Historian Dan Snow - 'Save Hythe Pier & Ferry' (1929)

The Hythe Pier Railway and the Hythe Ferry provide a link between the English port city of Southampton and the Hampshire village of Hythe on the opposite side of Southampton Water. It is used both by commuters and tourists, and forms an important link in the Solent Way and E9 European coastal paths.The pier, railway and ferry service are currently operated by White Horse Ferries Ltd of Swindon. In October 2016 the White Horse Ferries staff were given redundancy letters which suggests an uncertain future from the pier and ferry service. The railway is the oldest continuously operating public pier train in the world. SOURCE; Wikipedia

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Yes I grew up with this. Would be a sad lost.