HnS allowing that nowadays? Not a chance! Spoilsports!

The Jubilee tunnell is still there and most Chrismas days I walk the track and the tunnell as the trains dont run on that day. It brings back such amazing memories!

And the Railway Hotel is still there too though the name has been changed and the rooms modernised but...................

Er....... I could meet you in room 24 later if you like?

P@t

 

www.bray.ie/dargans-railway/

Done