Week Commencing 23rd August 2021
A good couple days weather wise for volunteering not too hot , no rain on the horizon so the plants have to be watered .
Firstly two pictures from last week of what the Broadway Wednesday gang had achieved , digging out and preparing the area at the bottom of the ramp on platform 1 , and finishing off the slabbing by the canopy support upright.
Meanwhile on Monday.
Pat was having trouble with the Flymo.
Peter Q was at the bottom tending to his various shrubs, whilst Vic gave the car park a quick sweep.
Due to the lack of paint Mike was unable to carry on with the painting of the spear fencing , but he did manage to find an old pot of grey paint , which he applied to the door of one of the electrical boxes to freshened it up.
Elsewhere a bit of Maintance.
Dave and Ian repaired one of the Notice boards ( broken hinges )
And refurbished Doreen's memorial plaque ( rotted post and wooden surround )
Later returned to the small garden , in which was then being weeded by Vic.
Wednesday
They were trying to find a suitable item to stop people wandering underneath the footbridge stairs !
By the end of the day they had finished the edging at the end of platform 1 ramp,
Pat was attacking the undergrowth on platform 2.
Peter Q had found a nice spot for a sit down.
Dave after repairing the Workbench , started the construction of a new A board for the shop.
Locos of the day were " Dinmore Manor " and " Foremarke Hall "
Regarding the comment regarding the area under the footbridge stairs, there seems to be a conflict of interest here! This is from the 'Heritage Herald' blog: "Underneath the staircase it is now light and airy. Now we have a special plea to all users of Broadway: Please respect this area, and resist the temptation to fill it with clutter and handy storage solutions for donations of luggage, spare picnic tables or scratch built cupboards. We've put a lot of effort into building this, so let's keep it beautiful!"
ReplyDelete100% agree with the above comment! Is there actually a need to stop people going under there if so its not obvious from having a look myself the other day. As soon as one thing is placed under there it will very quickly be joined by a lot of other junk.
DeleteNow who do we need to talk to about sorting the junk under the footbridges at Toddington and Winchcombe?
Nothing has been placed "Underneath the staircase", a station trolley with milk churns on was placed in front of the lower section of the steps. The sloping nature of the metal work, etc, could result in our younger visitors injuring themselves when playing under this area, as there is nothing to stop them going under the steps.
DeleteAnd when someone hits their head on a stair support girder the railway will be blamed. Quite agree it should not be a junk hole.
DeleteAn interesting and informative blog gentlemen.
ReplyDeleteJo's comment is very fair, Toddington station under their stairs looks untidy with shopping trollies and other non period bits. The placing of the milk churns on a trolly looks the part at Broadway. Just don't add anything else there, this side of the bridge looks really good, just need the canopy extension now to finish it off! Great work everyone!
ReplyDeleteRegards
Paul & Marion