Since adopting the village railway station back in 2019, Flimby Primary School have been doing an excellent job of transforming both platforms and making the railway station more appealing. During the first lockdown in 2020, the school launched an exciting new project ‘Our Flimby’ via their Facebook page, an initiative to try and lift the …
Millom has become the latest station to host a roadshow celebrating the 175th anniversary of the Lakes Line and Furness Railway, other stations participating have included Cark, Dalton, Kents Bank, Grange and Foxfield. David Stubbins (Cark) and Mary Rossall (Kents Bank) hosted the event from the Millom Heritage & Arts Centre on the 3 September …
On 24 August a display celebrating the 175th anniversary of the inauguration of the Furness Railway, was unveiled at Foxfield Station. The idea to have a memorial to recognise the event came from David Hughes, a member of the Duddon Valley Local History Group. Fellow member Stephe Cove then set about designing and producing the …