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Glossop Arts Project - new display in Station Art Gallery

22/4/2015

We are delighted to welcome Glossop Arts Project to the Station Art Gallery! The group was set up in 2014 as an Arts for Wellbeing group and has regular creative sessions for people with long term illness, physical disability and mental health problems.
The pieces on show demonstrate the work of 10 members of the project who have used various techniques when working with different media.
The paintings were "launched" on Monday morning April 20th by members of the group along Clare and Sonja the project organisers. The paintings were also viewed by Derbyshire County Councillor, Ellie Wilcox. It is hoped to display further work by the group in the coming weeks.

The Art work may be purchased.

For further information contact info@glossopartsproject.org or Sonja on 07855 320 179. Website www.glossopartsproject.org

FOGS would like to thank Clare and Sonja and the group for their support of the Station Gallery and to Theo our Northern Rail line manager.

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Congratulations to Glossop North End for winning league title!

18/4/2015

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As well as the excitement of a trip to Wembley for the FA Vase on May 9th Glossop North End today Saturday 18th April secured top spot in their league - the NWCFL - by beating Nelson 3-0. This secures well deserved promotion for GNE!!

FOGS sends the club its congratulations on this significant achievement!

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The problems of a football train!

18/4/2015

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Since it was clear a couple of weeks ago that Glossop North End was going to Wembley again for the FA Vase extensive explorations of whether a football train could be provided have taken place by Adrian who organised the one in 2009 on behalf of the club.
As the final is on a Saturday this time it is very difficult to weave in an extra train to an already busy local service. This problem was compounded by West Coast Railways, who provided the charter stock for the train last time, being banned currently by Network Rail from running any excursions until May 15th due to a safety incident last month. Despite these issues Adrian explored every other possible option with alternative operators. Northern Rail and Glossop Line Manager Theo were kept in the loop throughout these discussions and were supportive. When it eventually became clear that a special would be unlikely to run into Glossop or Wembley Central, Adrian reluctantly decided that, as its appeal may prove limited not to proceed further with a charter train.
We hope this clarifies the significant amount of work undertaken by Adrian to try and get a football train!
For those travelling by scheduled services to London Euston on May 9th, London Overground provides a 30 minute service to Wembley Central from Euston taking around 22 minutes and London Midland provides a fast service at 4 minutes past the hour taking 9 minutes. Note Wembley Park station is scheduled not to be open due to engineering works. Please check the times of your connecting services carefully! Last trains Saturday evening to Glossop from Manchester Piccadilly are at 20.46, 21.46, 22.46 and 23.27.
We thank Adrian for his efforts and Northern and Theo for support.

And, of course, we wish Glossop North End sucess at Wembley!!

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A Visit to Victoria

18/4/2015

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On Thursday 2nd April Eric, John K, John LeG, Chris, Penny and Neil were kindly invited to a backstage tour of Manchester Victoria by Paul Spencer Northern's Service and Delivery Manager. Paul has been based at Victoria for some time. He was able to show us and explain the scale of the modernisation work going on. The new canopy is particularly impressive! All the site's historic features are being retained and enhanced and the mixture of old and modern is coming together well! The Victoria which is emerging will surely make it a very impressive station. Paul was also to show us historic features in the buffet and in offices. The Victorian legacy lives on and is being celebrated. We thank Paul for a most interesting tour and for the hospitality he provided. We wish Paul well in his new office base at Wilmslow.

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