Aint Half Hot

 Week Commencing 24th June 2024

2 very hot days this week , which saw 2 attend on Monday and 3 on Wednesday .

Monday 

Over on platform 2 , metal work has been moved ready for erection and piles of bricks have been moved into position !

Our old mess hut is beginning to show its age , not that we really need one now due to the low numbers ( not like the good old days when we used have 2 sittings every break time ) we can all sit on the one bench now. we had noticed puddles of water on the floor after a long period of rain . The reason a dent with a crack in the corner.

A short term solution was  after a scrape and a brush down was to fill the area with bitumen , hope it solves the problem.

A job in the dappled shade was the on going strimming of the drive embankment.

Neal and his team were over on platform 2 , and whilst Jo was not helping them he was shifting the new lamp tops for platform 2 into storage , 

Another problem on platform 1 was the gate by the Kitchen . It stopped closing properly and required the hinges to be wound in a turn or 2 , we need to keep an eye on this area !.

Wednesday

Not a cloud in the sky and Platform 2 building has the rest of the iron work in place and if you look closely some bricks up to damp course have been put down.

3 of us today , and a welcome return to Broadway to Bob . he soon was shown the ropes and how to use the Strimmer . and we got going down the bottom of the drive .

All this cutting down of vegetation creates heaps of debris that needs taking away , Todays count was 3 barows of grass waste and 1 of pine cones.

Bob had another training session , this time on how to use " Billy " after a few ups and downs he soon got the hang of it .

Locomotives on duty today were 2807 , Foremarke Hall and the Class 20 137

2 Broadway volunteers of long standing , and for their own reasons have decided to step down from volunteering , firstly Julie who manned our Broadway  Goods shed for many years .She was very good at getting people to spend their money and will sadly missed.

Brian has also stepped back from volunteering , one of the famous 3 with myself and Peter . he too was part of the "  Broadway Furniture " and will also be greatly missed.

Dave