More Wet Weather !

 Week Commencing 19th January 2026

Monday and only Monday

3 of us braved the damp conditions , Ian , Kevin and myself.

The 2 bins keeping warm in the ladies had a fresh coat of paint , plus the one roughing it down at the workshop container.

Kevin with ians help finally got to the end of the large hedge !

And the highlight of the day was the cleaning out of the drain at the end of the station again !

Little Broadway saw the arrival of the small Prairie pulling the mid day stopping train to Honeybourne Junction. 

No Wednesday this week too wet , better luck next week.

Dave

Bin Working !

 Week Commencing 12th January 2026

Monday

A few here today , if you werent doing work on the bins you were trying to put the hedge into some sort of shape.

Ian and myself and Vic were refurbishing the rubbish bins.

Spotted on our work around the station was a new hole in the driveway embankment , we didn't know how long it had been there but it smelt fresh and Foxy !

We decided to cover it with some mess we had and pin it securely down , lets see if the culprit is still around .

Kevin and Chris were doing the hedge.

Top of the hedge had quite a few branches , branching out of place.

Wednesday

Guess what . a camera shoot at the station next week .so the station furniture had to be removed back out of the canopy and back onto the platform.

Spotted later on , the 3 were trying ( I say trying ) to remove a dead branch off one of the trees which over hang the platform. Over the previous weeks the trees have dropped dead branches onto the platform at that end , and this branch looked to be ready to drop. Guess what with all their efforts its still there .

Peter K joined us to fit a hand rail on the steps to the signal box locker room

And Kevin was still on the big hedge.

No real trains this week , so another photo from Mini Broadway , the Ivatt Class 2  leaves Broadway Station for Cheltenham Malvern Road .

Dave

Back to It and Brrr

 Week Commencing 5th January 2026

Monday

Brass monkey weather , cold and icy.

But the 3 faithful's turned out.

Winter is defiantly upon us , so the platform furniture returns to shelter of the canopy yet again.

below Kevin and Ian puts the first bench onto the trolleys heading away from a very icy platform. 

The last three bins that have to be refurbished were put in the ladies toilet to dry out , the others put under the stairs.

keeping out of the cold we decided to empty one corner of the shed that needs to be insulated in readiness for Chris and Dave.

Outside Kevin did a bit of loping on the big hedge.

Wednesday

Mark and myself got into the car park garden cutting back the trees which by summer time would be overhanging  the car park .

The bench in the small garden needed covering up .

And back in the shed , Chris and Dave were in the corner starting the insulation.

Monday we noticed strange people appear about mid day with cameras and tripods . what were they hoping to film , a photo charter ? On the horizon steam from Pendennis Castle arriving at the station soon after . 

Brightened up the morning.

Dave

Last One before Christmas

 Week Commencing 22nd December 2025

Just the 3 of us on the last volunteering day at Broadway, Ian, Kevin and Myself. Damp old day saw the returning of the station furniture to its positions on the platform , ready for the Mince Pie specials after Christmas.

First the Rubbish bins .

Then the Benches.

Ian put the shed back into working order after Chris had insulated the right front side. A load of old CDs made there way to the Waste Bin ! And Kevin returned after brushing down more branch debris off the platform.

While we were at it the Station lights were turned on to make sure they all worked.

Even the rebuilt one worked , just need 2 more sheets of Perspex for the back and side , hope  nobody will notice the difference. 

Kevin then finished off the day on the platform garden , moving and dividing the many grasses..

And that was it for another year ! Back on the 5th January 2026.

Just to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us at Broadway Station . 

Dave

Please stop raining !

 Week Commencing 15th December 2025

Monday and Wednesday 

Wet Wet Wet

Ian, Kevin , Mark and myself on the Monday .

Mark had a go at finally shifting the old tree from the end of the platform , with Ian's help

The lid for the cold frame had to have a re glass as the sealant didn't seal !

New style lamp cover ?

Kevin moved the key safe ( not that anybody uses it any more ) was moved to a place where it could more be easily accessed.

End of the day Mark had done an excellent job of cleaning up.

Bins have been re lidded .

Edges of some repainted and put in the disabled toilet to dry.

Wednesday

End of platform 1  had a branch come down , quite a large branch had broken off during the last storm , luckly no damage was done this time . Kevin saw to the debris this being the 3 load full heading to the Bonfire area.

Chris started installing the insulation of one of the doors of our shed .

Kevin moved around and split the grasses

The broken lamp got put back together !!

Dave

A Very Generous Donation

 Week Commencing 8th December 2025

Monday

A bit of a storm over the previous days saw the destruction of one of the lamp tops on platform 1.

The lamp top had been shaken to pieces

A bit of a mess , soon tidied up but what to do ?

Idea was to remove one from the north end of platform 1 and do a swap with the broken one , easier said that done.

First of the repaints to come out of warm toilets was the station notice board.

Chris came in to finish the insulation on the front wall of the shed. 

Elsewhere the other Chris was working in the carpark garden , and Ian was in the warmth of the disabled toilets finishing off the bin lids with a lick of paint. Kevin was removing the good soil and ash from last weeks bonfire onto the platform garden.

Wednesday

Kevin and Mark started moving the remains of the chopped down tree to the bonfire area .

Once the lamps were swapped an attempt was made to put the broken one back together , with some sort of success. Its a very flimsy construction no wonder it fell to pieces , hopefully this might hold. 

Mark tried his hand at fitting a newly painted lid.

Last week we went to collect a working N gauge model of Broadway Station as it was back in the day.

Dave Hensey built it during Lockdown and has no further use of it and he then donated it to the Friends of Broadway . It was a very generous Donation

Of course we have to have a play !

The Future of the layout is uncertain but we hopefully get it fully working and shown at the September Model railway show ( no pressure then )

Dave

More the same !

 Week Commencing 1st December 2025

Monday

Another rain threatening day and just the 3 of us !

Lids on the bins are queuing up to be either primed or top coated, just trying to get half of them done.

Outside Kevin and Ian were attaching a new top on an old table to be used in Kevin's gardening area.

One bin needed more than its lid done , sides had come apart and now needed rebuilding.

Wednesday

Cold and not damp !!

Some of us moved inside to top coat the lids in the relative warmth of the Disabled toilet. 

Dave and Chris nearly finished the one wall of the Broadway Shed.

And finally after how many weeks we attempted to light the fire .

Success at last.

Broken bin had been put back together and rubbed down and given a coat of new paint.

And that was about it for this week !

Dave