STEAM .APPRE.l'ITICE CLUB.......tiEWSLETTER ___.. ___ _
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Dear Apprentice, There is one r-eally go&d -pl~c,e -0f news f\n• -our fir.st i-ssue in .19:Bo, and that is that t.he Steam Apprent.-ice Club now has more than one huntlr-ed members - t-here w-er1' -one hundred and sev-en -of you en Mar-eh 21st. T:hat is a re-ally good number for ·&ur first y~ar, an<l I h-ope that tho.s.e -of' y:ou wh0se -subscrip'ti~ns are now due. far 198o will renew ·tnem qui~Jdy, ..
.. Our first real t!V~nt 'for appren'tic-e'8 • takes :olac4! o,n April l.2t.~.:; yon will find m()re d~tai ls la:t'er _in the . newsl!! tt.-er-. I .lo,e.k fi,r<aard .t-o m-e~:ting . you during the day if you are -aetuall.y ccminJ!. ·ri' ,you can~t g~t t,t:> Minster Levell 't,his time don 1 t wc,rey - we are h~ping to he .ab1>? t1;9 r,un s9me .m-ore sessions for apprerltice-s dm-ing t.:he y:ear,, in diT:f:erent. ;part.s of the c~untry. Wit.n luck., some 0f tilem will be a-t rallies. Ther'e rill be a full report. of eur first, •prefici-en:cy test.s' in the .June n.e.wsl.~t.t.e:r .. Easter
is
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the
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when engines.
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af'ter
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winter evernauls. So, in Ca$e •you -are 0ut ~arly with. yi,]1r camera thi~ year, I will give yc,u •advanc~ B.otic~ th8t t·here will b~ anothe-r photographic competiti,on. There will b~ classes f0r 'best engine' and 'be.st. rally' ph"G>tGs ! and .entries may be in eol~-ur or _black-and-white.,. .Again, full det.ails 1n June., but it isn 1 t ~o early t~ start taking p.ictares. (By t.be w,ay, the priz1's ~or the last cemp-e'titton sbould hav:e arriv·ed-by now; if Jenni:fer or Brian are still waiti-ng, ple.as-e would t.h~y 1-e't me mowl)
Since the last ~wslett~r there has been an import.ant chang.e in ~he list of Club o:ffic~rs,. Mr. Erie Fil.lmore is n&w ·tae Club Chairm~. Eri-c . bas been 1nv3lved rRith the Nati1:>nal Tra-ctll"Jn Engine t;lub -f:;r ·ma.n,y_years,, up the Steam Apprentice CJ..ub.• Esmond and is very keen to help build Kimbell, whose series 'Grewing Up With -St.eam' has 'bet?n running t-n t.he newsletter sine~ the first issue,· has alao jo.ined 'r,he eomm-ittee .. W.it.h so many members, we need more people to help wi tb. the c,-rganiirat.i~n-l • ~John Wharton is .stil.l Tr-easur~r, Sylvia Bt!rth-Jones is still ?in:embe:rship Secretary t and I am still t.h~ Edit.or, so t:hing.s haven'ft -changed t.Qo mu-en. Best wishes
f~r a good steam seas~n,
Yours sincerely,
• ~4/?~itv~ Margaret Joachim,
S.O.S.
Editor.
OVERALLS!
One c,f our members has written te ask where he can g(:!t overalls in small sizes. Most bGiler suits and overalls are made f'or adults enly, so it can be a preblem. If anyone knows where small ones can be bought, please let me know, so that Qur member can·get prC!)perly kitted-out.
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