Please consider and offer constructive criticism or counter proposals. All ideas will be considered and a final decision made at the Railtrack - Carnforth Station Trust Liaison Meeting on 26 July. When I received the award for Perth from the Lord Mayor of London in the Guild Hall, I commented in public for the first time that the commercial colours for brown, yellow and green were whiskey, barley and straw, which were appropriate for a city with 3 notable distilleries. For some years Perth achieved publicity as the Whiskey Barley and Straw Station. Perhaps we could achieve similar accolades for Carnforth.
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Carnforth Station restoration is a large and difficult task. This is not the occasion to record or apportion blame for 30 years of neglect and absence of any maintenance or expenditure. I have to report that now I have inspected every foot of cellars, ground floor rooms and first floor accommodation, internally conditions are even worse than outward appearance would suggest. Fortunately the main structure, of good local sandstone, is sound and we have contractors capable of stripping out and replacing all defective timber, re-roofing and provision of new services, plastering etc. I am pleased to report that RailTrack have now appointed their Contractor for work on platforms, roof awnings, subways and ramps.