Photo-a-Day  (Thursday, 16th September, 2021)

Always a great photo from you. Tell me did you need a platform ticket to get there.

It is a few years since i used a train.Some platforms are well kept and spruced out with flowers and planters and others just look drap with nothing but concrete and steel

I was wondering if they still have signs on trains say, DO NOT USE THE TOILET WHILE THE TRAIN IS STANDING IN THE STATION.

Ive just done research and here is the reason why they have the signs.

Railway woman I asked said they still have some of the old fashioned toilets which do drop stuff onto the track via a mixture with some disinfectant hence the sign saying not to flush in the station.

No Derek, there are no barriers on this little Station.

Peter P The reason some platforms are well kept and spruced out with flowers and planters is because of OAP volunteers who get out there and get stuck in.
You want to see how good our award winning Gathurst station looks.

A nice tidy station, I think this is the Kirkby train I use to come to Wigan. Or if I visit my brother who picks me up to go to Goose Green. One of the very best stations I've seen is the Hindley one for the floral displays. Also Westhoughton's Church St station. The volunteers do tremendous work.

I never knew Pemberton had a station...it's lovely! I don't know Pemberton well but go through sometimes and I can honestly say I've never noticed a sign showing there is a station. I LOVE railway Stations and agree with Veronica that Hindley is very well kept.

Lovely photo Dennis, I've the blue benches and the yellow handrail, nice.

How times change. In the 1950's my best mate's grandfather was the station master here. We would visit him and the station and it was grotty, grey, dark and of course used black, smokey steam trains...but what a great atmosphere it had . This photo shows the big changes over the years and the now colourful trains and station lamposts, seats and shelters are very nice but lack the atmosphere of 'The Old Days'.

Lovely photo, Dennis. Keep 'em coming.

What a lovely photograph Dennis. A well-kept little station. I lived in Winstanley for 18 years, a few minutes' walk away, and I've only ever seen it from the road. I must have walked past hundreds of times. Strange.

Irene it's just the steam and that big clock that's missing. Things happen when trains roar past! Loads of grit that can get in 'one's' eye! ;o))

Irene if I was you I would look on the map to see where railways stations are located, then when your being driven through these places you can keep a look out for them.
Ive done this many times and still do with chip shops.

Are chip shops sign posted Mick, or only the good 'un's ;)

Fred - could not agree more. This line used to run through to Liverpool Exchange (long gone, on Tithebarn Street) and on Grand National days lots of steam hauled specials roared through here.
Must say, Pemberton station looks good.
Best volunteer cum gardening station I have seen was Glossop, but it's great to hear of similar efforts at Hindley and Howfen.

Gary, have you ever been to Hebden Bridge? That's a fantastic station complete with signal box across the track.
I've been to Glossop many times. There used to be a bus from there to Holmfirth in the summer. From there you could catch another bus to Huddersfield and a train from there back to Manchester. Great day out for next to nothing with a bus pass!

Dennis - not been to Hebden Bridge for years. Will detour when next crossing on the M62.
Holmfirth became popular on the back of Last of the Summer Wine - last year houses there were selling like hot cakes.
Keep the photos coming - you are doing a great job.

Dennis I went to Hebden Bridge a couple of years ago for next to nothing. Guess what I had my purse 'pinched' I was in a cafe with a friend and was about to pay and noticed it had gone. I had only been in a charity shop, it really put me off and I haven't been back since.

How true, Dolly dear, about the grit in one's eye! I will be the 1940s lady at Grassington tomorrow, and will have the good doctor with me should I get some grit in my eye! It is two years since I donned my "Laura" costume and have had some very posh furs given to me since then, a lot posher than "Our Monty" who looked like he had been caught pinching someone's chickens and has a pronounced squint! Be in touch soon, dear, on this new-fangled e-mail. xxxxx

Irene when you travel towards Pemberton from Wigan you go past the linacre building.At the next set of traffic lights turn left onto Enfield st.At the bottom of Enfield st facing you is Pemberton station

Thankyou PeterP. I know Enfield Street.....I have just never seen the sign for the station. xx

That’s a shame Veronica, but don’t let it put you off. I imagine that an artist such as yourself would find much inspiration from the boats and old buildings along the canal there.

I recovered Dennis - you have to haven't you? It was the bank cards that worried me , so I shot straight to the Lloyds Bank and the Halifax and they cancelled them straightaway. I just wanted to go home the day was spoiled. I don't really paint 'plein air'
( outside) just from good photographs, but nice of you to say so. I do recall how lovely and busy it was along the canal though. I should go back...one of these days....

Irene, last time I was at the 1940s Grassington do, the chippy had a sign saying festival prices this weekend, I still queued up for some and had them in the graveyard, admiring all the rock grave markers