more midford

Six recent shots of Midford taken by Brian Clarke. The first two show the cleared base plus some artefacts. The rest show just how quickly the spring and early summer growth tries to reclaim the site!

(All pics copyright Brian Clarke)

strimming at Midford 9.6.2011

Report from Stuart Seale, one of our Midford heroes. Apologies for the delay in getting this on! It's great to see that young people are getting involved in restoring a transport link that will be far more important to them than us!

Tom and I went down to Midford tonight and tried out our new strimmer. We were successful in taking down a lot of weeds on the platform, which should make the digging out a lot easier.

We were then joined by a group from the 10th Bath Combe Down Scout Group who were working towards their Forestry badge. Although youngsters they enthusiastically managed to clear a lot of trees (we did make sure that there were no nests in the ones taken down).

We are playing host to the Scouts for the next two Thursdays as well as different groups come down to play their part.

the future

Remember all those 'Then and Now' books, showing scenes from the past and scenes from the present, showing the decline of the railway network? They always used to depress me because they were so defeatist.

Well at last the tables are turning as more and more lines and stations open and we're beginning to see books that more accurately reflect the 21st century rather than continue the misery of the 20th!

Just got this today and it's heartening to see just how many new stations have opened in the last thirty years. And even more heartening to see Templecombe on the front cover!

help wanted

When I was a kid I used to spend a lot of my time exploring old railway stations - Lavant, Fittleworth, Midhurst, Chalder, Bramber, Winchester Chesil, Wimborne and many more spring to mind. So when I got this request I thought it would be easy to comply, but actually the world has changed enormously since the early seventies and I couldn't think of a single surviving decaying railway station. Can you?

This train of thought was triggered by the following email - can any of you help or is Ben, as I suspect, thirty years behind the times? I've suggested he do a film on a reopened railway station, which will be far easier! But if you can think of anywhere please post to the comments section ...

Hi there,

I'm not sure if you will be able to help me, but I hope you can :-)


I'm a Film Production student studying at the Arts University College at Bournemouth. Me and a a fellow film student had an idea for our up and coming 'image and sound' project that would involve an old disused railway station. The 4 minute piece would be a kind of 'time travel' from old to new as the shot develops and moves down the station.


I was wondering whether you might know of any particular stations which are no longer used, but still resemble a railway station - even still having tracks if possible.


Thank you,

Ben.

back ... but not well

Cuba must be the only country (except Germany!) where being vegetarian can be hazardous, but I've been laid low by a stomach parasite since getting back a week ago - so the numerous posts I'd planned are delayed but they will be along hopefully in the next few days!

the last post

(All pictures copyright Dave Clark)

This will be my last post on here for about 16 days as I'm leaving for Cuba tomorrow. Dave Clark's pointed me in the direction of loads of his excellent Shillingstone pictures and I'll return to these when I get back.

An apology if you were expecting Right Lines 3. Unfortunately the problem with formatting hasn't yet been resolved and I've run out of time now to get it sorted before I go away. I will prioritise this when I get back -it does rather highlight the need for an editor to take over this fun job sooner rather than later. Again, if you're a member and interested in taking this on please email me at leysiner@aol.com

No doubt I'll return fully refreshed after Cuba, with planning of the AGM the other priority. Much more when I get back!

rail keeps booming

(Both Bedminster 12.4.2011 copyright Steve Sainsbury)

Rail journeys are up by 15 million in the first quarter of the year compared to the same quarter in 2010. The main reason stated is the price of fuel. This is the busiest the railways have been since the 1920s.

So when will this backwards-looking government start to realise that rail capacity needs to be greatly increased NOW, not simply by putting more trains on existing routes or by building High Speed routes to free up capacity, but by building NEW community railways?  The railways can only get busier as the long term trend for rising oil costs continue, freight will soon be far cheaper to carry by train and supply crunches and rationing (directly or by price) for public petrol and diesel can only be a few years away now.

This is indeed the golden age for rail and it's only going to get better and better!

havana 2011

(Photo © Kim Newbold)

We are taking a two week break in Havana from next Tuesday so don't expect any posts for a couple of weeks. The internet's not generally available in Cuba so I will be just about cut off from the real world.

One thing I'm really looking forward to doing is travelling on the Hershey Railway which is the only electric interurban tramway in Cuba - it runs for about 90km.

No doubt I'll have more pics and info on my return.

each a glimpse ...

