SMILES ON THE TRAIN
Stephanie Evans (Letters, 1 May) must have been unlucky if another passenger scowled at her daughter on a train journey from London to Cumbria. Here in West Cumbria my wife and I have taken numerous children (our own and her charges) on train trips for 30 years, and have never encountered anything other than smiles from other passengers.
When we took eight three-year-olds from our pre-school on the train through Bransty Tunnel to mark its 150th anniversary some years ago, everyone smiled, even though the girls squealed loudly in mock terror once we had entered the tunnel!
Locally, no-one bats an eyelid at the presence of young families on the train. Prams and pushchairs are helped on and off without anyone having to be asked.
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