Isn't it funny how accents trigger things in our memories. I had no idea that Dick Van Dyke's cockney accent was so bad as a child, but I could recognise a welsh accent (not sure if they were bad too!), thanks to Ivor the Engine! There was Jones the Steam, Owen the Signal, Dai Station and Evans the Song (choir master). I couldn't remember the name of the Dragon, but managed to find out on one of our train journeys. It was Idris, and from what I can remember I think he looked a bit like this!
The photo at the top is of course the Snowdon Railway. We weren't lucky enough to get a ride on it that day. We arrived before ten to find the first available ticket was for ten past five in the afternoon. I guess we should have booked!
Isn't it funny how accents trigger things in our memories. I had no idea that Dick Van Dyke's cockney accent was so bad as a child, but I could recognise a welsh accent (not sure if they were bad too!), thanks to Ivor the Engine! There was Jones the Steam, Owen the Signal, Dai Station and Evans the Song (choir master). I couldn't remember the name of the Dragon, but managed to find out on one of our train journeys. It was Idris, and from what I can remember I think he looked a bit like this!
The photo at the top is of course the Snowdon Railway. We weren't lucky enough to get a ride on it that day. We arrived before ten to find the first available ticket was for ten past five in the afternoon. I guess we should have booked!
