Perhaps their reviewer arrived there by train. Ventnor had two railway stations in those days, Ventnor West and Ventnor. Both were hopelessly situated, being miles away from the town centre ...
The railway line from Shanklin to Ventnor upon entering Ventnor station had a long tunnel. But so did the Ventnor West line, stretching from the outskirts of Whitwell to St Lawrence. Today the ...