This was the surprise visitor at Shillingstone over the weekend. It can be glimpsed in each of Dave Clark's pictures - it was of course the Dukedog en route to the Bluebell Railway.

(All pictures © Dave Clark)

midford today

Tom and Stuart have been back up to Midford. This is their latest report -

Tom and I went down to Midford for an evening the other week and put in a few hours and returned again today for the full day.



We knew we had a fair bit of excavating but didn't realise the floor of the Gents toilets was buried quite so deeply. All the years of fly tipping is making life difficult.


Today we cleared over 40 wheelbarrow loads which we calculated came to over 1 1/2 tons and meant wheeling the barrow in total over 2 miles to drop off the spoil and another 2 miles to collect the next lot. We enjoyed the lunchtime refreshment in the Hope and Anchor!


We were very pleased to find the floor of the Gents toilets and, although we resisted using it, found that the urinal trough was there still intact.


We think we have more than 2 days work still to go in digging out at the station. You can see the depth we have had to dig in the photos where Tom is on the tiled floor of the Gents.

the electric car con

So our 'green' government are giving a £5000 subsidy to everyone who buys an electric car and are planning to put in thousands of charging points for these groundbreaking 'green' vehicles.

Of course far from being 'green' electric cars actually pour out even more pollution than a traditional petrol or diesel car. How? Because the electricity has to be generated, normally by burning coal or oil. And each step in an energy conversion programme loses some energy, typically 20%. Both coal and oil are dirty polluters, churning out CO2 as well as further depleting our rapidly diminishing reserves. So all electric cars will do is pollute more and deplete faster, the ultimate con. Hopefully this should be enough to wipe the smug smirks off the faces of electric car drivers and encourage people to switch from road to rail.

Of course if the electricity is generated by renewables that's a different matter, but even renewables use traditional energy in their construction and maintenance. The best thing is to rebuild our rail network where the energy is used far more efficiently. Electric cars are a con. Electric railways and tramways are the way forward.

hot off the press

This is about as hot and leftfield as it gets - no pics or anything!

Breaking news!!!!!!



Theres a surprise visitor at the station this weekend.


Sat on a low loader in the old goods yard is the dukedog en route to the bluebell railway, pop down and have a look :)

The station in Shillingstone. I've got no other info at all.

one of the elements ...

One of the vehicles we'll be looking at for sections of the New S&D is the Parry People Mover. Whilst obviously not suitable for long disytance trains on the main line it may well have a valuable role providing local services on sections of the main line and many services on the branches. It also runs just as well as a tram on street running lines which will connect with the New S&D at various points.

A PPM press release follows.

JPM Parry & Associates Ltd - consultancy and project management JPM Parry & Associates Ltd - consultancy and project management Pre Metro Operations Ltd - transport operation Pre Metro Operations Ltd - transport operation Carpet Track - shallow section tramway track Carpet Track - shallow section tramway track


Tuesday 9th November 2010 - A PRESS RELEASE FROM:

PARRY PEOPLE MOVERS Ltd

www.parrypeoplemovers.com


LOW-CARBON TRANSPORT PIONEER EXPECTS A BUSY FUTURE


Domestic and export market interest stimulates development work



Parry People Movers Ltd is preparing for a future in which its affordable and environmentally-friendly transport technology is becoming more and more attractive. Actions are being taken as a result of the success of its pioneering commercial application and approaches from potential customers in both domestic and international markets.



The West Midlands-based company is a leader in low-carbon transport having supplied railcars now used in full passenger service on the short Stourbridge Town branch line, part of the London Midland franchise and operated under subcontract by Pre Metro Operations Ltd. Since their introduction in 2009, over 600,000 passenger journeys have been made on the two railcars at Stourbridge with reliability of over 99.4% throughout 2010. The new railcars have enabled service frequency to be increased, costs to be halved and carbon emissions cut by two-thirds. Passenger numbers on the branch have increased significantly in the same time.



Parry People Movers’ concept of lightweight, energy-efficient rail vehicles is proving how to minimise the environmental impact of transport and permits the revival of branch lines. It has created a new category of ‘super-hybrid’ system, with a secondary power system more powerful than the prime mover. The same technology can be applied to street tramways without needing electrification – a major driver of cost and complexity.



