Winners of a drawing competition run by the Friends of Handforth Station (FoHS) were rewarded last Wednesday.
In early June, the FoHS ran a stall at the Handforth D-Day Commemoration event. The stall focussed on Handforth Station’s involvement in WWII, and served to publicise the work of the Friends group at the station. FoHS President Mike Bishop organised a drawing competition, inviting local residents to illustrate “What I Like to See out of the Train Window”.
… Read moreThe 1st Handforth Beaver Scouts invited representatives of the Friends of Handforth Station to join their regular evening meetings recently …
… for a Quiz !
… Read moreAt about 11:00 on Tuesday 31st October, the BBC started to report that plans to close ticket offices have been scrapped. See Plans to close rail ticket offices in England scrapped – BBC News . The most relevant quote is: “Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the government had asked train operators to withdraw their proposals because they failed to meet high passenger standards.”
The initial reaction of FoHS is “hooray”. We shall be listening to the news over the next few days, to make sure we understand what is going to happen and what is not going to happen. We plan to post some more news here, as it applies specifically to Handforth, after then.
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