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The SMR began life back in 1958
These pictures were taken in spring 1970 by Bernard Daniels
View of "Southern Cross" one of the two unique Curwen built scale liners that plied the lake during the heydays of the SMR. The sister ship was "Northern Star" and both were replicas of their full size cousins of the "Shaw Saville" line. In fact, they were the largest scale passenger carrying ships in the world. They were sold or scrapped after closure.
The ships berth is just to the right where visitors can then rejoin the train to take them back up the hill to the "Central Station" at the hall
Note all the day trippers cars parked in front of the house
A trip on the train and then a cruise followed by picnic in the park was one of the main East Midlands attractions in the 60's and 70's