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Dressed to Kill
27 May 2014 / Posted in: OFF THE RAILS !
DRESSED TO KILL! Wearing practical or protective clothing is important when creating a landscape project, and constructing raised beds or retaining walls with railway sleepers is no exception. Sturdy shoes and thick gloves all make sense. But Dougie has taken self protection to a whole new level!
Massive banqueting table from new oak railway sleepers
04 May 2014 / Posted in: Railway Sleeper News
Jonathan and Sarah sent in this banqueting table that they made last year. A wonderful stately table from new oak railway sleepers that will survive decades of dinners and celebrations. It's so strong that the whole party could dance on it!! A great piece of work.
New ECO pine railway sleeper size for mini raised beds
21 April 2014 / Posted in: Railway Sleeper News
NEW RAILWAY SLEEPER SIZE! We have just produced a new size of ECO friendly pine ralway sleepers, that is ideal for mini raised beds, and great for lifting too. The Chesterfield Pub in Bingham has just used them to create mini raised beds in the entrance to their family pub.
Norwegian settee from used railway sleepers
18 April 2014 / Posted in: Railway Sleeper News
A brilliant creation using reclaimed railway sleepers. We are often sent pictures from people who have built wonderful looking tables and chairs, and this beautiful settee from a Norwegian customer is no exception. A lovely design. For those who want to try something similar, make sure you use railway sleepers that are not treated with tar or creosote. For more projects see:
http://www.railwaysleepers.com/projects/tables-furniture-with-railway-sleepers
Duvet causes train to be cancelled. A case of railway 'sleepers'!
27 February 2014 / Posted in: Railway Sleeper News
As railway travellers sleepily got out of their beds on Monday morning, little did they expect that someone else's duvet would cause the cancellation of their journey! Mysteriously a duvet was found lying draped across the overhead power lines when a commuter train ran underneath – tangling it in the electrical mechanism – near Keighley railway station. It took more than an hour before the bedding could be freed, during which time dozens of trains had to be cancelled on the Airedale line. How the duvet got there remains unknown.
Three Glens Farmhouse furniture with railway sleepers
11 January 2014 / Posted in: Railway Sleeper News
Three Glens is an ultra modern eco farmhouse, designed by Mark Waghorn Architects. The 450m2 five-bedroom farmhouse is situated on a working farm near the village of Moniaive, South West Scotland. Reclaimed railway sleepers have been sawn, treated and polished by local craftsmen to create wooden floors and functional furniture; every item and every detail tells of a previous life, a story that makes every corner in this house unique.
Amazing Raised Beds - Faster & better crops
09 January 2014 / Posted in: Railway Sleeper News
Raised vegetable gardens are the way to go! Two long term New Zealand residents converted to raised garden beds about five years ago and will never go back to digging in the ground. ''It's been so successful, it's definitely the way to go. Things grow so much faster, it's quite amazing, really,'' Mrs Walshaw says. ''I was picking lettuces in winter - I couldn't believe it. No questions about it, it's far superior.''
Sponsored railway sleeper challenge
29 November 2013 / Posted in: Railway Sleeper News
18 students have carried a heavy railway sleeper 8 miles, as part of a sponsored challenge, raising £350 for Tommy's Charity. The Hertford Regional College students completed the eight-mile walk from Ware to Broxbourne in four hours. The walk coincided with World Prematurity Day on November 17th. The students set off with the railway sleeper from the Ware campus of the college and travelled to their other campus in Turnford.
Railway sleeper rescue for Hobbit inspiration
19 November 2013 / Posted in: Railway Sleeper News
Network Rail's railway sleepers have come to the rescue of Birmingham's Moseley Bog Conservation Group conservationists after arsonists wrecked plans to conserve "Tolkien's Playground". Moseley Bog was the childhood playground of JRR Tolkien when he lived nearby in the then hamlet of Sarehole. The railway sleepers were bought for a walkway around the Bog.
Rent a railway sleeper raised bed in Norwich!
30 October 2013 / Posted in: Railway Sleeper News
A Norwich community garden group is renting out nine raised beds made from new railway sleepers for people to grow vegetables in next year. The Grapes Hill group, which was set up in 2008 has five small raised beds that are fully accessible for wheelchair users and four larger raised beds. To apply you will need to become a member of the group. Rental for raised beds starts from £5 a year for a small raised bed, if unwaged, with prices increasing depending on size of bed and income.
