Gala Weekend

 Week Commencing 20th October 2025

Monday

3 of us on a wet Monday , with the gala weekend coming up it was time to have a sort out of all the books that were in the office . and then box them up ready for the £1 sale !

Not a book but Ian has a plastic truck for sale if you are interested ?

Another day another broken manhole cover and 3 slabs , right in front of the station building ! What was a skip lorry doing on the pavement ?

Wednesday

A bit brighter and more volunteers .

Time to put the sign up showing what's on this weekend. 

There was a trial run with the books over to the shed and due to the bad weather forecast for Thursday it was all put back ! ready and waiting for the weekend.

Afternoon saw the final undercoat for the dagger boards.

Elsewhere Kevin was attacking the overly large hedge behind platform 1 , helped by Chris and Dave.

Not much happening on platform 2 , mostly internal block work.

The 2 Locomotives on duty today , which of course can be seen at the Autumn Showcase Gala were " P and O " and " 3850 "

Finally its with sadness to report the passing away of Robin Elliott 

Robin used to travel many many miles to work with the Broadway group in the early days , I could say he loved cleaning bricks because he certainly cleaned more than his fair share . Saturdays with us and Sundays as a booking clerk at one of the stations .

Our condolences to his family.

Dave