FRIENDS of Glossop Station are holding a Community Rail Event at the station on Saturday, May 17.
Running from 10am to 2.30pm the event will include a display of three vintage vehicles – TIGER, the steam traction engine; a preserved double decker bus and a tow truck.
Inside the station there will an art workshop to promote the creation of a ne
w garden on the Station Embankment; music from Tintwistle Band, folk musicians,and pupils from Glossopdale Community College; an interactive model railway by Glossop Model Railway Club; storytelling on the train; a historical guided walk around Glossop starting from the station, together with refreshments and a raffle.
There will also be a chance to enter a three Station Quiz involving Broadbottom, Glossop and Whaley Bridge Stations with three first prizes of Northern Rail Family Tickets for four people.
The new Mayor of High Peak, Councillor Robin Baldry, is also set to visit the event.
* The Friends of Whaley Bridge Station Group will be having a Coffee Morning, Tombola, Raffle and Cake Stall at the Mechanics Institute from 9.30 until noon on Saturday as well as opening the Waiting Room at Whaley Bridge Station to visitors, from 9.30 until 12.30.
The event will give people the chance to find out more about the Waiting Room and the group, buy books and commemorative bookmarks, see some station memorabilia and try to win a Northern Rail Family Ticket.
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