Meetings
All FrOPS meetings are open to the general public and are free to attend - it is not necessary to be a member to attend one of our meetings!
Meeting dates, key information, location and venue details are available below.
Meeting dates for 2022:
Meeting dates, key information, location and venue details are available below.
Meeting dates for 2022:
- Tuesday, 29 March - 7:00pm at Christ Church, Liverpool Road, Eccles
- Other meeting dates, including AGM, TBC
About Friends of Patricroft Station Meetings
- Four public meetings are held four times per year, including the Annual General Meeting - open to members, volunteers, media and members of the public.
- Meetings are usually on a Thursday evening, commencing at 7pm, and the meeting room is usually available approximately 15 minutes before the start of the meeting.
- Meetings are usuLly held at a public meeting room in Patricroft: Eccles Firestation (the building is in Patricroft) - location and venue details below.
Friends of Patricroft Station regularly hold public meetings, which are open for all to attend. We encourage and welcome anyone with an interest in rail services at Patricroft station to attend.
Representatives from the rail and transport industry usually attend our meetings - representatives from Northern Rail and Transport for Greater Manchester frequently attend - and often present details of forthcoming service developments, and answer questions from our members.
Most recently, we have heard presentations from Northern Rail, Network Rail, Transport for Greater Manchester, and FRECCLES (Friends of Eccles Station - our associate organization from the next stop along the line).
Meetings are held four times per year, including an Annual General Meeting, and commence at 7:00pm. The meeting venue is Eccles Fire Station - which is on Liverpool Road in Patricroft, a few minutes walk from Patricroft station (see below). It is usually possible to gain access to the meeting room from approximately 6:45pm.
Please see below for further details of venue location.
About the Meeting Venue
Meetings are held at Eccles Fire Station (please note: Eccles Fire Station is in Patricroft!), in the Community Meeting Room.
This meeting venue is accessed from the back of the Fire Station, via the main courtyard to the rear of the Fire Station building, from New Street, which is off Green Lane, Patricroft. There is a ramp access to the right-hand side of the courtyard, and a security-controlled access door - please knock (firmly!) to gain access / wave through the window / call us, etc!
Meetings are held at Eccles Fire Station (please note: Eccles Fire Station is in Patricroft!), in the Community Meeting Room.
This meeting venue is accessed from the back of the Fire Station, via the main courtyard to the rear of the Fire Station building, from New Street, which is off Green Lane, Patricroft. There is a ramp access to the right-hand side of the courtyard, and a security-controlled access door - please knock (firmly!) to gain access / wave through the window / call us, etc!
ADDRESS & MAP - Eccles Fire Station
288 Liverpool Road Eccles Manchester M30 0RZ (www.manchesterfire.gov.uk) DIRECTIONS - on foot from Patricroft station: If arriving by train at Patricroft station, then from leaving the station, bear left (heading south) along Green Lane, follow the road, crossing Cromwell Road, until you reach a junction with a set of pedestrian lights at King Edward Street and Waterslea. Beyond this point there is a blind bend further along Green Lane, along which approaching road traffic is fequently busy, especially around peak travelling times. In order to cross the road ahead of the blind bend further along Green Lane, therefore, FrOPS recommend using the pedestrian crossing at the junction of Waterslea and King Edward Street. Continue following the road along Green Lane, turning right on to New Street, which runs along the rear of Eccles Fire Station. Entering the Fire Station courtyard/car park, you will see a pedestrian ramp on the right-hand side: this is the entrance for the public meeting room - "you have reached your destination" ! PARKING: Visitor car parking is available on site at Eccles Fire Station, and is accessed from New Street. Please ensure that you park in one of the visitor spaces on the left as you enter the car park. Nb. Fire appliances do not usually use this area during our meeting times! |
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2020-2021 - No public meetings held due to response to global pandemic.
[ Nb. From 2019, all meetings will be held at 7pm ]
Dates of meetings held in 2019:
- Thursday, 14 February - 7:00pm
- Thursday, 9 May - 7:00pm
- Thursday, 8 August - 7:00pm
- Thursday, 14 November - 7:00pm - Annual General Meeting
Dates of Previous Meetings held in 2018
- Thursday, 8 February - 6:30pm
- Thursday, 10 May - 6:30pm
- Thursday, 9 August - 6:30pm
- Thursday, 8 November - 7:00pm - Annual General Meeting
Dates of Previous Meetings held in 2017
- Thursday, 9 February - 6:30pm
- Thursday, 11 May - 6:30pm
- Thursday, 10 August - 6:30pm
- Thursday, 9 November - 7:00pm - Annual General Meeting
Dates of Previous Meetings held in 2016
- Thursday 4 February 2016
- Thursday 12 May 2016
- Thursday 11 August 2016
- Thursday 10 November 2016 - Annual General Meeting
Dates of Previous Meetings held in 2015
- Thursday 12 February 2015
- Thursday 14 May 2015
- Thursday 13 August 2015
- Thursday 12 November 2015 - Annual General Meeting
Dates of Previous Meetings held in 2014
- Thursday 13th February 2014, 6:30pm
- Thursday 8th May 2014, 6:30pm
- Thursday 14th August 2014, 6:30pm
- Thursday, 13 November 2014, 7pm - Annual General Meeting
Dates of Previous Meetings held in 2013
- Thursday 7th February 2013, 6:30pm
- Thursday 9th May 2013, 6:30pm
- Thursday 8th August 2013, 6:30pm
- Thursday 14th November 2013 (AGM), 7:00pm