OVER 16 PHOTO COMPETITION
Two of the winning photos by James Bailey.
Front cover: Yorkshire Steam Wagon Company No. 117, built 1905, reg. no. CA 170 ‘Denby Maiden’ is one of a handful of Yorkshire-built wagons left in the world. Rebuilt from a bare chassis in 1973 by Tom Varley. Photograph by Richard Warren.
STEAM APPRENTICE CLUB
Editor
Nanette Durling, 19 Mill Lane, Barton under Needwood, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire DE13 8HE
Tel: 01283 712818 sac.raisingsteam@ntet.co.uk
President
John Durling, 19 Mill Lane, Barton under Needwood, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire DE13 8HE
Chairman
Kevin Munn, 56 Blacklands Drive, Hayes, Middlesex Tel: 020 8573 9180 sac.chairman@ntet.co.uk
Vice Chairman
Elaine Massey, 21 Down Close, Northolt, Middlesex UB5 6NS Tel: 020 8248 6570 elainermassey@ntlworld.com
Membership Secretary
John Cook, Dolfarni, Church Lane, Kirkby la Thorpe, Sleaford, Lincolnshire NG34 9NU. Correspondence only. Membership fee £7.50 per annum.
Webmaster
Nick Bosworth, 9A St Wilfred’s Road, West Hallam, Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7 6HG Tel: 01159 309868 sac.webmaster@ntet.co.uk
SAC Co-ordinators
Emily Drury ecdrury@hotmail.co.uk
Matthew Lund Tel: 01329 832462 matt.lund@engineer.com
Kevin Lawrence Tel: 01229 838144 k.lawrence@dsl.pipex.com
Barry Sumsion Tel: 01633 671798 barrysumsion@gmail.com
FROM THE EDITOR
Hi everyone, first of all I would like to thank those of you that wished us well on our wedding day on June 20th. The day went really well, it even stopped raining just in time for me to arrive at the venue. We were pleased to see many of our steam friends there as well as our families. We even had coal on the tables as the centre decorations. We must thank Chris Forbes for his lovely card received on the morning of our wedding; I only shed a small tear. I hope that you all like it too.
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The SAC 30th birthday weekend at Old Warden the weekend after our big day was fantastic. The weather was great, a few flashes of lightning on the Saturday night but no rain, we were lucky. There were plenty of engines available for the many apprentices that attended. At this point I would like to thank all the engine drivers that gave up their time to give all the apprentices such a wonderful weekend. There was a SAC 30th birthday cake in the marquee on the Sunday afternoon; I must admit I have never seen such a huge birthday cake. All the apprentices were presented with a piece when they collected their certificates, then it was all the adults’ turn, and still there was some left over.
John and I did our trips to the Masham and Flookburgh rallies. Once again we didn’t get on to the rally field at Masham due to serious rain, but we did get up to the town on the Saturday night. It was www.ntet.co.uk/sac3
really nice to see all the public out to wish us well and enjoy watching us all gather in the square. Because we could not get on the field with the other engines that had turned up before the downpour, we had to spend the weekend, along with several other engines, steaming in the yard opposite belonging to Flo Granger’s caravan park. Thank you Flo for letting us all take over your caravan park, your holidaymakers seemed to enjoy the added attraction of the steam rally being both sides of the road. Flookburgh rally was a little drier with just rain on the Sunday morning. The apprentices enjoyed their SAC day on the Friday. Having the chance to drive the engines before the public came in on the Saturday gave the apprentices more chance to enjoy driving up and down the disused runway. Thank you Tim for allowing us this day each year at your rally for the SAC.
Well now to the Dorset Steam Fair. It rained; we slipped and skidded our way round the site. We had to disappoint apprentices on a few occasions due to no engine movement, but the tutorials we gave on some engines during the bad weather seemed to be a success. There are still a few rallies left this year so I hope you all enjoy yourselves.
Nanette Durling, Editor
CHAIRMAN’S BIT
Well as I write this I am just back from a rather wet Great Dorset Steam Fair, but more on that and other matters later.
Firstly a couple of ‘Parish notices’. From January 1st 2010 the membership fee will increase to £10 per year. Increasing costs, steam coal and printing of the magazine to name but two has brought this about. I hope you and your family still regard this as good value and will continue to be members of the club.
