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
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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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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Standing at “Salmon Leap” and looking north at the Sulby Claddagh, you can also just make out Primrose Hill (Cronk Sumark) to the top right of the image.
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This Mill dates back to circa 1671.
In the late 80’s the Mill was converted into a distillery and used for the production of “Kella Whiskey” which went on to be renamed “Kella Spirit”
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A couple of images from a walk this afternoon around Sulby Valley and then up to the Sulby Dam.
Image 1 This lovely little cottage has the Sulby River running behind it and the great waterfall of Ballcuberagh running at the front of it.
Image 2 This image is taken from the top of the Dam wall at Sulby Reservoir and looking down to the water treatment plant and then onto the Sulby Valley.
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Spotted this Manx Cat with a Manx Flag yesterday on Sulby Bridge, there are actually a pair of these cats and they are decorative gate pillar features 🙂
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Situated on the main road in Sulby is this lovely old hand pump that used to be in the garden of the adjoining Rectory.
The image was captured on my Sony HX20V camera, resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CC.
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Sulby Glen Station opened on the 23rd September 1879 as part of the Manx Northern Railways St John’s to Ramsey line. The station was situated on the south side of the road from Sulby Glen to the Coast . The station had a single siding with a combined raised goods platform and cattle dock.
The Manx Railway system was very busy well into the second half of the 20th century but by the 1950’s traffic levels began to decline as less holidaymakers visited the island and road transport competition started to make its presence felt.The St Johns to Ramsey line along with all of its stations, including Sulby Glen was closed completely on the 13th November 1965. It re-opened to passenger services in 1967 but closed again on the 6th September 1968 this time for good.
The image was captured on my Sony HX20V camera, resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS6.
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