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In June the members of The Rotary Club of Donaghadee spent a wonderful evening at the Belfast and County Down Miniature Railway Society’s Drumawhey Junction Railway. They enjoyed themselves so much that they thought it only fitting that some children should also enjoy the experience. On 19.7.10. they took pupils from The Lighthouse Trust Summer School, their parents, brothers and sisters on a visit to the miniature railway.  

The Belfast & County Down Miniature Railway Society operates a 7-¼ Inc gauge railway called Drumawhey Junction, on a 7-acre site located at Four Road Ends on the Upper Gransha Road between Bangor, Donaghadee and Newtownards. It was established in 1991 with the aim of building a miniature railway complete with locomotives, carriages and buildings for the pleasure of the members and the general public. They have a carriage, which can accommodate a wheelchair. 

The Lighthouse Trust Summer School provides conductive education for children with cerebral palsy. Conductive education, which was developed in the 1940s by Andras Peto in Budapest aims to develop each child’s potential. It combines aspects of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy and aims to make the skills learnt part of everyday life.  

After the train journeys the party were treated to a meal at Pier 36. The members of the Rotary Club would like to thank Margaret and Dennis Waterworth and their staff for their assistance. They would also like to thank Ken Verner, Norman Adamson and the other members of The Miniature Railway Society for giving the children so much enjoyment.

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