Pictures

April 2025

Steve and Dave assessing work to be done on the wheelseat.

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April 2025

Our beautiful Echium which is always covered in flying insects in it's full glory!

A sight to behold at the Truro end of the platform.

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April 2025.

Steve and Phyllis have completed a total repaint of our unique wheelseat, much used by passengers, and ourselvers at tea break time!

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April 2025

The two azalea bushes add a real splash of colour to the Station gardens.

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April 2025

Dave repaints one of the poles in chocolate that holds a Station Totem on the platform.Station refresh traking place, ready for the "Station Centenary of opening".

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This is our superb poster designed by "Friend" Karl Hewlett promoting our Station Centenary of opening Gala on Saturday 26th July, 10:00am to 5pm. All are welcome.

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March 2025.

A pic of Dave and Steve receiving a cheque on behalf of the "Friends" one of many good causes who also received cheques as part of the Falmouth Fire Brigade firework display

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February 2025

Ian Cavill pictured in front of the splendid model of Penmere Platform circa 1950's that he has constructed. Ian is a Member of the Society of Falmouth Model Railway Club.

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Centenary Celebration!

A landmark year for our Station which we will be celebrating with the local community in the closed car park on Saturday 26th July, 10am to 5pm.

All welcome. A colourful poster with details to follow.

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Sturdy looking Echium, which had collapsed in the Autumn, propped up and looking ready to produce tall, beautiful blooms!

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Periwinkle's out on the Truro end embankment, always a welcome sight.!

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2025 sees the 200 year Anniversary of the birth of the passenger Railway which changed the World completely, in so many ways.

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New Year, new colour!

Phyllis and Helen plant up the triangle, our first tidy up of the year.

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Late summer and the colourful tubs look attractive to passengers alongside the Station footpath.

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October 2024

The "Friends" relax between activities,

L-R Dan, new member Helen, Dave, Phyllis and Steve.

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June 2024

A temporary replacement wooden bench

replaces one of our original finialled ones that is being refurbished.

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June 2024

The donated GWR plants are looking very colourful.

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May 2024

Phyllis and Dave planting up tubs on the platform.

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The donated GWR plants are looking very colourful.

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June 2024.

A temporary replacement wooden bench whilst one of our original GWR finialled ones is being refurbished, returning soon.

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The roses are being well looked after by Dave and are especially bountiful this year.

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Phyllis and Dave planting up tubs on platform.

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May 2024.

A good collection of quality plants kindly supplied by GWR will ensure a colourful display at the station.

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March 2024.

The Friends received a Community Rail Network grant for a host of much needed tools exhibited here by Dave, Steve and Dan.

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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.

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A volunteer from the Redruth Moseley Clockwork Museum exhibits a layout in the background alongside "Rio".

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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.

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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.

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Saturday 26th August 2023. Deputy Mayor, Mark Rowe unveiled a plaque on Members Bench celebrating 30th Anniversary of the Group's station adoption.

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Various stalls including The Mission to Seafarers (Falmouth) made interesting attractions for visitors on the Gala day.

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A classic coach, well supported, linked the Gala Day at Penmere Station with Penryn Fair Day.

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A wonderful day for the Friends! l-r Jan,Phyllis, Steve, Dave, Karl, Rosemary and John.

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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.

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"Puffer" the mini traction engine alongside a 1940's style London taxi cab. The two attractions created enormous interest.

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August 2023

30th Anniversary Gala Day and the "Friends" photograph and history table attracts a lot of interest.

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"The Friends" gather in front of our garden engine "Pendennis" on Saturday 26th August, the 30th Anniversary Gala Day held at the station car park.

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June 2023.

Dave laying out donated green slate stones sponsored by B and Q Penryn at the new station entrance rockery.

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June 2023.

A stunning display from our roses right along the fence along the platform towards the Falmouth end.

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June 2023.

Our garden engine "Pendennis" dressed in colourful bunting to celebrate Armed Forces Day.

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July 2023.

Bunting up at Penmere again celebrating Armed Forces Day.

