Wednesday 4th September 2019
Time flies by in more ways than one , we are now into September , it will soon be except for a couple of months, be the end of yet another running season. years also fly by as we were reminded by a picture that Terry had found on a site linked to by one of Jo`s blogs.
The picture below was taken in June 1981 at Toddington Station during the early days.
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| Tracklaying at Toddington |
Now fast forward to today , Terry ( 2nd left ) and Peter K are still volunteering 38 years and 3 months later !
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| They haven't aged one bit |
Monday saw Ron sweeping the fallen Pine cones and needles off the the drive and then to the running line doing the same .
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One of many journeys that day to the bonfire area.
Pete and Dave , were in their usual place , Pete touching up the Menu / Price list Board whist Dave started the constructing of waste bin number ?
We had had a kind donation of some Knitted Tea Pot covers , so we tried them out for size.
Monday saw more removing of rubbish around the bottom of the stairs on both sides of the bridge stairs. They even used the trolley , because of the amount they had retrieved on Platform 1
Keith and Terry then carried on the infilling of the gaps .
Tony gave the bench in the garden a fresh coat of paint.
Brian in the sunshine gave the new waste bin side a coat of primer , which after, was then pasted over to Dave , who then fixed it to the other sides and there is one new bin , all it needs is a lick of paint and a lid.
Bit of an accident down the drive saw Neil having to get down and retrieve parts of a broken manhole cover from down the bottom of the manhole . unfortunately a coach driver decided to pull onto the pavement and it broke the cover . one was taken from a not so busy area and replaced.
Locomotive of the day was P and O pulling the lunchtime train back to Cheltenham Racecourse.
Enjoyable blog. Thanks,
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to add that Rod W was also working at Toddington in 1981, and Peter, Rod and I all did the night section of the 24 hour sponsored tracklay together and we are all still working together,
ReplyDeleteIt's a pet peeve of mine - lorry and coach drivers pulling onto walkways expecting them to be constructed to take their weight. So often there are things like telecoms ducts buried not that far below the surface - fine if they are just walked over but not up to a lorry/bus's weight. Rant over!
ReplyDeleteExcellent reportage.
ReplyDeleteRegards, Paul.
the fencing around the footbridge tower on P1 looks very neat. Also the Refreshment room looks good with tea cosies on the pots. More homely. I take it from what I see from the pictures, that the board being fabricated for the Refreshment room is going to be of the 'dry wipe' variety. Does no one use chalk anymore? Very neat though.
ReplyDeleteRegards, Paul.