The logic behind branch line revival is emphasized by figures recently released by the Association of Train Operating Companies showing that on some branch lines passenger numbers have risen by up to 55% in twelve months alone. A key factor in making branch lines more attractive to passengers is making the service better. As demonstrated at Stourbridge, Parry People Movers technology can achieve improvements leading to passenger growth highly cost-effectively (and at the same time can release main line trains from the branches so that capacity on the main lines can be increased).

The technology’s application to urban tramways – which will be much less expensive and disruptive to construct than conventional tram systems – has been boosted by the UK Government’s recent vote of confidence in light rail systems, deciding to support extensions and improvements to those in Greater Manchester, the West Midlands, Nottingham and Tyne & Wear supported despite the current financial climate.

The firm’s preparations for the future include:



The forthcoming issue of a further 500,000 shares in accordance with the approval given by shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting on 5th July 2010. New investment capital will be used for collaborative technical development and marketing activities.

Plans for the purchase of the intellectual property behind the Parry People Movers venture (currently the subject of an exclusive licence from the company’s technical associates JPM Parry & Associates Ltd), as a result of which the intellectual property rights will be revalued upwards in the light of proven advantages

The publication of a Plan of Action laying out the company’s plans and explaining the economic, social and environmental rationale behind its developments (this can be seen at http://www.parrypeoplemovers.com/pdf/2010-09-02%20Action%20Plan.pdf

Ongoing negotiations with a number of industrial partners with the objective of collaboration to develop the company’s product range to include vehicles that are both larger and faster than the 60-passenger ‘Class 139’ type operating at Stourbridge

Design activities with a view to making new vehicles suitable for export markets, including those where it is appropriate for complete rolling chassis supplied from the UK to be fitted with locally-manufactured bodies

Recent market developments include:



High-level discussions with proposed operators, infrastructure controllers and local authorities regarding the use of Parry People Movers vehicles on three short routes in England where new operations would provide useful public transport links to established main line rail services

Expressions of interest in the use of Parry People Movers vehicles on proposed urban transport systems in three south east Asian countries

Discussions already undertaken with commercial developers on the potential for Parry People Movers vehicles to provide public transport services in an African capital city

The company’s chairman, John Parry, said: ‘Our company has arrived on the transport scene and its products are delivering stunning results in public service on the Stourbridge Town branch line. This is making the case for further application of the technology and this is being recognised internationally. We are preparing for a busy future.’



NOTES



Parry People Movers Ltd (PPML) was founded in 1991 to develop rail transport based on a new innovation: the flywheel energy store, which allows vehicles to run extremely efficiently and to recapture their braking energy for re-use when accelerating. The company's shares are listed on the PLUS Market (Ticker code: PPM).

PPML's rail vehicles offer the quality of modern light rail transport without the need for electrical power supply, giving excellent environmental performance and energy efficiency at lower costs than conventional technology.

PPML technology can be used equally on railways and on urban tramways. The company’s vehicles are fully compliant with accessibility regulations. The technology used in PPML's vehicles is licensed to the Company by JPM Parry & Associates Limited, a West Midlands engineering firm specialising in overseas development, innovative transport and energy/environmental issues.

Two Parry People Movers railcars, known as ‘Class 139’, are used to operate all passenger services on the Stourbridge Town branch, part of the London Midland network, which runs between Stourbridge Junction and Stourbridge Town stations and at just over three-quarters of a mile long is the shortest rail route in Britain.

The rail industry’s target for services operated is 99% and the Stourbridge operation has, on average, exceeded this target for the whole of 2010. Service reliability figures for the Stourbridge Town branch show the percentage of services run compared to the timetable.

Calculations by PPML show that the Class 153 diesel trains previously used on the Stourbridge Town branch emitted an estimated 810kg of carbon dioxide a day, while the new lightweight Class 139 vehicles from Parry People Movers Ltd have brought this down to 240kg per day.

Transport contributes around 29% of the UK’s total carbon emissions.

Contact: Parry People Movers Limited, Overend Road, Cradley Heath, West Midlands, B64 7DD

Telephone: +44 (0)1384 569553, Fax: +44 (0)1384 637753

E-mail: info@parrypeoplemovers.com, Website: www.parrypeoplemovers.com

2016

The first planning meeting for the joint event in March 2016 will take place in Yeovil on Saturday, 28 May 2011, 10am for 10.30 with the meeting lasting no longer than 2 hours.