Secondly, a couple of engine owners have been speaking to me regarding overalls which have zips in them, especially on the back pockets. These could and have caused scratching on engine paintwork. So, I would ask if you are using these type of overalls or are considering buying overalls with zips in them you get more conventional overalls which maybe don’t have any back pockets at all or have push studs or buttons instead which wouldn’t be in direct contact with whatever you sit or rub against.
This next bit is for our older apprentices. If you are now fairly experienced on an engine as demonstrated by entries in your log book, how would you feel about having a go on an engine doing ‘work’? I am thinking of operating an engine whilst it is driving, maybe a stone crusher or a plough, both of which would give you a new and different experience. Let me know as soon as possible so that something could be set up for next season.
So, back to Dorset. As maybe you have already read on the website, it was rather wet on most days of the event which led to frustration for both engine drivers and those apprentices alike who came along. Indeed some days engine movement didn’t happen until the late afternoon when the ground had dried sufficiently so that engines didn’t slip and slide. For those of you who had to go to school, maybe it wasn’t such a bad place to be after all!
For those of you who did attend I thank you for your understanding that things didn’t always happen as we would have liked. Having said that, again we had some good entries for all the competitions, which were judged by Chris Wells who did the drawing for the colouring competition, Keith Honour on whose organ the model was based, and John Reeves the photographer from Vintage Spirit. They were certainly impressed by what they saw as they took quite a time over each section debating who would win. Prizewinners’ entries can be seen elsewhere in this magazine and on the website.
It is now near the end of the season so I hope you can all find something ‘steamy’ to do over the winter period. Let us know what you get up to or maybe what you would like to do. If you don’t use your club you’ll lose it.
Although it may be a couple of months to Christmas when you get this magazine may I, on behalf of all on the SAC committee, wish you a Happy Christmas and a steam filled new year.
Kevin Munn, Chairman
WEBSITE SURVEY
Nick Bosworth, our Webmaster, has had a questionnaire on the website asking whether you prefer to receive this magazine in paper or electronic format. Here are the results you sent in:-
Raising Steam questionnaire on the website –31 replies so far.
7 chose ‘I would prefer to receive Raising Steam through the post as I do now.’
4 chose ‘I would prefer to receive Raising Steam via e-mail and NOT through the post.’
4 chose ‘I would prefer to receive Raising Steam via e-mail AND through the post.’
16 chose ‘I would prefer to receive Raising Steam through the post as I do now, but also have a copy to download from the website.’
Some of the comments received from the questionnaire.
“Its nice to have hard copies lying around the house to look at when you have an odd moment...Oliver likes to horde them up in his bedroom. E-mail versions would tend to exclude the younger, not computer literate members from getting full value from the content. It also creates more family interest, hard copies are far more tactile”
“I haven’t got the internet at home, so it would be awkward if it was via the internet.”
“Brilliant magazine”
“I would prefer to keep the Raising Steam as a paper copy because that way it doesn’t take up space on your computer but also you can look at it in years to come like Nanette mentions in her write-up in the 30th Anniversary special. Plus you can show it to other people wherever you are.”
“I like reading Raising Steam in the car on long a journey or in the lounge. As I don’t have a laptop I can’t read it again and how am I going to enter the colouring competition?”
“I have many steam related collections and these magazines are my pride and joy. It would be a bit difficult but you could send the printed mag to people who want it like that and the e-mag to the people who want it on email.”
“I think when I get the Raising Steam mag it comes late in the month, I think it should be a bit earlier please. Thanks”
“I like to get a copy through the post but it would be good to be able to download as I sometimes lose it and then want to go back to an article.”
Editor’s note –Thanks to all those who took the trouble to respond to this questionnaire. It’s only by things like this that we know what you want.
KATE’S NEW FIREBOX
by Kevin Munn
Last year I started to write about the removal of the firebox in my Aveling & Porter E type roller of 1926. The story now continues:-I decided the first thing I would do was take off all those parts which could be both easily removed and handled by myself. As you can see from the photos there are many different pieces varying in size and weight, can you recognise any of them now they are not in their normal place on an engine?
Now my engine isn’t the cleanest of engines, it is what you might call a ‘working engine’ and that certainly has helped in keeping nuts and bolts rust free so that they came apart relatively easily. In fact so far I have only suffered two nuts shearing or breaking on their studs.
