Station bench rolling maintenance

The station is the custodian of two original Great Western Railway Pitch-Pine benches which are usually kept under the canopy, to keep them out of the worst of the weather. As such they are valued by visitors to The Railwayman’s Arms, our 150 year old pub on the station platform.

One of these benches was the subject of a major rebuild and conservation three or four years ago under the care of our patternmaker, Brian.

Last summer it became clear work would be needed on the second bench as it had started to sag, and over the winter our volunteers have dismantled it as carefully as possible.

The rebuilding has now started....

Barring trimming of excess length of dowels/wedges and removal of excess PU adhesive RH Bench End is now complete.



I didn't manage to find the piece missing from the arm, that split off at a screw hole, so I have replaced it with new.

You'll also note it was necessary to replace the horizontal rail on this end too. I'm pretty certain the middle frame will need similar treatment too.

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  1. 4 benches released into the wild this month following repairs and repainting, two each on platform 1 and 2.

    The Pitch Pine bench now has repairs complete to the constituent parts (thanks to Brian Oldford) and a mammonth reassembly session is planned with dowels, screws, glue, screws and coarse Anglo-Saxon, probably in July.

    This will be followed by mammoth sessions of filling and sanding, then painting. It will all be over by Christmas, as they said of the First World War.

    There are half a dozen benches showing paint wear, these will be patch repainted over the summer and the first was started yesterday. None, however, needs significant repairs (fingers crossed).

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