{"id":1315,"date":"2018-05-20T11:07:09","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T10:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2018-05-20T11:07:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T10:07:09","slug":"summertime-at-birkhill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/?p=1315","title":{"rendered":"Summertime at Birkhill"},"content":{"rendered":"

After yet another successful ‘Days out with Thomas’, getting to the bottom of the Clay Mine Hutch Mystery, and No.1 Lord Roberts back on regular runs along the line,\u00a0 it was back to the graft of station & garden maintenance, new\u00a0 ‘Birkhill’ letters have been fitted to the platform sign, planting of trailing Lobelia along the platform garden wall (visitors & volunteers please don’t sit on them) and final planting of the new half barrel tubs, its back to the olde favourite weeding! Work has restarted on the tidy up of the station garden in preparation of creating a mini formalised\u00a0 with box and lavender boarders. Inside the station finishing touches to the wash basin is under way…. for ‘Hand Washing Only’ a new pump has been installed, connected to a rain water harvesting system will provide water for washing purposes.<\/p>\n

Oh By the way the Hutches!!\u00a0 the Scottish Mining Trust or more likely the Falkirk Heritage Trust apparently removed them and are to become an exhibit to mining in the West Lothian Area on a Falkirk roundabout.<\/p>\n

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After yet another successful ‘Days out with Thomas’, getting to the bottom of the Clay Mine Hutch Mystery, and No.1 Lord Roberts back on regular runs along the line,\u00a0 it was back to the graft of station & garden maintenance, new\u00a0 ‘Birkhill’ letters have been fitted to the platform sign, planting of trailing Lobelia along … <\/p>\n

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