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June 2023.

Falmouth celebrated Armed Forces Day, National event on Saturday 24th June.

An informative and welcoming sign at Penmere Station.

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July 2023.

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.

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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.

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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.

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May 2023. Following a grant from Falmouth Town Council, it enabled us to have six more awards inserted on our Awards Board.

Here is Matt from arc signs, Falmouth carrying out the work at Penmere Station.

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January 2023. A very happy New Year to all of our supporters. The first sign of Spring with crocuses appearing already at the Station.

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The August heatwave, 2022, has certainly brought on the Sunflowers in the platform tub.

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August 2022.

Tub on platform looking bountiful and colourful at Truro end of platform.

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August 2022.

Blue skies and blue Agapanthas shows off the car park bank at it's best!

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June 2022.

This the groups small tribute to Her Majesty the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

The sign was pinned to the fencing facing the car park for all to see.

Also a "Queen Elizabeth" rose was planted on the bank.

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May 2022

Dave, Steve and John at Truro Railway Station promoting Community Rail Week and "The Friends".

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May 2022

Falmouth bound train arrives as Steve and Dave apply fresh coat of paint to benches.

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May 2022

Platform cordoned off for much needed refurbishment of benches.

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April 2022

New cameras just to complete the picture!

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April 2022

Ticket machine being well used since installation.

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April 2022.

Ticket scanners installed also.

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April 2022

New Penmere sign installed.

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April 2022

Roses out already!

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March 2022

Dave prepares our new wild life flower area among the very colourful azaleas.

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March 2022

Penmere Robin pays us a visit.

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January 2022

Mayor of Falmouth, Steve Eva presenting us with the South West in Bloom "It's Your Neighbourhood" award (Outstanding) 2021.

Steve, Jan, Rosemary, John and Dave.

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December 2021.

This is our new extra water tank kindly supplied and fitted by GWR. This could be a big boon to us in a possibly dry summer!

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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.

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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.

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July 2021. RHS South West in Bloom judge Michael Foy standing by the unique wheel seat before judging the station this year flanked by Steve and Dave.

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June 2021. Plants kindly supplied by GWR ready to go in before judging in July.

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JUNE 2021. The station gardens looking great in the afternoon summer sunshine after a busy session cutting and strimming. Awaiting RHS judging.

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June 2021. Station postcards, plants and hopefully possibly donations in our GWR coloured churn!

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May 2021. Dave feeds our shredder, the cost of which was funded by the Community Rail Network.

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May 2021. Steve strims next to the award winning Cornish granite rockery after lockdown ended.

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April 2021.

Welcome back to the station car park gardens looking great in the Spring sunshine.

We are back!!

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May 2021.

Phyllis gets to grips with trimming the rugby ball flower bed whilst Dan and Jan supervise!

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May 2021.

Young heathers planted up on the car park bank, hopefully to add a splash of colour.

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May 2021.

Dan, "the rockery man", checks on his award winning structure.

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May 2021.

Jan tidying up the rugby ball flower bed on a lovely sunny day. It is good to be back on site at last !

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2020

After a very difficult year we wish everybody a peaceful Christmas, and hopefully a healthy and happy 2021. Thank you all for your support!

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Teatime! Phyllis and the two Dave's take a well earned break and catch a few autumnal rays. Note the original GWR finialled, painted bench.

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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.

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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!

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Our first day back after three months, and after a lot of hard work the station garden appearance starting to look really good again.

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Phyllis adding new bedding plants to pots on platform.

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An evocative image of 2020 on the station platform.

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After the lockdown cutback the rockery is seen again.

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Behind the jungle somewhere is our newly built Cornish granite rockery.

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What a difference!

From left to right members, John, Dan, Steve and Dave. "Pendennis" emerges from the undergrowth.

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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.

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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.

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A Camellia brings a splash of colour to the station which a bee finds rather interesting!

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Heavy duty Network Rail alterations on the station platform.This involved digging a trench along the whole platform for new lighting cabling. February 2020.

