Historical Information:   The Railway Institute was built in 1892, as a new cultural centre for the benefit of railway workers. It had a library, coffee room, three classrooms, lecture and concert hall and other rooms for recreation and reading. By the 1980s, it had been leased off to the Post Office Social Club, but that closed in 1994. Following the failure of plans to convert it into a arts centre, it was opened as a pub in 1996.    

Curiosities:  At one time the extremely well stocked library contained more than 14,000 books. When the library closed in 1963, the books were either sold or given away to members.