Sulby Claddagh looking nice and busy this morning which is probably due the Festival of Motor Cycling taking place which is better known in old money as the Manx Grand Prix.
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Found this lovely carved Manx slate gate post whilst out for a walk with Ted the other day, it is on the Clannagh Road in Sulby.
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Sulby Bridge station opened on the 23rd September 1879 as part of the Manx Northern Railways St John to Ramsey line, it is built in red sandstone which was quarried from Peel.
The station is named after the adjacent Sulby Bridge, and it’s rather isolated position meant that it was not as busy as the nearby Sulby Glen station.
The St John to Ramsey line and all of its stations, including Sulby Bridge station closed completely in 1968.
Railway House is now in private ownership.
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A Snippet of History
In the early morning of May 8th 1888 the hotel suffered a mysterious fire and was subsequently totally destroyed, there was no injury or loss of life as it was empty at the time.
Previously known as the ‘Scottish Tavern’ which dated from the 1790s, the name of the replacement and new hotel came from the locally famous ginger beer that was brewed on the premises.
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* Source – A Sulby Heritage Trail by Juan Vernon
Snaefell Mountain Railway, Electric Tram number 3 crossing the road at the Bungalow.
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Seen here at the Bungalow at the foot of Snaefell Mountain.
And what a day for the passengers of the Visiting Cruise Ship ‘Adonia’ to go up to the top of Snaefell Mountain.
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Standing on the road down to Tholt y Will and overlooking a rather full Sulby Reservoir, with Druidale Farm in the back ground.
Our Isle of Man countryside doesn’t get much better than this 🙂
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The interesting aspect of this beautiful Manx Cottage is the gate pillar and the cast hand of the Manx Giant Arthur Caley. Measured from floor to the tip of the hand it measures 7’11″ which is exactly the same height of the Manx Giant.
Apparently Captain George Burrows, had a Market Garden and a coal yard in Parliament Street in Ramsey and he lived in Rose Cottage. He employed ‘The Manx Giant’ and he had the hands made which he put on the gateposts. He (Capt George Burrows) also gave some items to the Manx Museum in Douglas.
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Snaefell Mountain Tramway, Electric Tram No 1 heading down Snaefell Mountain to the Bungalow this afternoon.
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The entrance gate to Taylor’s Meadow in Sulby, has this got a Witchcraft connection? and I love the four brooms on the gate 🙂
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Sheep and lambs have the right of way on our Manx country roads 🙂
These fellas were casusally walking around Tholt Y Will the other day without a care in the world.
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A lovely walk around Lezayre the other day, I just love that wonderful Horse Chestnut Tree in the centre of the image.
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