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Big improvements at Penmere!

February. New LED lighting and weather proof signage being installed on the station platform.

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2019

We have won another award!

We picked up an "Outstanding" again in the "It's Your Neighbourhood" category in the RHS and South West in Bloom awards.

Steve is pictured with award at presentation lunch in Newquay.

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Relations of two former Penmere station railwayman met up for the first time.

Valerie Harris, daughter of Leonard Grose and Zara Radford granddaughter of Robert Lamport enjoyed a chat and reminisce about times past.

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October 2019. Our rockery is complete!

Frm left: Dave, Steve, Richard Burningham,John, Phyllis, Karl and Dan.

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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.

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Jan assists clearing out the back where the new rockery is to be placed.

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Top view from the platform of the new insect friendly rockery planted up.

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Summer view of the planting on bank and surrounding area.

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Bunting up again for the Britain in Bloom RHS judges visit on Friday Julyb 12th.

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Steve showing the RHS "Its Your Neighbourhood" category judges the Awards Board.

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Pots of colourful summer colour!

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The rosebed in the carpark with plaques attached that remembers two former station railwaymen, Leonard Grose and Robert Lamport.

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Steps being constructed to the new rockery by Daniel.

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Three new planters look good in the "Triangle" up by the platform.

These were funded along with a new shredder by a local Councillor's grant money. Mr McCarthy kindly thought of us.

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Dave Bishop tending to the yellow roses that surround our "Penmere Platform"running-in board at the Falmouth end.

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Our newly refurbished painted BR(W) bench looking great on the platform inset. Thank you Dave Peacock for your hard work. Early summer.

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Local council grant money meant the purchase of a new compost bin being worked on by the Hon. Chairman, Steve.

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Early Spring and the rhododendron tree is looking it's magnificent self!

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Early February. Group meet up for our annual safety briefing and to make plans for 2019.

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We have another award!The RHS and South West in Bloom "It's Your Neighbourhood" category. We won Outstanding!

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2018

Jacqui Owen, and the lady RHS judge are impressed by our awards board.

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Phyllis planting up our garden engine "Pendennis", June 2018

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Planting "Len's" rose! A bush rose dedicated to Station Booking Clerk Len Grose 1945 to 1968. Planted up by "Friends" Phyllis, Daniel, Steve and John.

This is at the request of Valerie Harris, Len's daughter. A suitably inscribed plaque will follow.

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In mid March we had a visit from Kirsty from Plastic Free Falmouth who was very impressed to see recycyle bins on platform supplied by GWR.

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Colourful Camellia out in full bloom in January!

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Believe it or not, fragrant yellow rose is out along the platform fence in January!

Looking forward to 2018 as this is our 25th Anniversary of custodianship of the Station.

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Jan busy planting up tubs on platform in preparation for judging in the RHS "Its your neighbourhood" competetion 2018.

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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

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Station gate receiving a much needed coat of black paint by Josh, ready for RHS judging in July.

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Spectacular rose, "Blairi no. 2" frames a Falmouth bound arrival at the station. June 2018

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The information board on the platform now freshly painted and looking splendid in "heritage" colours.

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Tubs all planted up awaiting RHS Britain in Bloom judges in July.

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RHS judges being shown before and after photes by Steve Lloyd and they were very impressed.

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Saturday 25th August our big 25th Anniversary celebration day Friends of Penmere Station and Missions to Seafarers line up.

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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.

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A busy platform filled with visitors to our celebration day.

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The Deputy Mayor of Falmouth accompanied by Steve Lloyd, Honorary Chairman of the "Friends", officially opens the celebration festivities on the platform.

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Colourful bunting!

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Phyllis and Sister Penny, Chairman of the Mission to Seafarers, cut the celebration cake.

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Brian mans his railwayana stand, watched over by a famous train's headboard!

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A busy platform.

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Karl and Mrs Hewlett enjoy sampling a Treens brewery beer, a local brewer.

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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.

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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.

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Foxgloves planted in July, out in bloom in November!

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2017

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!

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