Jo Has been in discussion with Bryan Nicholls, owner of Gotherington Station on the GWR, about recovering a running in board post that was in his garden. Bryan kindly agreed that Broadway could have the post if we carefully extracted with out wrecking his garden!
Here is Jo's report:-
Here is Jo's report:-
Despite exploring several
potential avenues for original posts to make up the two running in boards
required for Broadway station, we have so far been unable to secure any examples
of these scarce posts in cast iron. A broken one was found buried in the
wreckage of the station, and this gave us an idea of the size and shape of what
was required.
Finally, thanks to the
generosity of a member, we were offered one original post from the garden of
Gotherington station. All we had to do was dig it out, and carry it across the
garden to a van. On the day, six brave Broadway volunteers declared themselves
ready to dig and carry, and we set off in good spirits to the site. After
finding the remains of a Broadway post encased in a very generous lump of
Victorian concrete, the post in the garden turned out to be a lot easier to
remove, and the happy 6 were soon heaving it through the garden, after pausing
for the obligatory photo stop.
The post is now secure at
Broadway, and will be used as a sample to make three copies. These, together
with 4 newly made cast iron finials, will then hold up the two new running in
boards for the station.
A good time was had by all, and
Broadway is an asset richer.
Jo
and of course the photos! Thanks to Pete from Building Services for his help and driving the GWR truck.
2 comments:
wow thats such a lovely little station, i bet the gardens really interesting with all that railwayana in, was it sold before thhe gwsr came into existance?
Surely it would be Edwardian concrete and not Victorian.
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