Once I had taken off all those parts I was left with some really heavy bits to take off. At this point I decided to alter direction just to have a change. I decided to take the tubes out that go between the firebox and the front tubeplate/smoke box. Now there are many different ways of doing this. I decided to reach through the manhole on the barrel, cut through the tubes, waggle them around to loosen them before pulling or knocking them out. As you can see in the photos I had 31 tubes to remove which took me about 8 hours. I was quite surprised at the condition of the tubes in that they were still quite thick. I have had the engine for 6 years and how long they had been in before that I don’t know. Indeed it was a shame to have to remove them, as I am sure they could have lasted many years more.
I have now reached a stage where the big bits had to be removed. I am talking about the flywheel, crankshaft, wheels and tender. To get the flywheel off I first had to remove the nut and bolt which ‘stopped’ the wedge that holds the flywheel in place on the crankshaft. As far as I know this will be the first time the flywheel has been off since being put on the crankshaft in 1926. To help the situation I soaked the keyway and key in diesel and penetrating oil over several weeks. Well how did it go?.....To be continued.
SAC 30TH –A VIEW FROM TWO PERSPECTIVES
by Alistair Cook, SAC 4542
After much deliberation and discussion my Dad agreed to take our 4” scale Garrett to this year’s SAC driving weekend at Old Warden, Bedfordshire. It was to prove a very sound decision and gave me the opportunity to share my experience and knowledge with the younger members of our club. We walked some miles round the field over the two days, my Dad particularly as he supervised me instructing the other apprentices and then instructed the apprentices when I took the opportunity to steer/drive the full size engines. I had the best of both worlds, having given what was probably the youngest apprentice a circuit of the field (she sat on her Dad’s lap), her Dad gave me two circuits of tuition on boiler management. The owner of a 10 ton Aveling roller, he was well qualified to suggest some minor changes to my own techniques and enabled me to get even better performance from our engine –what the event is all about.
Our next door neighbours for the weekend included an apprentice called Declan and his cousin Danielle. Declan had joined the SAC at last year’s Great Dorset Steam Fair and
this was his first hands-on experience with steam. Because of his close proximity he was able to get involved with the lighting up and disposal of our Garrett as well as driving and all that that entails. By the time we left on Sunday, Declan was confidently driving the engine with little to no guidance from me.
One of the highlights of Saturday morning was a ride in the cab of the newly restored Sentinel S4 steam wagon in ‘Castle’ livery. The top-fed boiler was difficult to fire when stationary and almost impossible when on the move. A new and very exciting experience. It was a wonderfully warm summer evening when we arrived at the Beer/Party tent. I took the Garrett and parked it between a showman’s engine and an Aveling and Porter tractor. The latter turned out to be John Durling’s (our president) who, it transpired, was there with his wife of a week Nanette (they were on honeymoon, now there’s commitment). Nanette is the Editor of this magazine. We talked and drank, nothing stronger than a shandy for me, until ‘quite late’. When lightning flashes lit the sky, thunder clapped and the inevitable large rain drops started to sizzle and hiss on the engine, we made a dash in the dark to base. The fire was raked through the bars, the engine sheeted over and we retired to the relative comfort of the caravan (one of my Dad’s eBay moments but that’s another story) for hot drinks and a good night’s sleep.
Sunday morning brought the delights of breakfast cooked on the shovel in the firebox. In the interests of cleaning and lighting up the Garrett, Declan and I forwent the cooking experience and opted for a fully plated up offering later in the tent. With more driving and steering, including an opportunity to try my hand at the driving course, the rest of the day flew by. Certificates were awarded, photo calls attended and the party began to break up with the drivers and their steeds heading for home.
The weekend was a total success thanks to the organisational skills of our hosts, The Bedford Steam Engine Preservation Society and all the engine owners. Tired and dirty we headed for home, one of the last to leave, having renewed old acquaintances and made new friends. Can’t wait for next year!
Dear Editor,
On the 27th to the 28th of June we went to the traction engine rally at Shuttleworth. We have been going for six years but this year we stayed overnight which meant we got to have breakfast cooked on the engines.
My brothers (Hamish and Angus) wanted to have their breakfast of vegetarian sausages cooked on John Durling’s engine Morning Star, which he very kindly did for them.
As it was one of the steam apprentice’s birthday, his mum had provided over 100 party bags so everyone got one when they went up to get their certificate. There was also a cake for the 30th anniversary of the Steam Apprentice Club, which had over a hundred pieces and was half as big as our kitchen table, which is very big!
