Category Archives: Events

Celebrating the mosaic – the tea party

Posted on October 2, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

Watch the video It’s over a month ago now, but what a fantastic event it was. To celebrate the completion of the underpass mosaic, the ‘A-team’ National Citizen Service volunteers and members of LRSP organised a tea party at London … Continue reading →

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150th Anniversary of Seaford line 7th June – the video

Posted on July 30, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

Our community film-maker extraordinaire, Madeleine Cary, has produced this lovely video of our Brighton to Seaford 150th Anniversary celebration on 7th June 2014. Click here to view Featuring our beautiful station building and our station master Nick, our wonderful neighbours and … Continue reading →

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Great day and the sun was shining …

Posted on June 14, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

This blog isn’t just about gardening; it’s also about where we garden – at a lovely Victorian station, built in 1877. The railway line itself (now, the East Coastway) was built before our station appeared, with the section to Seaford opening on 1st … Continue reading →

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Catching up on the new season

Posted on May 26, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

SAT 7th June 10.30 – 4.00pm SHAFTESBURY PLACE. Celebrate 150 years of Brighton to Seaford railway with coffee/tea and homemade cake, exhibition, open garden, model railway display, music, picnic, guided walk, etc.  More under ‘Events’ ______________________________________________________________ It’s a typical May … Continue reading →

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New year, new stuff

Posted on January 30, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

These first grey months of the new year are planning time. At London Road Station, we’ve got two key projects on the horizon. Planters on the platforms As part of the award of ‘Best Community Station’ from Southern Railways, we’re getting … Continue reading →

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Tea with the Mayor

Posted on November 26, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

At our tea with the Mayor of Brighton and Hove, Denise Cobb, on November 26, 2013, as part of winning the Edward Furey Community Cup. We enjoyed tea, and were delighted by the explanations given by the Mayor and her … Continue reading →

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Our third harvest supper

Posted on October 19, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

      We’ve just celebrated the end of our third growing season with our annual harvest supper: this year, the menu was onion soup, three leaf-four cheese lasagne, herby cassoulet, spinach-leaf salad, apple and pear crumble, and Irish cheeses complemented … Continue reading →

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We’ve won Ed Furey cup 2013!

Posted on September 28, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

We were taken aback … We were awarded the Edward Furey cup for our ‘community spirit’ at Brighton & Hove City in Bloom award ceremony last Thursday. We also were awarded second place for ‘Best Community Garden’, with a very … Continue reading →

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Big Dig Day: apples and raspberries

Posted on September 24, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

  It was dull and oddly humid last Saturday, but a number of very interested visitors and helpers came to see our edible growing garden as part of Big Dig Day. Our total tally was probably only about 20, as compared … Continue reading →

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Big Digging in the Borrowed Garden

Posted on September 16, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

I was down at St Peter’s Church this afternoon, helping set up a Borrowed Garden. To celebrate Big Dig Week, Harvest is creating a pop-up temporary garden here from plants ‘borrowed’ from community gardens around the city. The students from … Continue reading →

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