Rob Robinson in The Primrose Railway Children is played by Kevin McKidd. Dame Jacqueline Wilson is one of the nation’s favourite British authors, known for her popular books which include The ...

“I love writing books that focus on northern people, places and events. The Rainhill Trials and the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway were a great opportunity to show children how ...

The land lies next to the railway that was overlooked by the home of Edith Nesbit in the years before she wrote the famous children’s book in 1906, and is believed to have inspired the work.