Using my one day off wisely with a trip to Herne Bay to see the #Railway200 exhibition at the Seaside Museum

Trouble with AI is, it has a mind of its own. Here's an outtake from a forthcoming music video "Old Neptune's Car", & an exhibition celebrating 200 years of railway travel at The Seaside Museum, Herne Bay, from 12 April.
There'll be plenty of events inc. history talks, film screenings, guided tours.

1980s British Rail staff at Herne Bay, showing their camaraderie in the station staff room.

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Get ready to celebrate what's old & new with @serailway.bsky.social at the Seaside Museum, Herne Bay. Exhibition, history tours, film screenings, model trains, & archive footage!
200 years of railway evolution, #Railway200 is coming to Herne Bay.
Starts 12th April.
Details in the link below:

1968, singer/entertainer Michael Flanders wrote the following verse to his father in Herne Bay.

I'm terribly sorry to hear,
That Herne Bay is closing its pier.
If it can't be insured
Or just shored-or restored-
As a pier must it now disappier?

Here's another from Flanders
youtu.be/31R0HtcegcM?...

In March 1960, thirty rose trees, a gift from Mr T J Ford of Beltinge, were planted by his gardener in the two circular gardens on the up platform at Herne Bay station, and the narrow flowerbed on the downside. Two of the flowerbeds have recently been removed to make way for the new accessible lift.

Herne Bay, On the Kent Coast - Go by Train: British Railways (1962)
Illustration by Alan Durman

I'm delighted to say that I'll be returning to the Seaside Museum, Herne Bay in 2025, with a brand new exhibition to celebrate #Railway200, with history walks, talks, documentary screenings & much more. There will be associated events by Crab & Winkle Line Trust, Whitstable Museum. More to follow...