This piece of railway history was bought at auction by the Connolly family, who kindly agreed to loan it to the Friends of Handforth Station (FoHS) for display at its station of origin.
It is mounted on the Stockport/Manchester-bound platform.

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