Wednesday 2nd January 2019
A gang of 7 made Broadway today for the first Volunteering day of the New Year. A cold start to the day greeted us at the station, so it was time warm up with a bit of manual labour. The trains and the passengers have all vanished until next March , so we decided it was best to put the wooden benches and bins under cover for the rest of the winter.
Ron above starts the moving of the bins and later benches and bins are stored under the canopy.
After , Dave and Ron headed over to the Platform 2 Running in Board , The Board had been a temporary sign erected over 5 years ago by the 2 Peters . The letters had been made out of plywood and over time, they were literally falling to bits . Time for new letters so we thought.
The board was bought back to the work area and examined , we thought the frame may have been okay but it was a lot worse than we expected , hence the title of the blog .
Too bad to save, so onto the fire !
Never mind we can rattle up another one .
Dave and Ron chopped and screwed a new frame up, as "Tommy Cooper " would say ,just like that , and with the Clive's help the first coat of primer was applied by the end of the day.
Elsewhere Mike had finished the waterproof coating of the Station roof space ceiling .
Also Tony and Bob had the unenviable job of working in the warm , putting chairs and tables together !!!
Pete was on his hands and knees starting the installation of a new cupboard for the kitchen / cafe cleaning utensils and storage etc.
Below are a few pictures from Vic which he took on the previous week.
After , Dave and Ron headed over to the Platform 2 Running in Board , The Board had been a temporary sign erected over 5 years ago by the 2 Peters . The letters had been made out of plywood and over time, they were literally falling to bits . Time for new letters so we thought.
The board was bought back to the work area and examined , we thought the frame may have been okay but it was a lot worse than we expected , hence the title of the blog .
Too bad to save, so onto the fire !
Never mind we can rattle up another one .
Dave and Ron chopped and screwed a new frame up, as "Tommy Cooper " would say ,just like that , and with the Clive's help the first coat of primer was applied by the end of the day.
Elsewhere Mike had finished the waterproof coating of the Station roof space ceiling .
Also Tony and Bob had the unenviable job of working in the warm , putting chairs and tables together !!!
Pete was on his hands and knees starting the installation of a new cupboard for the kitchen / cafe cleaning utensils and storage etc.
Below are a few pictures from Vic which he took on the previous week.
Sunday 30th December
It's the Christmas Cracker weekend with mixed traffic arriving at Broadway Station.The Morning Train.
The Night Train
New Years Day 2019
P&O plus Foremark Hall and Class 37 D6948 were the engines for 1st Jan 2019.
The Taxi Service
Bernard Dudfield
It was announced over the weekend that another well known member of GWSR passed away. RIP Bernard.
Bernard at Broadway Station fixing a mileage sign.
Sorry to hear that you have lost Bernard. R.I.P.
ReplyDeleteKindest regards, Paul.