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Makeover Day 2024
Next month will see the return of our popular WGC Station Makeover Day on March 13th. This year we will be joined by staff from Siemens Mobility and Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), as well as friends from the wider community to tackle a new sensory bed and tidy up existing planting. New volunteers are welcome…
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Awards & Recognition 🏆
The All Aboarders have had a busy summer looking after the station which included filling gaps after the winter storms took their toll, creating vibrant displays and planning some exciting new initiatives for next year – watch this space! In amongst this activity we we invited to join the Anglia in Bloom entry for WHBC…
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The AllAboarders turn 5!
On March 15th 2018 the inaugural meeting for the “WGC Station Adoption Group” was held. 5 years later the group now called the AllAboarders is still going from strength to strength, with a history of proud accomplishments to look back on. Working together with GTR contractors and station staff, and with support from sponsors, here…
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Seasons Greetings
As Christmas approaches the All Aboarders would like to extend the warmest of festive wishes to all our supporters. The team achieved so much in 2022 so we would like to toast to all involved especially our volunteers, station and facilities staff, and sponsors – cheers! We once more decorated a tree for the St…
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Heritage Sign Installation
The station recently benefited from another installation for our heritage gallery in the platform 3 waiting room. We were delighted to be loaned an original illuminated station sign by Malcolm Cowan, who rescued it when it was decommissioned. The sign is on display above the vintage travel posters. You can see a photo of the…
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Rotary Quiz Victory
The All Aboarders were invited to join the local WGC Rotary Club quiz night to raise money for local, national and international charities. The Rotary Club has been a close friend and sponsor of ours, so of course we took the opportunity to reciprocate. We joined 12 other teams in a 10 round quiz, punctuated…
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Garden on a Roll Donations
We were very pleased to be approached by one of our partners Garden on a Roll with the offer of plants to help fill some of our larger beds. The beds on platforms 3/4 were enhanced with edging a year ago by rail contractors, and then filled with compost by volunteers in spring. They feature…
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A Scorching Summer ☀
This year, like the rest of the country, we enjoyed a glorious long hot summer with little rain. This called for extra watering sessions to keep out flowers in tip top condition, especially for new plants. In the peak of the hot weather the volunteers rallied with a watering rota every other day. The teams…
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Makeover Day 2022
A huge ✨THANK YOU✨ to all those that turned out to make the Welwyn Garden City station Makeover Day a grand success. It was so lovely to be able to bring everyone together for the first time since 2019. Andrew Chillingsworth, GTR Community Engagement Officer, joined us and said of the day: It was great…
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Join our Makeover Day
Have you wondered about volunteering with us, or wanted to find out what it was like? Join us on the 29th June at the WGC Station for a session to enjoy the gardens, a spot of gardening and light refreshments. This follows from a successful makeover day in 2019 which saw a great turnout, lots…
