Author: Paul Salveson

Kents Bank Station Library’s next ‘special’ open day is on Saturday October 12th. As well as re-dedicating a locomotive nameplate we’ll be displaying some of our extensive collection of books on the social history of railways – the people who worked on the railway in particular. Very often the only time you hear about railwaymen…

PRESS RELASE August 4th 2024 To the editor Gallery on the station features exciting work by locally-based artist Ben McLeod Ben McLeod is a highly accomplished landscape painter based at Halecat House, near Grange-over-Sands. The Beach Hut Gallery, at Kents Bank railway station on the beautiful Kent Estuary, is hosting an exhibition of his work,…

PRESS RELEASE FROM KENTS BANK STATION LIBRARY April 22 2024 (immediate) Book launch of unique tribute to the Steam Railway Age Kents Bank Station Library, on the Furness Line between Barrow and Lancaster, was the appropriate venue for the launch of a unique publication: the railway writings of Methodist minister and theologian E.S. Waterhouse. His…

  Kents Bank Station Library, Kentsford Road, Kents Bank, Grange-over-Sands LA11 7BB www.stationlibrary.org.uk   Welcome to our third newsletter. Since our last newsletter in December the library has continued to develop and we have been fortunate in receiving a large number of book donations, as well as additional shelves and a scanner! Thanks to you…

A few quick news snippets from the Station Library at Kents Bank: The unveiling of the station sign (ex-British Railways ‘totem’ sign from late 50s) went reallywell with over 60 people attending. Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, chair of Network Rail, and Councillor Roger Handley, mayor of Grange-over-Sands, did the honours. We also had the…

On a cold but sunny January day on Friday (January 19), over sixty guests assembled at Station House outside Kents Bank station for a very special event. Chair of Network Rail Lord Hendy and mayor of Grange-over-Sands Cllr Roger Handley, unveiled the original British Railways ‘totem’ sign for Kents Bank station. It was rescued at…

A happy New Year! The Library has got off to a good start with a well-attended open day on January 6th – we’re open again on Saturday January 13th, then we’ll be open every second Saturday of the month (as well as by appointment). On Wednesday January 10th we’ve an evening talk by Richard Hinchcliffe…

Kents Bank Station Library, Kentsford Road, Kents Bank, Grange-over-Sands LA11 7BB No. 2    December 2023            www.stationlibrary.org.uk Welcome to our second newsletter, just in time for Christmas. We hope you enjoy it. There have been several very positive developments, most importantly our successful auction bid for an original ‘Kents Bank’ station sign – see below. We…

We will be open on Saturday January 6th from 11.00 to 15.30, and again on Saturday January 13th. After that – until further notice – we’ll be open on the SECOND Saturday of every month, 11.00 to 15.30. The Beach Hut Gallery will also be open (next door). Donations welcome – visits for reference/research by…

by Paul Salveson Grange-over-Sands on a wet evening in early January; rain mixed with sleet driving in across Morecambe Bay. Dave Little and his partner Jane Bradshaw had been for a walk along the promenade before combined common sense took over and they retreated back towards the hotel. They walked down High Street, taking shelter…