WE WERE DELIGHTED to welcome back to the station today former Lowestoft evacuee Alma Mingay accompanied by her son Steve. It is now a remarkable 82 YEARS since Alma first set foot on Glossop Station arriving as one of 600 child evacuees from Lowestoft on June 2nd 1940.
It was a real privilege to witness Alma pointing out landmarks of the station along with her memories to Steve. It was his first visit.
In 2017 Alma, along with the late Bryan Howard, unveiled a commemorative plaque at the station marking the arrival of the evacuees. This was at an event organised by FOGS to bring together at the station the many local people with links to Lowestoft.
 Alma has, over the years, visited Glossop to see family and friends. However lockdown restrictions in recent years have prevented such trips. So to be able to return this week was very special for Alma.
An informal gathering of former Lowestoft evacuees is planned at Lowestoft Station in the restored Parcels Office Community Space on June 2nd this year.

We have recently installed three replacement wooden barrel tubs on the open platform. These replace the existing ones which, after 10 years of Glossop weather, had started to deteriorate. We would like to thank Councillor Jean Wharmby for a generous donation towards the cost of these tubs. Soil has been sieved and drainage/compost renewed. We look forward to new plants thriving in them!
Spring has also returned to Glossop station with new attractive floral displays inside the station bringing some welcome colour and cheer. We thank Pat, Chris, Teresa and Linda for their time in creating these displays! We hope you enjoy them.

On Thursday 10th March TfGM held a thank you event at Wigan Town Hall for community rail groups within its area. The event was organised by Mark Angelucci Rail Officer for TfGM. After a two year gap of this event due to Lockdowns it was good to be back in the company of fellow rail volunteers. There were a number of interesting presentations some from well established groups such as Hindley and ones from new groups such as Orrell. Mark did a sterling job in organising pictures to accompany the talks.
Neil Williams from FOGS gave a presentation focusing on the recently completed Heritage Information Boards now to be found at every station on the Glossop line. Neil also brought along the new Visit the Glossop Line banner created by Catherine Croney and Helen Wright, Partnership Officers, from the High Peak and Hope Valley Community Rail Partnership. It stood in place as an attractive backdrop for all the presentations and was the focus of many compliments. Neil also gave out the new HPHVCRP Visit the Line leaflets for the Glossop, Buxton and Hope Valley Lines. They attracted much interest.
We thank Mark for organising this event and the hospitality.
There will be a formal launch to mark the completion of the Heritage Boards project at Guide Bridge on April 22nd.

 The reduced weekday timetable on the Glossop Line is likely to continue to May. Northern has stated that return to a 30 minute weekday service will happen when resources permit. Please check train times carefully. Some Sunday services from 20th March onwards will be replaced by buses due to engineering works.
Current weekday train times from Glossop: 5.53SO 5.54SX 6.13SX 6.19SO 7.17SX 7.22SO 7.52. 8.52 9.22 10.22 10.52 11.52 12.22 13.22 13.52 14.52 15.22 16.22 16.52 17.5218.22 19.22 19.52 20.52 21.22 22.22 22.53
Piccadilly to Glossop Weekdays: 6.24SX 6.30SO 7.03SO 7.07SX 8.03 8.33 9.33 10.03 11.03 11.33 12.33 13.03 14.03 14.33 15.33 16.03 17.03 17.32 18.32 19.03 20.03 20.32 21.33 22.00 23.29

Today we welcomed Susan Eversfield and her work to the Waiting Room Art Gallery at Glossop Station. Susan has, in the last year, moved from Devon to live in Glossop.  Having had exhibitions in France, Devon and, more recently, galleries in Buxton, we are very pleased that she has chosen the station to exhibit some of her paintings.
After a fulfilling career in Primary Education Susan now has the time to explore her world in creative ways. She is inspired to paint by the environment, a love of the sea and by life and culture in other countries - in addition by reactions to life's surprises!
Susan likes to paint in themes using different media such as charcoal, pastel, paint and ceramic. Eight of her paintings are now on display some featuring local High Peak scenes and some of which are also available as limited print editions or in greetings card format.

Contact Susan: susaneversfield@gmail.com
07503 231223
Instagram: EversfieldArt
 
Any other artist/photographer wishing to exhibit their work at the station should contact John Kimpton on 01457 859128

 The temporary reduced weekday service on the Glossop line, as outlined in the previous bulletin, will continue until further notice. We will, of course publicise details when the full timetable resumes.