Would any member like to come along to this meeting to discuss ideas for what is going to be a major event? I can offer a lift from south Bristol if required. ANY member is welcome to come along but I need to have a definite yes by midday Saturday so I can let them know who is coming. This is an excellent chance for member/s to influence developments on the S&D. Please email me on leysiner@aol.com

bath

Another excellent shot from Brian Clarke, this is of the S&D bridge near Oldfield Park. It's likely that there will be a future connection somewhere in this area between the S&D and the Network.

This is Brian's description of this location - Two months ago I found a good camera angle for the S&D bridge that crosses GWR near Oldfield Park station. It is masked one side by road bridge but only weeds & handrails are visible from there, at risk of getting killed by speeding cars. Exploring residential roads eventually revealed this view of the structure. It seems to be left unchanged since closure & is not used by Sustrans Two Tunnels path which ends just to right of view.

Having lived in Bath since 1967 & walked past this bridge countless times, I never previously saw what it actually looks like. Both ends are blocked off by fences & dense foliage.

(Picture taken 9.3.2011 © Brian Clarke)



binegar 1987

Brian Clarke has sent these two evocative shots of Binegar taken in January 1987. I particularly like the second shot as it's full of railway atmosphere despite the line having been closed at this time for almost 21 years.

This station will no doubt be revived sooner rather than later as the Trust at Midsomer Norton continue to push southwards. Binegar is the next stop after Chilcompton.

(Both © Brian Clarke)

and about time ...

(Pensford (Bristol route) 30.4.2011 © Steve Sainsbury)

I've finally managed to complete RIGHT LINES 3 and hopefully all members will get their copies over the next week or so. There is an appeal for an editor in the magazine - if you are a member and would like to take on this job, with lots of financial support from the New S&D and plenty of content from myself and others, please email me on leysiner@aol.com

what a difference a year makes!

(Waiting to take the Pines Forward 24.9.1960. Photo by C J Martin, ©  Ian C Martin)

I had great fun reading through a year old National Preservation Forum thread on Clutton (link in the previous post) which degenerated (with no input from any New S&D member) into a New S&D-bashing thread, including claims that I was behind Clutton (I wasn't!) and, the best one, that Peak Oil was 'contentious'.

Peak Oil's not contentious, that much is clear. Oil is a finite resource and is already getting scarcer, and nothing and no amount of wishful thinking, will change that. The only thing that observers don't agree on is the actual timing of the peak. Some say as long ago as 2005, some very optimistic types think it may still be a decade off. Either way the long term view is bleak for road transport, diesel transport by rail, food production, plastic manufacturer and many other things. Some things will be substituted, though only of course by more expensive options, otherwise we'd be using them now. But whatever way you look at it road transport is doomed, the first signs of this process are already clearly visible. Clearly what needs to happen is a big switch to rail beginning now - and this is happening in most parts of the world (including the UK) already. This doesn't mean simply HS lines, but reversals of most if not all of the Beeching cuts, together with a huge expansion in light rail, tramways and industrial and agricultural lines. How anyone could, in all seriousness, exclude the S&D in this process is beyond me! Yet just a year ago we were getting vile flack from a group of heritage steamy types who were clearly mired in the 60s mindset.

Another nasty jibe was that the S&D ran through an empty wilderness with no villages, let alone towns, en route. This particular moron clearly knew nothing about this part of the world! Putting to one side the fact that where a railway runs through is not particularly relevant, it's the purpose it serves and the places beyond the particular line that it connects that are important, this buffoon failed to understand that Blandford, Radstock, Shepton Mallet, Midsomer Norton, Wells, Glastonbury, Wimborne and Ringwood are quite sizeable places which will generate a large amount of freight and passenger traffic. And of course overlooked that we have Britain's only World Heritage City at one end of the line and Britain's premier seaside resort at the other!

But the thing that pissed me off the most was the idiot who boldly announced that he didn't own a car and travelled everywhere by train but didn't understand why the S&D needed to return - that it would be a meandering branch line where the porters doffed their caps at every station and halt! He's clearly been on some very strong and peculiar drugs. So he was happy to use a modern railway because he was lucky enough to live near an open station - but the near two million living along the S&D should not have this opportunity.

I assume that a year on, with petrol approaching £1.50 a litre and Peak Oil on everybody's lips (it's even mentioned in the current issue of Rail magazine) they are beginning to see the light. They may even have joined us in the meantime ...

