Not a bad day weather wise and 10 Volunteers were on parade. Saturdays are always pleasant at Broadway - very relaxed and an opportunity for volunteers to catch up with the small jobs that seem to get put to one side on Wednesdays, with the pressures of construction work.
Here Jo, who is usually behind the camera, continues with the stripping of the phone box. This is really quite a task to do properly and Jo is doing just that, slowly rotary wire brushing the whole carcass of the box. There is now a bit of friendly rivalry between ourselves and Cheltenham in terms of the oldest and best finished box. Cheltenham's will take a bit of beating!
It was good to see Dot back in action today - her dulcet tones could be heard in the distance. Here she is parked up after clearing the signal box site. She was also used to move the bridge support posts to a safe haven.
Our two lamp huts missed the photographer last week so here they are, ready for another 100 years use. Cheers Clive.
At the northern end of the site brick cleaning continued with 4 valiant souls chipping the Wisley bricks. Please keep a look out everyone for a good source of blues - we need a bit of luck now to find a good supply to replenish our stocks. Steve Bucknall also managed to clear another two sections of undergrowth from the northern embankments and it really does look very tidy.
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| Steve puts Dot through her paces! |
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| Playing in the sand pit! |
Tomorrow the Olympic Torch will change hand at Broadway. Please come along and see the event and importantly come and see the good progress on site. Marguerite will be there to sell you some top class bric a brac. We are also running a stall on the Green in Broadway so if you escape us in one place, we will catch you in another!
2 comments:
I was at the Dean Forrest Railway during the week and I noticed that, stacked up at the Lydney Junction Station, (They have three Stations/Halts at Lydney), were about 200 'Blues' and signs of perhaps others in the surrounding earth.
All being on DFR property.
Further up the line they had their own stock of 'harvested' bricks, all 'Reds'.
Not anywhere near the amount required but, if they are deemed to be 'unused', perhaps worth an enquiry as to whther they can be 'liberated'?
LOOKS AS IF A LORRY HAD OVERTURNED ON THE FOSSE WAY JUNCTION AT WELLESBOURNE.... LOADS OF IMPERIAL BRICKS WAITING TO BE PICKED UP YESTERDAY....
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