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:D The electrical volunteers in today consisted of Colin, Sophie, Clive, Jonathan and John, after some refreshments and the testing of the fire alarm call points in Bury Bolton Street Station, it was then off to Summerseat Station to reinstate the four lamp heads which have been refurbished over the...

I decided to come in today, Saturday to look for our ladders and finish off couple of jobs from last Sunday which i soon found around the undercroft. :P I had a lovely bacon barm and a nice warm brew before starting work on re-assembling and testing one of the remaining lamp heads which we had refur...

:D Today i was joined by John, Jonathan, where was Clive of India? We all had a brew before starting work, first task was to re-assemble the five lamp heads which had been refurbished recently. One of the lamp heads required a new edison screw fitting which was sorted, another lamp head needed a bit...

The lamp holder had been modified previously, not by us and the neutral was not making contact, we have plenty edison screw fittings.

:D Today the electrical volunteers consisted of Colin, Sophie, Jonathan, John and myself, first priority as usual was to have a brew and a breakfast barm in our workshop. We recovered the lamp heads which had been stripped and sanded down last week and set them up on the workbench outside, they were...

:D The electrical team today where, Jonathan, John, Stephen, Clive and myself, after a brew and a breakfast barm, we did the usual fire alarm call point tests at Bury Bolton Street Station, all worked OK and the results logged. We had a report that the various lights in the undercroft were tripping ...

Sunday's team consisted of Clive, Jonathan, John, Colin. Sophie and myself a swift brew was had with a breakfast barm curtesy of the ELR before work was started. :D Jonathan went off to do the fire alarm call point testa at BBS, all worked fine and the results logged. :) Clive, Colin and Sophie went...

Another lovely sunny day down on the East Lancashire Railway, John, Colin, Sophie, Jonathan and Stephen joined me today to make up the electrical volunteers team. We all had a breakfast sandwich and a brew outside our workshop before starting today’s tasks. :D Jonathan and Colin went off to do the f...

:D Today in extremely hot conditions I was joined by John, Jonathan, Colin, Sophie and Clive, we had a swift brew before gathering all our gear and four lamp heads which had been refurbished and caught the first train to Summerseat Station. :) We took with us a bow saw to cut down a few overhanging ...

Just me in today to re-assemble the four lamp heads, which we had painted and cleaned up last Sunday. :D The lamp heads were then tested to ensure they worked OK and touched up here and there with black paint in places, which had been missed. :idea: Back next Sunday to carry on with the lamp refurbi...

:D Today after my holiday I was joined by, Clive, Jonathan, Colin, Sophie, John and Len who was here to collect his 30 year long service award. We all had a brew and a barm cake in our workshop before starting today’s tasks. :D Clive went to check on he art deco clock which had been repaired and was...

:D Today after my holiday to the Flam Railway in Norway, I was joined by, Clive, Jonathan, Colin, Sophie, John and Len who was here to collect his 30 year long service award. We all had a brew and a barm cake in our workshop before starting today’s tasks. Clive went to check on the art deco clock wh...

A full team in today, Sophie, Colin, John, Jonathan, Clive and myself, we had a brew and a muffin each from the ELR kitchen before starting work. The weather forecast was for a heat wave and so it turned out to be, a beautiful day with blue skies and warm sunshine. :D First task was to test the fire...

Just three of us in today, John, Jonathan and myself, we had a brew and a barm from the kitchen, whilst John went to the shop for a small bottle of milk for our brews. Clive attended a Radio Club Meeting on Ashurst Beacon near Wigan, Colin and Sophie where having a Family Barbecue at home. :D First ...

:D A full team of electrical volunteers in today on a very pleasant day, after a brew and a barm provided by the ELR, we tackled the first job of the day. Clive had finished off modifying the square 1920's clock which we had been given, the internals were stripped out, a stepper motor fitted, the wo...