 The 2nd Lord Gretton installed the Stapleford Miniature Railway at Stapleford Park in 1958 which operated until 1982.The railway was mothballed when the park closed, but during the 1990s the FSMR friends supporting group was formed and the railway restored under the stewardship of Lady Gretton who is now president of the FSMR.Gretton became President of LOROS (a charity providing hospice care in Leicestershire) in 1999 with the railway opening twice yearly since 1995 in support of the hospice.