This year there were two unusual engines. One was a steam powered fire pump and the other was an orange coal lorry. I also met a man who had been on one of my favourite television programmes, Scrapheap Challenge, four times. I saw him on the one about drag racing.
My favourite engine was the smallest one there apart from the Mamods. A man called David had rebuilt it over the winter. I rode on it as many times as he would let me! I went on almost all of the engines doing either steering or power, or both.
I liked the camping. At 10 o’clock me and my brothers went out to watch the band but got distracted and decided to start doing roly-polys down the big hill. Then my brother, Angus, noticed some bees chasing everybody around. We ran away down the hill but we went back up and did it again and again.
On Sunday morning, I went to one of the small blue engines and cleaned out the fire box, then got it going. The engine ended up very clean after I polished it but my face didn’t look so good! Thanks to all of the drivers and everyone involved, I had lots of fun.
I really enjoyed the Shuttleworth rally this year. This was the first year we camped overnight and stayed both days. On Sunday morning I helped start one of the engines. It was a Foster tractor, works No. 12509, which was built in 1910. Breakfast was made in the engines that had big enough fireboxes.
There were varied sizes and types of steam engines. I got to drive and steer the engines and, with the little ones, I did both. For the first time I went into the middle bit where I got to try reversing between some cones and reversing up to a trailer. It was quite hard because it was difficult to judge how much to steer. The weather was good most of the time and it only rained a bit in the night but my mum’s tent still leaked. I look forward to coming back next year for more of the same. All the drivers were kind and I enjoyed it a lot.
Angus McLuskie (11 years old).
I learnt a lot at the Shuttleworth traction engine rally this year. As I hadn’t driven a traction engine for a year, I’d almost forgotten everything. So I was daunted by the task of going around an obstacle course on John Durling’s engine Morning Star on my own because I thought I might crash it and I didn’t really want to know how much money it’s worth! But I found my inner strength and tried to remember everything he told me about how to use his engine. I am very grateful to him for the time and effort he has put in to teach me how to drive, along with all of the other owners who made the rally what it was this year. Great!
Hamish McLuskie (12 years old)
Dear Editor, Steam apprentice weekend 27th-28th June 2009
Saturday 27th June
I woke up at 7.30am, had a quick breakfast got changed into new overalls and went over to the line up of engines and found myself cleaning an engine called Bertha. I really enjoyed cleaning out the tubes considering it took me and my friend Nathan about ½ hour to do all the tubes.
Now the dirty work! All of the soot my friend and I had scooped out of the tubes into the smoke box had to be brushed onto a spade. We then cleaned all of the brass and had to wait for the pressure. So we moved onto the Maskell’s steam bus, and then waited for the pressure to build up on that.
Now the driving can begin. I drove about 12 engines including some miniatures. At about 1pm we had lunch, jacket potato with cheese and beans, it was very nice. After lunch there was a lot more driving.
We then had our presentation of certificates and we each got a piece of cake (yum, yum) to celebrate the 30th year anniversary of the club.
At the end of the day my friend and I went to see the Mamods being steamed. I then had a BBQ with my family for tea. Later in the evening we went to see the band, it was really cool! I went to bed really late. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Sunday 28th June
I woke early to do some work on John Boy, the new Foster. The tubes on that were MUCH easier. Then it was time to cook breakfast. Everything cooked really well on the engine, this was my favourite bit. We cooked bacon and sausages and attempted one egg, it turned out well.
More driving was done. Then we packed up and went home for a BIG bath. It was an excellent but tiring weekend. Thank you to all the engine owners, BSEPS and SAC for organising it.
Edward Morrow aged 11 12www.ntet.co.uk/sac
Dear Editor,
About 3 weeks ago I was at an Antique Fair in Winchester and came across what appeared to be an unopened envelope containing a mysterious object. This envelope was stamped with a 10th Anniversary THE GREAT WORKING OF STEAM ENGINES. Postmarked the 23rd September 1978 from Stourpaine Bushes, Blandford, Dorset. I wasn’t sure whether or not to open the envelope to see what was concealed inside. Eventually I did and to my delight it was an original ‘The Great Working of Steam Engines’ advertisement poster from 1978 –The 10th anniversary show.
Dear Editor,
I was very thrilled to find this and just wanted to tell the steam world of this find.
