December 2005
Tiny Tim poodle food 
Bore hole done in the 1950’s showing 6 layers of bricks in tunnel roof 
wet floor again 
Toilet seat found in the wartime refuge Water closet section 
It does not snow much in Bristol- so this is as Christmasy as I can get! 
Brooke and Prudencio flask found in refuge area, being displayed by an enamel sign from a tram. Brooke and Prudencio made tonic waters from 1890 to 1960
November 2005
Clifton Rocks Railway team played the SS Gt Britain team at 10 pin bowling for Children in Need. We had to keep our hats on! 
The small refuge area needed clearing! 
Still quite a lot to go! 
Ed admiring his handiwork. This area was then used for filming. We spent all day filming for Secret Underground Bristol. It was a fascinating experience since we also had 4 people sitting in a refuge area in the tunnel reminiscing about sheltering there in the war, and a BBC engineer who described his experiences and the function of each of the four rooms the BBC used. The film will be shown in February/ March 2006. 
Peter and Maggie sharing a joke with Chris Searle before entering the station 
Chris entering the station- a cold day 
Reminiscing 
Filming in the refuge area 
Group photo after filming, observe the insulating board on each ledge Mike Edwards, Sue Stops and Jason Townsend took some of these photos
October 2005
Bottom waiting room before sweeping 
Two Lyns sweeping 
Alan and Lyn clearing the bottom of BBC area 
This is the plinth where the BBC generating plant was mounted- all debris now cleared Walked up the steps three times with the rubbish which was enough for anyone 
We cleared 60 steps by the BBC rooms which had rubber treads (to deaden sound), many of which had disintegrated so were unsafe 
We swept the bottom large refuge area including the chemical closet area where we found an original seat. 
Sorting out leaks in the top station. Mike Edwards took some of these photos
September 2005
Lots of broken bits from turnstile railings 
Mike E assembling a jigsaw of railing into the frames 
Long queues at Doors Open Day 
Teresa, Peter Davey, Lauren and Lyn 
The Scammell brothers 
Bev talking to the visitors 
Group picture of the volunteers 
Engine room needed cleaning out along with the corridors and waiting room of the base station 
We went into the water tank at the base station- no point in cleaning that out too!
August 2005
Cleaning all the plants from the bottom station 
I found a gas light in the chamber (looking very sorry for itself) 
light now firmed up and cleaned. It has controls for gas and air and is a regenerative gas light. All the controls open and shut the brass valves inside. The two steel chimneys, gas pipe and internal supports were all replaced 
Tom refurbishing the bracket 
Maggie, Dave and Mike refitting the light bracket in its original place 
Maggie with a big satisfied smile on putting the lamp back on its original bracket after perhaps 70 years at least 
Bushes on top of passageway by top reservoir 
All cleaned off. Tank is by side of passageway
July 2005
Width of the rubble was 16′. We had already cleared 17.5′ rubble in May- but had not cleared all of it since it was tiring climbing up the 45% slope with a bucket of rubble to be carried round to the back of the station, some had been shovelled down for speed. We now had to clear the remaining 16′ rubble which was at least 2′ deep.
We hired a hoist on scaffolding to lift the rubble 38′ to a skip on the lane on the other side 
We needed a rope to keep the barrow from the wall 
The Scammel brothers powering through the rubble 
Mike has found something 
45% is awfully steep- Mike E recovering after a slide- big masonry being lifted up 
Scaffold in Princes Lane 
4′ rubble cleared in one and a half days 
another 6′ rubble cleared in two days 
so much glass- since there was originally a wired glass roof, one was bound to cut oneself 
having a breather 
6′ to blast wall so rubble cleared over half the width in one day- Pete and Chris pleased with their work. Note its alot deeper here 
Jason’s son Andrew enjoying physical labour- the heap is going down 
Bottoming out celebration at the end of another day.
May 21st and 22nd Openday 2005
Donations welcome! (Clifton Rocks Railway, HSBC, Regent Street, Clifton) 
Rocks Railway signs and cantilever gate, with Suspension Bridge 
Sir George White (the patron and great grandson of the founder) opening the first stage. James Tonkin vicechairman- and responsible for the superb signs and other woodwork behind 
Peter Davey (the chairman and well known presenter of wonderful talks on trams and the railway) talking to Sir George White 
Clifton jazz band entering the railway 
Sir George White and some volunteers (Pete Luckhurst, Maggie Shapland, James Tonkin, Mike Steadman, Donna Luckhurst, James Bray and Adam Whiting) 
Orderly queue down the stairs (estimated 4000 came) 
Railway model 
Rocks Railway exhibition notice boards with old pictures and new 
Bus stop for the buses from the Industrial Museum 
Double Decker buses in Sion Hill 
Double decker squeezing down Princess Victoria Street! 
1929 Peugeot, 1925 Talbot, modern infiltrator, 1925 Lanchester, Riley RME, Moss Monaco, Bristol, MG Magnette outside. A Rolls Royce Ghost and another Bristol also joined the display
May 2005
Rail profile 
Springs on the rails being uncovered 
4″ Pin holding rail every 28″ (and buffer springs and bent bolt to hold wheel stationary presumably before the BBC built the wall) 
2 cables per wheel, the other end presumably goes to the bottom 
Maggie’s Mike clearing the rails by spade 
Lyn clearing the easy way 
Maggie clearing the hard way (by the springs). The wheel has now been painted. Thanks too to Severnside Mike- whose head is shown (he provided the modern photos for the exhibition)! 
6 rails uncovered, the pile of rubble is getting taller- will be conveyered out in due course 
6 rails uncovered and visible from the pavement 
Manufacturers name on vent outside top station 
Prisms of clear and violet glass to reflect more light into top station 
You can see the original colours of the top station. There was a waiting room up here. 
Bricked in alcove in top station- is there anything behind it?
April 2005
wheel for cable buried in rubble 
Railings manufactured by Gardiners of Bristol 
gold and black railing 
Fantastic Clifton Rocks Railway new sign 
new handrail 
stage with graffiti 
stage with debris 
sweeping some of the 700 steps 
right hand wheel starting being cleared 
right hand wheel being cleared, see the cable 
left hand wheel starting being cleared 
left hand wheel being cleared 
left hand wheel being cleared, see the cable and rail. One can see 5 rails currently, the rest are covered by BBC brick walls
March 2005
Note the weeds cleared from the stairwell
Note the new welded frame to hold the signs. 
hoarding removed 
Note the new welded frame to hold the signs. 
gritblasting the railings 
Railing being painted having been gritblasted and primered, look at the rosettes
February 2005
Someone stole the sign that the Lord Mayor put up in 1991 
Bottom Entrance 
Note the hoardings have been removed from the pavement side of the railings (but not the other side), weeds in the stairwell, broken railings where signs used to be held 
Ceiling of railway entrance 
Note the rusty bits of railing which used to hold the signboards 