Author Archives: londonrdstationpartnership

Despite the cold these last few days in Brighton, the new growing season feels like it’s started. We’ve started getting seeds in and there are green shoots poking up through the soil. Our recently sown troughs of salad leaf seedlings in the greenhouse which … Continue reading →

I’m upside down again. North is South, winter is summer. Australia is a fantastic country for swimming, surfing and outdoor life, but as I have been basking in Perth’s temperatures well above 30C and Sydney’s 25-28C, it has struck me … Continue reading →

Who are they? This photograph of railway staff was taken on the steps of London Road Station in 1925. We were looking at it again this evening as a few of us got together to plan historical displays as part … Continue reading →

“Change trains and you could go anywhere. 3 changes of train will get you to Moscow and 6 changes will get you to Istanbul.” (http://www.traveloglewes.co.uk) It’s an inspiring thought when you live next to a railway station, particularly on a grey … Continue reading →

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,400 times in 2013. If it were a cable car, it … Continue reading →

It always happens in this, the ‘down’ time of the gardening year: there’s planning for future events, thinking about the shape of the forthcoming year. 2013 was a good year for us, with two major awards, and a couple of … Continue reading →