The Friends of Handforth Station invite you to join us at our Open Meeting, on Monday 11th February 2019, in St Benedict’s Church Hall (Hall Road, Handforth, SK9 3AD). Please get there at 7pm for a 7.15pm start.

Click here to see where St Benedict’s Church Hall is, using Google Maps

Everyone is invited to attend and hear what we do for the station. We’ll also have displays of our work, and we’ll be discussing progress of the bid for “Access For All” funding for Handforth Station.

Our Guest Speaker is Neil Williams, ACoRP Volunteer of the Year, and member of the Friends of Glossop Station.

For more information (for example, if you want to consider joining the Committee), use our Contact Form, or contact Hugh on 07711-059360 (ring me or use SMS Text).

The Friends of Handforth Station have now dressed the station for Christmas, and we hope that everyone appreciates the bright contribution that it makes to Handforth village. The Christmas decorations comprise:

• twinkly lights around the station building
• a christmas tree inside the ticket office, festooned with more baubles and tinsel than you can shake a stick at
• a festive “Art In the Box” display, comprising a snowy scene with cut-out silhouettes of well-known Christmas characters

Our lights were switched on in time to coincide with the village-wide Handforth Lights Switch On afternoon that took place on Saturday 24th November. FoHS ran a stall that afternoon, featuring a toy train set for children of all ages to play with, a “decorate our train” workspace, and a raffle. We had a lovely afternoon, which included raising £49 for East Cheshire Hospice in memory of our friend Steve Nash.

The results of the raffle were:

• the train set went to ticket 106
• the bottle of sparkling fizz went to ticket 138
• the box of fine chocolates went to ticket 50
• the candy sleigh went to ticket 179

Congratulations to all the winners !

For more details about the Wilmslow Grange’s “Art in A Box”, see this article on wilmslow.co.uk.

FoHS would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !!

In line with the rest of Handforth, FoHS have geared up to commemorate the end of World War 1.

In 2014, artist Christine Wilcox-Baker created an award-winning artistic piece called “Reflections”. This was installed in the Art in a Box gallery at the Station in November 2014 to commemorate the start of World War 1.

This piece has now been enhanced to become “Reflections 2”, to reflect the devastation caused by the war and the far smaller number of survivors who returned home at the end of the war. “Reflections 2” has been installed in the Art in a Box  gallery, where it will remain until the end of November 2018.

In addition, FoHS have also dressed the station to commemorate the centenary. This has used 3 special “Lest we Forget” flags, some 25 large Poppies supplied by Handforth Parish Council and a Soldier Nurse silhouette, one of 3 figures in the village provided by Handforth Parish Council.

To add to the work done by FoHS, a poppy lantern made by a young Friend of Handforth Station hangs in the ticket office and adds to the adornments.

 

Three Lest We Forget flags flying proudly in the breeze November 2018	Raising a Lest we Forget flag November 2018	Poppy and Irish twinning sign November 2018