Bookings have opened for this years Santa Specials. We will be open on the evenings of Saturday 9th and Saturday 16th December. Please get in touch to secure your space as availability is limited.
Bookings Open for Santa Specials
A Boring* Volunteer Saturday
Following two test holes drilled the preceeding Wednesday, volunteers set to work on Saturday installing the rail fixings along the sides of our new inspection / ash pit. Drilling a 24mm (almost an inch) hole 200mm (8 inches) deep into
BLYTH Enamel Badge
Now available at Steamworks and in our online shop, a lovely quality enable badge featuring BLYTH in her Great Eastern Blue livery. The badge is approximately 40mm by 25mm and has a safety pin style back. These will become a
Tracking Progress
A major project that is well underway at Steamworks is our combined inspection and ash pit. This lies outside the engine shed on the southern most road and is essential for the maintenance of Blyth. With the hole dug, a
Boggies
We took delivery this week of two new 7¼ inch gauge sprung bogies from Miniature Railway Workshop for our three seat miniature railway coach. Many of you will not have see this coach as the unsprung bogies it was built
Warm day for the volunteers
On a warm day for the volunteers the recently re-gilded weather vane was returned to the top of the entrance gateway flag pole. A little more electrical work was completed in the cafe whilst other volunteers worked on shining up
Volunteer Day – Saturday 4th March
All Just a little reminder that there will be folk on site at Steamworks from 10am this Saturday who will welcome volunteers old or new who are interested in helping the Trust in any way. Our public open days commence
Happy New Year
OK, I am a few days early, but the sentiment is the same. We would like to thank everyone who visited us in 2022 and look forward to welcoming all visitors in 2023. Our planned open days for 2023 can
Santa Specials – Call for Volunteers
Bookings for our Santa Specials on 10th and 17th December are going well, the 17th is almost fully booked but there are still spaces available on the 10th. Please ring 01502 725422 during office hours Tuesday to Friday to check
Change at the top
Following the AGM and Board meetings held over the weekend of 19th and 20th November the Directors are pleased to announce the appointment of John Bennett as Trust President with Nick Evans taking over as Chairman in addition to his