I want to build a raised flower bed in my garden using old railway
sleepers, does anyone know a reasonable supplier in the North West
preferably the Merseyside area.

Many Thanks.

Rick

wrote:
I want to build a raised flower bed in my garden using old railway
sleepers, does anyone know a reasonable supplier in the North West
preferably the Merseyside area.

Many Thanks.

Rick
Try your local garden centre, builders merchant. You cant really get
used ones now as ones treated with creosote are not allowed to be sold.

wrote:
I want to build a raised flower bed in my garden using old railway
sleepers, does anyone know a reasonable supplier in the North West
preferably the Merseyside area.

Many Thanks.

Rick

Just be careful about buying sleepers from an ad in the paper. A
friend of mine bought some for a good price & they were delivered, as
promised, onto his drive quietly & very early in the morning while all
were asleep. The only problem was they were all concrete sleepers!
He'd never thought to ask...

Ho Hum

Barry.

wrote:
I want to build a raised flower bed in my garden using old railway
sleepers, does anyone know a reasonable supplier in the North West
preferably the Merseyside area.

http://www.railwaysleeper.com/

Martin wrote:
Being organic should rule out using old railway sleepers, which are
saturated in nasty chemicals.

There's that indeed. Heard of a story by a friend whose friends had
bought lots of sleepers to reconstruct their dining room ceilling. They
were very 'on hand' people and did it themselves. I don't know where
they got the sleepers from, but wihin a few days they wondered what the
smell was. Yep ... those sleepers smelt of pooh.

"La Puce" wrote in message
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Martin wrote:
Being organic should rule out using old railway sleepers, which are
saturated in nasty chemicals.

There's that indeed. Heard of a story by a friend whose friends had
bought lots of sleepers to reconstruct their dining room ceilling. They
were very 'on hand' people and did it themselves. I don't know where
they got the sleepers from, but wihin a few days they wondered what the
smell was. Yep ... those sleepers smelt of pooh.

I remember in the 50's and 60's a severe case of a serious illness in a
specific area, forgot what it was, and it was put down to the railway line
at the 'bottom of the gardens' and the toilets being flushed out. Remember
the signs? "Please do not flush the toilets whilst standing in a station"
Don't know what the trains are like now, not been on one for years, 20 or
even 30 years, but will be on one on Sunday when I go to a Service at
Westminster Abbey :-)) As President of the RAF Association I founded I have
had an invitation :-))

Mike


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www.rnshipmates.co.uk
www.nsrafa.com

Martin wrote:
and tar and creosote.

Not necessarily. I've built a new railway sleepers bed at the back of
my house. Got 2 sleepers, 7 quids each, untreated and new. Got them at
my local timber merchant, Moores on Upper Chorlton Road in Manchester.
If the OP fancy a ride from Merseyside, that's where I got mine. But
having them delivered is far easier )

http://cjoint.com/?jmnduMYMTl

Not northwest but they deliver anywhere http://www.railwaysleeper.com/

Martin wrote:
Not to where I live, which is within spitting distance of Jenny.

You live in Rotterdam? But Rick, the OP, lives in Merseyside, hence the
Manchester connection.

Nobody seems to sell old or new railway sleepers anymore in this part
of the world. I think the local railways are using concrete and not
wood.

Shame. If I come around to see Jenny, and perhaps sooner than I think,
then I could carry a couple in my van for you ... )

Martin wrote:
I can only spit at Jenny, not that I would, when there is a northerly
Force 12 gale blowing. I live fairly near the Keukenhof.

) Blow her a kiss for me then.

I'd prefer some boxes of Cahors :-)

Cahors?! Yurk - might as well buy wine in a plastic bottle. I'll bring
a 2001 Bordeaux Domaine de la Solitude. My goodness .... I can still
taste it ....

In reply to La Puce ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

Martin wrote:
I can only spit at Jenny, not that I would, when there is a northerly
Force 12 gale blowing. I live fairly near the Keukenhof.

o) Blow her a kiss for me then.

I'd prefer some boxes of Cahors :-)

Cahors?! Yurk - might as well buy wine in a plastic bottle. I'll bring
a 2001 Bordeaux Domaine de la Solitude. My goodness .... I can still
taste it ....

The French don't do it for me any more. The Rioja region, armed with a
several of billions of squid kindly donated to them by our nice Mr B.Liar,
are now well on the case. The vineyards there are marvellous, even though
their weather is just about the same as in the South of England. And now the
factories (bodegas?) are up to speed too ...

In reply to Sacha ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

On 12/9/06 15:21, in article , "Uncle
Marvo" wrote:

In reply to La Puce ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say
:

Martin wrote:
I can only spit at Jenny, not that I would, when there is a
northerly Force 12 gale blowing. I live fairly near the Keukenhof.

o) Blow her a kiss for me then.

I'd prefer some boxes of Cahors :-)

Cahors?! Yurk - might as well buy wine in a plastic bottle. I'll
bring a 2001 Bordeaux Domaine de la Solitude. My goodness .... I
can still taste it ....

The French don't do it for me any more. The Rioja region, armed with
a several of billions of squid kindly donated to them by our nice Mr
B.Liar, are now well on the case. The vineyards there are
marvellous, even though their weather is just about the same as in
the South of England. And now the factories (bodegas?) are up to
speed too ...

Try the Chilean Montes Alpha range one day.

I can't. I have a policy to only buy stuff which has done no significant
damage to the environment. Chilean is far too far away in terms of burning
carbon.

And I won't shop in TESCO because they are scumbags (JMHO of which I have
evidence should anyone want it).

On 12/9/06 15:21, in article , "Uncle Marvo"
wrote:

In reply to La Puce ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

Martin wrote:
I can only spit at Jenny, not that I would, when there is a northerly
Force 12 gale blowing. I live fairly near the Keukenhof.

o) Blow her a kiss for me then.

I'd prefer some boxes of Cahors :-)

Cahors?! Yurk - might as well buy wine in a plastic bottle. I'll bring
a 2001 Bordeaux Domaine de la Solitude. My goodness .... I can still
taste it ....

The French don't do it for me any more. The Rioja region, armed with a
several of billions of squid kindly donated to them by our nice Mr B.Liar,
are now well on the case. The vineyards there are marvellous, even though
their weather is just about the same as in the South of England. And now the
factories (bodegas?) are up to speed too ...

Try the Chilean Montes Alpha range one day.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/

Uncle Marvo wrote:
I can't. I have a policy to only buy stuff which has done no significant
damage to the environment.

Oh. Marry me!!!!

In reply to La Puce ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

Uncle Marvo wrote:
I can't. I have a policy to only buy stuff which has done no
significant damage to the environment.

Oh. Marry me!!!!

I can't. I've sworn never to be a bigamist again :-)

And the goat would be jealous.

Although it is only recently that I have become aware that the planet is
being wrecked, large, by all and sundry. I was investigating the demise of
British Industry at the time.