 As on many routes a temporary timetable is being operated by Northern. Weekday train services from Glossop to stations to Manchester Piccadilly are listed below:
 5.53SX 5.54SO 6.13SX 6.19SO 7.17SX 7.22S0 7.52 8.52 9.22 10.22 10.52 11.52 12.22 13.22 13.52 14.52 15.22 16.22 16.52 17.52 18.22 19.22 19.52 20.52 21.22 22.22 22.53

Trains leave Hadfield approximately 5 minutes before the above times

Return times from Manchester Piccadilly:
6.24SX 6.30so 7.03so 7.07sx 8.03 8.33 9.33 10.03 11.03 11.33 12.33 13.03 14.03 14.33 15.33 16.03 17.03 17.32 18.32 19.03 20.03 20.32 21.33 22.00 23.29

All trains continue to Hadfield.

Sunday services remain on a 30 minute frequency - first departure to Manchester 9.55 10.19 ..... last train 21.51
Return times 9.29 10.03......last train 21.01

Full timetables can be found on Northern's website. Table 24  Copies on display at Glossop and Dinting stations in FOGS' display cases.
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National Rail enquiries:nationalrail.co.uk
03457 48 49 50

WE ARE DELIGHTED to announce that the final five heritage information boards are now in situ at Broadbottom, Godley, Newton for Hyde, Flowery Field and Guide Bridge. This project to equip every station on the Glossop line with a generic but individual board has taken three and a half years to complete - the installation of the last five was heavily delayed by coronavirus restrictions. The boards lay in store for almost a year. Every station en route now has its own unique board and we hope passengers will enjoy seeking them out or playing " spot the board " as they travel by train! The boards were expertly installed by Rick Hall form Buxton with assistance from Neil Williams. Permission to install the boards was kindly given by Mark Buckley from Northern following submission of method statements and site photos. Neil comments, "This project has been the most complex that FOGS has organised but we feel a sense of pride now the project is complete. The boards should tie-in well with the current emphasis of promoting leisure travel by train along with the newly published leaflet Visit the Glossop Line by Train." peakdistrictbytrain.org
Helen Wright job share Partnership Officer for The High Peak and Hope Valley Community Rail Partnership said, "These panels provide rail passengers with a unique insight into their own community history. This is a fantastic way to connect communities to their local train stations and to encourage more train travel." The project has involved various friends groups and interested individuals along the route who have created the contents for the boards. As well as local history and photos the boards endeavour to point out nearby local amenities. Funding for the boards came from the two Community Rail Partnerships that cover the Glossop Rail Line - the High Peak and Hope Valley and, for GM stations, South East Manchester. The costs of installing the recent five were generously met by TfGM and Northern. The boards were designed by Anne Michaelides at naturesigndesign who showed patience and professionalism throughout their creation.
FOGS would like to record the sterling efforts made by the late Paul Abell (former editor of Today's Railways UK in the creation of these boards. Paul created the contents for the boards at Ashburys and Gorton and checked all the other boards for technical and historical accuracy. We would also like to thank Steve Forde former Rail Officer for SEMCRP for support during the difficult period of restrictions and his successor officer, John Kenny, for his recent help. Mark Angelucci (TfGM) and Becky Styles Community and Sustainability Manager for Northern have stalwartly supported the project to its conclusion - we thank them for their enthusiasm and interest!
We hope to have a formal launch of these final five boards at one of the stations in the next couple of months. We will publicise the date of this once it is known.
Enjoy the boards!!

We are delighted to welcome back Glossop based artist Ailsa Johnson to the Waiting Room Art Gallery. Ailsa was very pleased with the feedback she received from her first display. This time she has 8 new pictures on display which reflect her wide interests. Ailsa finds inspiration in nature, colours, light, textures, poetry, song lyrics......
Ailsa loved colouring and drawing as a child and went to Art College. She did not however use these skills in her career and it was only in 2019, following an Art evening class at Glossop library, that Ailsa returned to painting and drawing.
Ailsa hopes that everyone finds a creative hobby that gives as much pleasure as hers does!
She invites you to go and see her work (Waiting Room at Glossop Station open every day from early morning to early evening)

All art work is for sale. Click here to contact Ailsa by email, via Instagram or go to her website ailsart.com

Ailsa gratefully acknowledges that all her paintings were framed by Gemma Holmes at High Peak Framers, Glossop  highpeakframing.co.uk

 Due to staff sickness Northern is currently running an amended and reduced service on the Glossop line on weekdays FROM 4TH JANUARY 2022 until further notice. It is a mix of a 60 and a 30 minute service. Please note that the 8.22 and 9.52 departures to Manchester Piccadilly, two very popular services, are not currently running. Check train times before you travel. Note that all connecting services may be subject to alteration and cancellation too.

National Rail Enquiries 03457 48 49 50
nationalrail.co.uk

Glossop Line timetable is Number 24 on Northern timetable website