King and Concrete

Wednesday 5th June 2019

A much better day weather wise , a perfect day for a bit of concreting .there were quite a few early birds ( volunteers ) around as the mixer was due at 8 o clock.

Time for Tony and Peter to check that all was well with the gate foundations and nothing had move from the previous week.

A 8 o clock plus a little bit  , the mixer  arrived and all hands took to the task of filling the gate post foundations .

That job completed everyone then headed to the new slab. By 9.30 both jobs had been completed !

The Volunteers then decided that it was time for a early break so off to the mess hut for a well deserved brew.

In the restaurant , Dave and Ray put up the final poster frame , whilst elsewhere Peter changed a round door handle ( which the ladies found difficult to turn ) to a lever handle .

The bottom of the drive notice board which had seen better days was taken down and Dave on Monday constructed a new one  .


Ray was given the task of applying the first coat of primer and after lunch it was dry enough for the under coat .

With all this spare labour around after the concreting what was more relaxing than doing a bit of gardening !

Paul , Bob and Rod on patch behind Platform 1 with Clive removing the old vegetation , whilst over on Platform 2 Tony was on the mower .

The Locomotive of the day was " King Edward II " pulling into the Station on its second run of the day to Broadway .