[Margaret Pilkington]

My mum used to buy 'Runabout tickets' they were 21 shillings for an adult and 10 shillings for children......we used to go all over on the trains using these tickets......though my Mum must have been knackered at the end of a week.....she had 4 of us to get ready each morning and would make up packed lunches to cut down on costs.......and we would often be down at the station for 8 am.

I remember one time when we were coming back from somewhere...can't just remember where now, except it was seaside......and we got on the wrong train and ended up in Carlisle. The station master there was very good to my Mum and gave us tea and biscuits in his office while we waited for a mail train to Preston......we were very late home that night......Dad wondered what had happened to us. We though it was a wonderful adventure.