Welcome to 2024! Inclement weather has currently kept us away from the Station until March,but with a branchline blockade Network Rail men have been doing extensive cutting back all along the branch line. Hence the trackside appearance is vastly improved.
Full sized traction engine "Rio" stands sentinel in the car park. The old timetable and photographs are a tribute to former station staff Leonard Grose and Robert Lamport.
This celebration and commemoration was placed on the display table to remember Geoff Nicholls and Brian Philpotts, two of our "Friends sadly passed. Their contribution and enthusiasm over the years was invaluable and they are both much missed.
Thursday 24th August Rail Minister Huw Merriman and Steve unveil a plaque celebrating the 160th Anniversary of the branch line and 30 years custodianship of the Station by the Friends.
A big year for us! We are celebrating 30 years of custodianship of the Station.
SATURDAY 26th AUGUST we are holding an OPEN DAY in the closed off car park at Penmere. Lots of attractions so please come along to meet us and enjoy the fun. 10am to 5pm. The station car park will be closed for the day.
May 2023. Early blooms on the Station platform, giving a splash of colour. Because of inclement weather this Spring this is only our third visit this year.
May 2023. The completed board now showing nearly thirty awards. This year we are celebrating our 30th Anniversary of custodianship with a celebration day 26th August 2023 in the Station carpark.
July 2021. We lost our Honorary President, one of the founding members Brian Philpotts. We nicknamed him our "magical gardener", as being an ex-Falmouth town gardener made sure that we planted everything in the right place when landscaping the award winning gardens. We will miss him tremendously but his legacy and guidance lives on at the station. RIP Brian.
July 2021. Colourful bunting plus a then and now picture placed on seat for Michael Foy, RHS judge to admire! Beneath the Falmouth end running in board.
Our new banner, along with 120 colourful postcards, showing seven views of the station and plants.This has been funded by a grant from the Community Rail Network, Small Grants Fund.
A gift voucher presented to the group was used to buy two new bird boxes to be positioned in the trees at the station. Thank you Philippa Lloyd for the donation!
We're back! Almost three months to the day when we were last at Penmere, we are starting to re-emerge the locomotive and gardens to how they were before. Wednesday 15th July 2020.
These are strange and difficult times for everyone!
At this time of year the "Friends" would normally be well into our gardening and refreshing the station for this year's "RHS" judging. Instead the environs remain fallow and untouched. Hopefully it won't be too long before trimming back Mother Nature can be carried out at the station.Best Wishes to all of our supporters.
Heavy duty Network Rail alterations on the station platform.This involved digging a trench along the whole platform for new lighting cabling. February 2020.
Dan completes the building of our new rockery on the bank, in the carpark.
The design,costs and labour was kindly funded by the Association of Community Rail Partnerships (Communities Fund) facilitated by Richard Burningham, Manager Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership.
Rose bed successfully planted up dedicated to Leonard Grose, a former British Railway employee at Penmere who previously created the award winning garden in the 1950's. His granddaughter Julia, on the left enjoyed her visit to us. L-R: Julia, Josh, Steve, Daniel, John and Phyllis
Our celebration banner! Below is the dedicated rose bed to Leonard Grose, a former railwayman at the station, who was also the award winning gardener at that time.
The Deputy Mayor of Falmouth accompanied by Steve Lloyd, Honorary Chairman of the "Friends", officially opens the celebration festivities on the platform.
Steve Lloyd, Honorary Chairman of "The Friends" receives a certificate, for coming third in The Outstanding Volunteer category in the 2018 Community Awards held in Glasgow. These awards are held annually by the Association of Community Rail Partnerships. Steve was nominated by Richard Burningham, Manager of The Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership, after leading the team for 25 years.
John Ball, Treasurer, Steve Lloyd and new active "Friend", Daniel show off the RHS "It's Your Neighbourhood"2018 Award Certificate in the Council Chambers in Falmouth. This was presented by the Mayor, and we gained an "Outstanding" in the category.
Penmere Station has been featured in a new DVD 'Branchlines of Cornwall'. The producers were 'bowled over', their description, of the results of our efforts. A very interesting DVD. Take a look!
