Wednesday 12th October 2011

1 meets 1A

An action packed day with 15 volunteers present and correct. I have to say Platform 1A seems to be going up before my eyes. Three teams were in action on it today - One on the north end, one on the south and a great support team shifting materials around.

Yes that's the corbelling going on!

Support Team in Action

Gordon and Andy with Bonfire
in Car Park - Quite Constablesque this pic!

Whilst this was going on Gordon Wood and Andy Smith (a welcome visitor from the P.Way Gang) started work on clearing the northern end of the planned car park. This is a daunting task by anyones standards as there is so much vegetation, rubble and general c**p it will take many 100's of man hours to get it anywhere near sorted, before proper levelling, drainage and top surface can be considered.

At the other end of the site we should not forget the brick cleaning gang. None of the brick laying would happen without their efforts.

Last but not least, Steve B took a trip with Richard and the Fairview Lorry to retrieve  a platform trolley given to the Broadway Group by Bryan Merrett and his colleagues for us to use  at Broadway. It looks as though it will need a major refurb. but when finished we hope to find it a temporary resting place in the Good Shed at Broadway. Steve also retrieved 7 lamp post from Winchcombe, some of which we will  installed on 1A before too long. Watch this space as they say!

Talking of old artifacts, here is the Gloucestershire/Worcestershire boundary marker we retrieved. Its up for a make over shortly.

 My Foreign Correspondent (Peter H) has filed his report! and here are couple of good shots:-
This picture already has a whiff of steam about it - with the Evesham Road Bridge abutment in the background it takes little imagination to visualise Earl of Mount Edgcumbe shimmering here with a south bound 8 coach, chocolate and cream rake bound for Cheltenham.

Full Corbelling in place at southern end of 1A

And finally that bloke from Fairview is at it again! Here unloading 7 lampposts pinched from Winchcombe. Thanks Richard and a big thank you to Fairview Trading who help us out at every turn and are so supportive to the Project!