Last weekend I went to the Bill Target Rally at Winchester. It was great but very wet. Here is a photograph of the poster.
Brad Evans aged 13, Eastleigh SAC 4112
For my 13th birthday I was given a Wilesco Steam Roller Kit. It took me 3 weeks to build because there were a few problems with the cylinder, but I was happy with the result. I have attached some pictures of when me and my friend had a double steaming. It was a lot of fun.
Brad
Evans, Eastleigh SAC 4112
Editor’s note. Brad, thanks for sending two letters. Keep up the good work. We hope to use some more of your pictures later.
Dear Editor,
We are writing this letter as parents of our daughter Kate who has learning difficulties and a visual impairment. She has been a Steam Apprentice since 2003 and has just attended the 30th anniversary weekend at Old Warden. She will be 21 in October. We have been going to Old Warden since 2004, after writing to Paul Worbey to see if Kate would manage, his reply was there will always be somebody to help her and he has been right.
On her first year of going she was very unsure, shy and withdrawn, she made a beeline for Maskells 6 inch Foden bus and the driver Gary explained to her what to do. She rode around in the back and tried steering and driving until lunch time on Saturday without us being with her which she had never done before. After lunch we tried to get her on a full size engine but she said they were too big for her. We got talking to Steve Grimes, the owner of an Aveling & Porter steam roller No. 10269 and eventually between us we got
her on the back with her Dad in the coal tender and two other Apprentices, David and Tom who encouraged her to try steering. In the end they lifted her up onto the footplate and made her do it and she really enjoyed herself for the rest of the afternoon, with Steve becoming her best mate.
The next day she went on Maskells Fowler agricultural engine Lord of the Isles No. 14012 with Keith and Pete where she helped light up the engine and cook the breakfast on the shovel which she thought was great fun, again these two drivers encouraged her to get on the footplate and steer.
After the first year Kate was so tired she went home in her overalls still covered in coal and oil and she was fast asleep before we left Old Warden.
Every year we have seen an improvement in her confidence, especially as she got to know some of the engine drivers and owners.
With this being Kate’s last year as an official Steam Apprentice we, as her parents, would recommend the SAC to anybody, as the people involved are so friendly and helpful, that if it can build confidence in a youngster with disabilities it is a good club for all young people.
Kate has now purchased her own engine a 3 inch Burrell traction engine, and this weekend (4th July) she is taking it to her college fete with Dad as her mate. Kate’s visual impairment means she can never have a driving licence and will always need supervision.
We would like to say a BIG thank you to the many engine drivers who have helped Kate over the years and to Paul Worbey and the Bedford Steam Society for giving her the opportunity to do things she would not normally be able to do and also thank the SAC for encouraging youngsters to take part in such an interesting activity.
Howard & Su Cleal
Dear Editor,
Just a letter to let you know what I have been doing. I have just joined Peterborough Model Engineering Society. They had their annual rally at Sacrewell Farm on the 18-19th July, which I attended with my 2” Clayton steam lorry. I won the Roy Mosley Challenge Cup for the best driven steam engine/lorry. I am very pleased with this as there were 61 engines to compete with and it was the first rally I have attended with my engine.
Luke Geeves age 14 Lincolnshire
P.S. I was taught to drive by Bedfordshire Steam Engine Preservation Society at their driving weekends.
THE SUN SHINES DOWN ON THE BEST SHOW AT DUNCOMBE
by Richard Warren SAC 4514
The 4th-5th of July was the great Yorkshire traction engine club’s rally and was the third time we were there as exhibitors. The past couple of years have been very wet and we deserved a good year, and this year was the year. There was a sum total of 45 full sized engines including a few of new exhibits to the area and rally fields in the north.
1. Burrell No. 2789 The President having recently come out of a major overhaul and rebuild.
2. Garrett 4CD No. 33486 of 1919 Queen of Great Britain, was recently sold and came into the hands of Peter Turner. It was sold new to Browning Bros. of Stonehouse Glos. Then in 1921 went and worked in showland by John Coles flying chairoplanes.
3. Fowler road loco Phoenix built from bits acquired over the years by J. Smith at its first ever traction engine rally.
For our Robey portable we had just bought a small bentall roller mill to roll barley for cattle feed, to demonstrate what they would have done in days gone by. Ours worked in a quarry so it would have worked a stone crusher or cutter most likely.
