The fourth in our series of 5 Railway Children caches remembering the 1970 Film directed by Lionel Jeffries from the original 1906 novel by Edith Nesbit. The Story is based in Victorian England and follows the adventures of the three children, Peter, Phyllis and Roberta "Bobbie" Waterbury after they were forced to move from their home in London after their Father was sent to prison. The childrens mother was played by the accomplished English actress Dinah Sheridan.
Mrs Waterbury
An interesting fact is that in the 2000 remake of the 1970 film this character was played by Jenny Agutter, the actress who played Roberta in the earlier release.
The following is a review of the plot taken from the Internet:
"This is a story of three children, Roberta, Phyllis, and Peter, who live in a respectable suburban villa with a wonderful mother and father and a cook and servants, until one day great disgrace and poverty befalls them. Father is taken away to prison (but they do not know this at first), and they have to move to a poor cottage in the country near a railway line. Mother writes stories to earn what little they live on and they get used to being poor and have to learn not to steal coal from the railway station, even if they have so little to keep warm by. Sometimes they argue and have crises, as one does, but in time they make many new friends, and amusing adventures aplenty happen near the railway and the canal. They develop the habit of waving to the train as it goes past and sometimes the people in the coaches wave back. Their friendly habits makes them one special friend in particular, who although he mostly just goes by in the train, eventually gets to know them, and helps them out in various ways. And somehow all the good things that they do add up together and end up coming back to them, and there is happy ending to it all. " I would think there are few who have not seen the original film or indeed the 2000 re-make but for those who want to read more about The Railway Children the following links will prove useful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Nesbit
Enjoy !
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