End of another Season

 Monday 31st October 2022

Last weekend we saw our final event of the year , the Mixed Traction Gala , after a few early hic-ups it seamed to run rather well and was well supported

That means its now time to put the station to sleep until the 27th of December.

After a brief chat about what to do first and what had happened at the week end we set about gathering up the benches to place them under the canopy out of the worst of the weather.

After Years of practice and it runs like a well oiled machine " Not ". Brian in front , Peter behind , Dave and Ron the lifters and shifter.

One of the benches will need repainting , due to the birds !! It too headed under the canopy to dry out.

And of course we have to have a sweep up , not as much as the previous week,  so Ron took to doing it by himself. 

The Gala poster down the bottom of the drive got replace by the " Journey Though Steam " poster . A 7 month exhibition at the Broadway Museum. Telling the story of the Stratford  to Cheltenham Railway. Opens next Friday until May next year.

Vic was back in the Garden , giving it a general tidy up.

One of the Jobs for the winter months was the refurbishment of the Broadway Running Board on platform 1.From a distance it looked fine , but water had found its way into various parts and it needs to be refurbished.

First job was to remove the old and peeling paint from the back , Tony tried his hand with the heat gun whilst Ron had a scrapper , but Dave used a Belt sander., Most of the paint removed the board was put in the container, hope fully to dry out.

Sharing our bench were Brian and Neal trying to sort out a  drive issues with one of the mowers .

Mike as the weather wasn't too bad was top coating another Spear fencing panel.

Some of us pop in on Wednesdays to do a bit . As it was a running day our little shop is usually open manned by Julie and John ! sometimes they do a brisk trade sometimes not , but they are always good for a laugh , we will miss them until next year when the shop reopens.

Dave