Saturday evening there was a run down the town and a chance for the engine men to try out some of the local beverages and chips! Sunday was the time to test The President’s strength by having a heavy haulage demonstration.
Overall this was the best rally we attended as exhibitors, and the club made good profit making up for the loss of last year.
NEW APPRENTICES
Lucian Amette, Essendon. Charlie Atkins, Bagshot. Yasmin Barber, Chelmsford. Robert Barber, Chelmsford. Kieran Barnett, Surbiton. Georga Barton, E. Sussex. Alan Beech, Evesham. Thomas Blake, Herts. J. Bousfield, Penrith. Benjamin Bradshaw, Essex. Grace Brighty, Newmarket. Matthew Brewster, Dunstable. Jamie Brock, Hitchin. Claire Brookes, St Austell.
Callum Buchanan, Leighton Buzzard.
Matilda Burbury, Herts. Greg Bushnell, Whitbourne. Marcus Carr, Swindon. Thomas Cartmell, Preston. Thomas Carver, Rustington. George Carver, Rustington.
Ryan Casey, Weymouth. Adam Curtis, Boston. Alex Darcy, Bassinebourn.
Jessie Dephley, Flamstead. Ryan Dephley, Flamstead. Daniel Dickerson, Stretton. Ben Dixon, Henlow. Christopher Doherty, Romsey. Andrew Eansworth, Kent. Jack Dyson, Ely. Adam Everitt, Suffolk. Gemma Emberson, Hayle. James Gosling, S. Yorkshire. Alex Galloway, Surrey. Scott Galloway, Surrey. Guy Gilliat, Driffield. Rebecca Gilliat, Driffield. Jack Gooding, Doncaster. Ryan Gooding, Doncaster. Amber Grant, Poole. Cameron Gray, Lethworth. Robert Gregory, Matlock.
Juliet Gumede. Stamshaw.
Solomon Gumede, Stamshaw.
Charlotte Hancock, Rugby.
Edward Hancock, Rugby.
Elizbeth Haward, Ely.
Katherine Haward, Ely.
George Hayes, Taunton.
Ryan Hickson, Sandy.
Holly Hull, Wiltshire.
Kieron Husband, Wallingford.
Kielan James, Newquay.
Reece Jewell, Lancing.
Sam Jewell, Guildford.
Maxwell Kendall, Rotherfield.
Dexter Kent, Bucks.
David King, Heathfield.
Charlie Lallow, I.O.W.
Ellie Lawrence, Liphook.
Alexandra Lee, Beds. Thomas Loader, Dorset.
Matthew McCullum, Bucks.
Eva McGarrity, Herts.
Jack Marples, Penistone.
Jack Masters, Dorset.
Joshua Money, Cheshire.
Joshua Morgan, Bedford.
Ben Nicholas, Frome. Tom Parrish, Beds.
Martin Parsons, Norfolk. Dominic Peakman, Wolverampton.
Patrick Stevens, Surrey.
Alex Robertson, Suffolk. Alexandra Robson, Hexham. Jack Robson, Hexham.
Rowena Sears, Bordon.
Thomas Rushton, Southport.
Joshua Sandow, Hayle.
Rebecca Seddon, Whitchurch.
Chantelle Sidey, Cambs.
Rosemary Sharpe, Bristol.
Hannah Shaw, Rugely.
Alice Shergold, Southampton.
Ben Stanley, Cheltenham.
Laurence Stant, I.O.W.
Isaac Stares, Ely.
Adam Stepney, I.O.W.
Elizabeth Skidmore, Headley. Sam Smith, Salisbury.
Richard Snowdon, Darlington.
Josh Thorley, Crewe.
Roland Twelftree, Birmingham. Elic Wales, Ross-on-Wye.
Daniel Welsh, Dorset.
Marc Williams, E. Sussex.
R. Winter, I.O.W.
CHRISTMAS IS COMING!
What present would you like?
Ask someone to give you a voucher for the NTET Driving Course on 8/9 May 2010 at Astwood Bank. Steam Apprentices (age 13-15) £58.75, (age 16 – 21) £88.12 for the two days.
DISCOUNT of 15% If you pay for 2 years at the same time
Contact Tony Seddon at:The View, Fenns Bank, Bronington, Whitchurch, Shropshire SY13 3PE Or Tel: 01948 780599
Back cover: Photograph by Richard Warren –see Richard’s letter on page 17.
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