The “Connolly sign” October 2019

Network Rail have kindly donated sleepers to FoHS, to be used in the Rotary Garden and elsewhere. Here you see several sleepers having just been delivered, awaiting mounting at the station to serve as a frame for displaying a 1950s BR running-in board.

The work to prepare the mounting for the donated "Connolly running-in board" took many hours over a few days. Holes were dug, sleepers erected vertically and concrete poured, and battens were carefully attached - to make a strong yet flexible structure onto which the sign could be attached.

The new sign
Barry Burkhill (Cheshire East mayor and FoHS member), Nancy Connolly, Brian Connolly and
Flags at Handforth Station

Lest we Forget flag close-up November 2018
One of the "Lest We Forget" flags before flying it - November 2018

Hoisting a Lest We Forget flag November 2018
Hoisting one of the three "Lest We Forget" flags, in November 2018

Raising a "Lest We Forget" flag, in November 2018
Three "Lest We Forget" flags were raised in November 2018, and poppies attached to the flagpoles

Poppies and "Lest We Forget" flags November 2018
Three "Lest We Forget" flags were raised in November 2018, and poppies attached to the flagpoles

Three "Lest We Forget" flags in November 2018
Three Lest We Forget flags flying proudly in the breeze November 2018

The Friends' set of flags raised in May 2019, all new at the time
Left to right: the new FoHS flag, the Honford Star and the "Mondrian" flag

The Friends' set of flags raised in May 2019, all new at the time
Left to right: the new FoHS flag, the Honford Star and the "Mondrian" flag
Announcement of AfA budget allocation – April 2019

Front: two Shenton children, X, Barry Burkhill
Standing: Andrew Jones MP, Mike Bishop, Esther McVey MP, CEC councillor, Aled Brewerton, Becky Styles (Northern), Kim (Northern), X
Standing back: Ian Ball, Andrew Backhouse, GHD chap, Roger Small, X, Mike Thompson, Hugh Everett, GHD chap

Andrew Jones MP - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport responsible for the railways - visits Handforth with local MP Esther McVey to mark the announcement of Access for All funding

Andrew Jones MP - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport responsible for the railways - visits Handforth to mark the announcement of Access for All funding. Andrew Jones is flanked by John Smith (leader, Handforth Parish Council) and Esther McVey (local MP)

Andrew Jones MP - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport responsible for the railways - at Handforth Station with some members of FoHS and GHD
L to R: Ian Ball, Roger Small, Hugh Everett (kneeling), Andrew Backhouse, Mike Bishop, Andrew Jones MP, Aled Brewerton, Mike Thompson, X, GHD chap, Barry Burkhill

Andrew Jones MP - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport responsible for the railways - at Handforth Station with Kim and a colleague from Northern Rail.