 

more rails close to the New S&D

This is the Hunters Rest Miniature Railway near Pensford. It may well be the only pub miniature railway in the UK! It's a mile or two from Pensford, which had (and will of course have again) a station on the Radstock to Bristol line. The line runs for about a third of a mile through woods and alongside the pub car park.

We went to the pub today but only photographed the line - I think my riding days of lines this small are over! It has combined track for both 7 1/4" and 5" guage trains. There are a couple of steam locos used on this line but today they were using this Hymek-style freelance diesel, pulling a single carriage.

The Bristol to Radstock route (which of course continues to Frome) closed in 1968 after damage to the magnificent (and still extant) Pensford viaduct in the massive July 1968 flood. The New S&D plans to reopen this route to ease capacity limits on the Radstock to Bath section of the S&D. Part of this route is now a cycleway between Radstock and Midsomer Norton, there is also the (moribund?) Clutton station revival with (at least a few years ago) a mark one standard gauge coach and a narrow gauge diesel alongside but unconnected to the Clutton scheme, plus this tiny line about a mile from the route between Pensford and Clutton. All worth a visit of course!

ladies' toilets ...

(All pics 21.4.2011 © Tom Seale)

It looked like a great evening up at Midford when these shots were taken! Hay fever's still keeping me laid low but hopefully I'll be able to get up there again myself soon.

Been rather busy on Sundays recently so we decided to head down yesterday evening. Spent most of our time in the ladies loos (in the station not the pub!), quite a bit of the floor in this room appears to be missing, we were relieved when eventually we uncovered some of the tiled floor that I had read about. We also uncovered: 2 toothbrushes, 1 doorframe, 1 Hope and Anchor sign, 1 beer barrel (or steel hoops of), 1 toad, 1 slow worm, a watering can, glass and multiple crisp packets and drinks containers. Clearly this has been used as a local refuse site for some time, hopefully though once cleared it will discourage any further tipping.



The weeds are starting to grow fairly rapidly, and the leaves are back on the trees. As it's now the bird nesting season we'll resist the temptation to fell any trees for a bit, there's plently to do at the station anyway.


Please find attached before and after pictures, plus some of the missing floor and tiles, at the last moment we also discovered a large drain, presumably from one of the toilets.

midford in 1991

This is a fantastic shot from Brian Clarke showing the miniature railway that operated along the platform at Midford in 1991. (Photo © Brian Clarke)

The picture shows the little steam train Bob Bullock brought to run along platform on iron track I made joined with ali track (like is in your garden) to get the length. This operated for insurance reasons as "Weston Miniature Rly" with scaled down replica "Pines Express" headboard & was the first steam train operation there since closure.

progress ...

Been busy all day getting Right Lines 3 ready - hopefully the first ones will be going out on Monday to new members. All members should have a copy by this time next week.

This will be a six pager, and should be the last in-house production. Surely one of you has the time and skills to take on the editor role for this? There's plentty of financial resources that you'll have available, plus I'm happy to support you through the first 2 or 3 editions at least. This is such an important role and an excellent way of stamping your mark and style on the S&D revival. It's taken me 15 months to get this one out - mainly because I have so many other S&D things on my plate.

Please email me at leysiner@aol.com if interested.

at last!

I've finally started on RIGHT LINES 3, now branded (for obvious reasons!) the occasional magazine of the New S&D.

We're still looking for somebody to take on the editor position to give the magazine the justice it deserves. Ideally we'd like to produce 3 to 4 issues a year. The financial resources are here - enough to produce a decent glossy type mag.

I'm more than happy to continue to provide copy and also proof read future issues but with about 4 or 5 other major roles in the New S&D this really needs to be somebody's exclusive baby.

Please email me at leysiner@aol.com if interested!

the US ahead of the UK in modern transport - who would have believed it?

The USA, former home of the automobile has actually pushed AHEAD of the UK in developing 21st ce ntury transport. In addition to building dozens of new tramways in the last twenty years or so they have just now started building trams again.

It's time the UK woke up tpo the amazing opportunities opening up for the building and operating of modern transport solutions - both light and heavy rail - as the oil price escalates.

This is from the US Dept of Transportation's own blog.

United Streetcar putting Americans to work


When you watch our latest video, "Transporting America: United Streetcar," you'll see the next generation of transportation. You'll see transit investments from the Department of Transportation helping people get where they need to go without breaking the bank. And you'll see a company out-innovating and out-building its foreign competition while creating jobs for American workers.


