Bridgnorth
is an old market town in Shropshire situated on the Severn Valley. It is
somewhat unusual as it is on two levels, called appropriately, High Town and
Low Town.
To
save shoe leather, and puff, on the 200 steps, which already connected the two levels,
a funicular railway was opened in 1892.
Dictionary
definition of funicular: (of a railway, especially one on a mountainside)
operating by cable with ascending and descending cars counterbalanced.
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| When we were up... |
This
week I had the opportunity to travel on this unusual mode of transport for the
princely sum of £1.20. There’s a memory lurking somewhere in my psyche, I have
been on it before, but not sure when.
Thanks
for your time.
The
Old Crone xx
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