The top picture shows the Annual Lunch at Southwold Golf Club before the AGM at the Picture Palace on November 10th. Excellent food and a really good time. The AGM went well later followed by a steamy film. That sort
November 10th etc
October 31st 2018
The last Wednesday workday at Blyth Road. I am often overwhelmed by the skills of our volunteers and here is Dave North with a tractor lifting tray he has made to help with the moving of ballast and topsoil around
October 2018
The top photo show the Southwold Cub Scout visit on Monday evening, 1st October. After a talk by Oliver on the workings of steam locomotives, there was just enough light to run rides and ice cream was provided. We hope
Founders’ Day, 29th September 2018
Some photos taken at Founders’ Day on Saturday 29th September. A buffet in the Cafe of our newly plastered Station (and note the proper china) and some steam rides with Oliver and Robin A good do. We will have Open
September 26th, 2018. Wednesday working at Blyth Road
A really lovely day today and various jobs going on at the Blyth Road site. At the top John Barber and crew building the lean-to shed on the side of the Station for the BVLR locos and rolling stock. Also
18th September, 2018
My picture is 98 year old Mrs Mary Middlebrook in a beach hut at Southwold last week. Mary travelled on the Southwold Railway in the 1920s when her family used to come on holiday, nearly every year, to Southwold, travelling
At the Middy Gala – 8th and 9th Sept
Here is Bob Mole and I at theTrust stand in the station at the Mid Suffolk Railway Gala weekend at Rockford. Also the finger of the man who took the picture for us! Great event and glad to be there.
John Barber’s birthday at Steamworks
The “Ukes of Southwold”, a ukulele band of which he is a member, playing for the guests at John Barber’s birthday party on Saturday 15th September. He is on the far left on that first picture taken from the Boardroom
Steamworks – end of the season
Here is our new Planet electric locomotive from Maxitrak. Many thanks to Alex Probyn for getting iy sorted out for us so quickly to get us out of trouble when our little petrol engine died. Entered service on Wednesday last
Steamworks – 11.8.18
Whew! It has been so hot and hectic I have not had a chance to post a blog since we opened on July 14th, I am very grateful to Keith Warren for providing these great photographs, of which some more