The streetcars rolling through Portland, Oregon, are helping commuters beat the rising cost of refueling their cars and vans and trucks. And, as rising gas prices take a bigger bite out of family budgets, other communities are looking to ease that bite through similar transportation options.

As commuter Jim Winkle says in the video, "It's made a huge difference."


That's why the Department of Transportation has supported streetcar projects in communities like Portland across America. From Charlotte, North Carolina, and Washington, DC, to Tucson, Arizona, and Dallas, Texas, grants from the Federal Transit Administration are helping jump-start the American streetcar renaissance.


United Streetcar president Chandra Brown agrees: "The Department of Transportation has been a true partner as the streetcar industry has developed. Without their assistance, we could not have made the private investment to make this new industry successful."


That's good news for commuters and their families. It's also good news for American workers because, at United Streetcar, they're manufacturing the first American streetcars in more than 50 years.


And we mean "American." The cars rolling out of United Streetcar have the highest percentage of American parts and labor of any streetcar in the last 50 years. That means United Streetcar's innovation is creating an economic ripple effect, providing business for an all-American supply chain of more than 200 different vendors in 20-plus states across the U.S.


I love the idea of DOT grants helping create American jobs, and I love the idea of helping American families with options to ease the pinch they feel at the pump. But there's also the pride I hear in workers--like welder Steve Goodman and construction foreman Casey Peacock--who know that for the first time in more than 50 years America can build its own streetcars.


And not only build our own streetcars--this company is bold enough to take on its foreign competitors by planning to export the cars they make.


President Obama has challenged Americans to dream big and build big. United Streetcar has risen to that challenge, and they’re doing it all with American parts, labor, and ingenuity. That means less congestion on our roads, more jobs for American workers, and a future we are prepared to win.

Video <here

the queue starts to form

Where the S&D leads others follow - and this is one of the reasons it is so important for us to get at the head of the queue when the Great Rebuilding starts!

The Woodhead route was certainly one of those lines that should never have closed!

Reopen the Woodhead Line Campaign                    contact info@savethewoodheadtunnel.org.uk

The principal objective of this campaign group is to promote the re-instatement of an ideally electrified railway between Manchester and Sheffield via the Woodhead tunnel. In March, the group hosted an illustrated talk by John Quick of the Great Central Railway Society on the history of the line up to the present day - over 60 people were there to see John‟s brilliant collection of slides.


The Reopen the Woodhead Line Campaign has announced a further meeting for Thu 26 May: a Local Rail Campaigners Summit, to be held at the Guide Bridge Theatre in Manchester. This will focus on the current situation and the project to restore the line as well as other campaigns at Denton and Reddish South. There will also be an event in July commemorating the 30th anniversary of the line's closure, with activities in both Manchester and Sheffield, a folk train and a challenge to cycle or walk to the line's mid point.

sustrans pushing the peak oil message

This is from Sustrans' press office, a reaction to the recent dinosaur budget which assumes we are still in the 1970s!

Charity Sustrans accuses the Chancellor of delivering a disastrous budget which focuses on short term gains to get popular support. His measures to reduce and limit the cost of fuel mean that once again we are incentivising people to use their cars while failing to offer alternatives that would provide a transport lifeline to poorer households without access to a car.



Jason Torrance, Sustrans' Policy Manager says "Mr Osborne has missed a golden opportunity to invest the £2bn from the oil companies in providing alternatives to car travel. People are now being encouraged to drive in a 1970's dream that could soon evaporate with a change in the price of oil.


"Sadly he has delivered the budget from behind the steering wheel of a Ford Focus and ignored the opportunity to provide alternatives to car use and much needed support to those suffering from the high cost of fuel.


"We do ourselves no favours by continuing to ignore the obvious - oil is a finite resource and will become unaffordable long before it finally dries up. Unless we invest in low carbon alternatives to car use we are facing a divide in society with the majority of people living in transport poverty."

midford 3.4.2011

All photos copyright Tom Seale

These are the latest shots taken on Sunday. The base of the station building is now being cleared. The time when we will need to plan and construct (and finance!) the buildings are getting closer every day. If you have the skills to help us do this (construction, drawings etc) please email me on leysiner@aol.com asap so we can start getting a team together for this next step.

I've also added a dedicated album for the restoration of Midford which can be accessed through the side bar or by clicking on the picture below.

Midford 2011