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Me and Len tested the fire alarm on the over-bridge and booking hall. We have been informed that the two eight foot light fittings over the lathes in the Standard 4 shed are inadequate. We blamed the years of accumulated dust, so we took a step ladder and a rag to clean the eight foot tubes and fitt...

Today it was me, Alan and Clive. We tested the fire alarms as usual. Today’s job was replacing the two outdoor flood lights just below the roof of the Standard 4 shed, one on the North end of the shed and one on the South end. The lights illuminate the official walk way and are controlled by a photo...

Today there were four of us, me, Len, Clive and John. Me and Len tested fire alarms as usual. We did some tidying up jobs before going to the Standard Four shed. We had been informed that there was a light out. After some confusion it was found to be an 8ft tube over one of the lathes. We changed th...

Today it was me, Alan, Len and John. The fire alarms were tested as usual. The 1950s clock for the Trackside that we assembled last week was found to be keeping good time. We assembled and tested the last of the three refurbished light fittings for under the canopy at Rammy, just in time to miss the...

Today we had a full house. The fire alarms were tested as usual. The day was fine but cold so we spent most of it in close proximity to the heaters, kettle and shortbread biscuits. Clive went to Summerseat for about an hour with Simon to sort out a problem on the platform lights control system. Jobs...

I came in on Saturday. I cleaned and painted the three light fittings that we took down last week from under the canopy at Rammy. On Sunday we had a full house. The fire alarms were tested as usual. The Rawtenstall Christmas lights had been taken down by a member of paid staff who will remain namele...

Today there were me, Alan, Clive and John. After a morning brew we loaded the scaffolding onto the train along with the three light fittings that we refurbished a couple of weeks ago. We went to Rammy. We re-installed the three fittings under the canopy and took the other three down for refurbishmen...

I came in on Saturday. I sanded down and painted the three light fittings from under the canopy at Rammy. On Sunday there was me, Clive and John. We tested the fire alarms as usual. We re- assembled the fittings that I had painted yesterday, we put LED tubes in them and tested them. It had been repo...

Today it was me, Len, John and Clive. Alan is visiting relations. The fire alarms were tested as usual. We took down the Christmas lights, strung between lamp posts on platform 2 BBS and packed them into their metal box. We then loaded two boxes, a trolley and the tall step ladders onto the train fo...

Today it was me, Len, Clive and John. The fire alarms were tested as usual. The main job today was putting the Christmas lights up at Rammy. The scaffolding and boxes of lights were loaded onto the DMU. The weather was wet and miserable. By the time we got to Rammy it had just about stopped raining....

The fire alarms were tested as usual. Me, Len, Clive and John took the scaffolding across the line and erected it on platform 3 & 4. We installed and connected the two remaining lamp post heads on top of the lamp posts. We then completed the fixing of new earthing points on the lamp posts. To st...

Today it was me, Clive, John and Len. The fire alarms were tested a usual. The job today was fixing the refurbished lamp post heads (with LED tubes fitted) to the tops of the lamp posts on the end of platform 3 & 4. The day was one of snags and problems. We wanted to use the tall alluminium step...

Today it was me, Clive, John and Len. The fire alarms were tested as usual. We then retreated to the workshop away from the crowds for the rest of the day. The standard 4 shop had given us three, model electric train controllers to be PAT tested before putting them on sale to the public. These were ...

Me and Len tested the fire alarms as usual. Alan is at a football match today. Me, Len, John and Clive went to Carriage & Wagons to continue with the job we started last week : converting the fluorescent fittings into LED fittings by disconnecting the electronic ballast units and connecting one ...

I was the only one working today. The others had declared a holiday. A 16 amp extension lead (for carriage battery charging) had been left for repair. It had twice been run over by a train. This is a common occurrence. I cut out the damaged bit in the middle and made two shorter leads out of one lon...