Mount Union and Miller's Restaurant

As part of a week long celebration of James' birthday we drove to Mount Union on Saturday to go out for lunch with his Mum, Betty. Mount Union used to be a thriving industrial town with many productive brick works. Now it is a residential town with the Appleby pharmacy relocated away from the original building which James' Mum used to own and run.

Miller's Restaurant has an interesting story. Situated by the railroad back in the fifties the train stopped at the restaurant for the driver to have lunch, such was the reputation of the food. However they forgot that day that the train was six carriages longer than usual,extra freight coaches had been added, and the train blocked the local highway where it crossed the road without the driver knowing. One huge backlog of traffic later and a hurried message to the restaurant the train driver quickly finished his lunch, jumped on the train and all was eventually restored to normal. Needless to say we parked considerately enjoyed waffles, chicken and gravy (well James did!) and returned safely home.