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Blyth Valley Light Railway

End of the Rainbow

End of the Rainbow

  John Bennett 30.11.19

John Bennett November 30, 2019March 27, 2020 Blyth Valley Light Railway Read more

End of November 2019

End of November 2019

          John Bennett 25.11.19

John Bennett November 25, 2019March 27, 2020 Blyth Valley Light Railway, Carriage Restoration, Steamworks Project Read more

John Barber’s 93rd Birthday, 14th Sept 2019

John Barber’s 93rd Birthday, 14th Sept 2019

Great to celebrate John Barber’s birthday.       John Bennett 30.9.19

John Bennett September 30, 2019March 27, 2020 Blyth Valley Light Railway Read more

Founders’ Day, Saturday 21st September

JUST TO ADVERTISE THIS FOR NEXT SATURDAY. THE SOUTHWOLD RAILWAY STEAMWORKS  SITE WILL BE OPEN AND THERE WILL BE RIDES ON THE BVLR AND AFTERNOON TEA AT  3PM IN THE STATION CAFE  (FREE FOR MEMBERS}   John Bennett  17.9.19

John Bennett September 17, 2019March 27, 2020 Blyth Valley Light Railway, Steamworks Project Read more

August 2019

August 2019

A new blog at last – sorry, it has been very busy here. We have had over 2,500 visitors to Steamworks so far this summer and sold over 1,000 tickets for the BVLR.   All aboard!       John

John Bennett August 23, 2019March 27, 2020 Blyth Valley Light Railway, Steamworks Project Read more

Saturday, 15th June, 2019

Saturday, 15th June, 2019

Another great Open Day at Steamworks. This is Jack, visiting with his owner, impersonating the dog from the old His Master’s Voice advertisements (I think it was called Nipper). That is Oliver’s wind-up gramophone, of course, which is now a

John Bennett June 17, 2019June 17, 2019 Blyth Valley Light Railway, Steamworks Project Read more

Bank Holiday Monday continued….

Bank Holiday Monday continued….

Ian controls the crowd at the BVLR station. Oliver drives while Robin rides shotgun (at the back). Note that authentic Southwold Railway fencing     John Bennett  29th May, 2019

John Bennett May 29, 2019June 10, 2019 Blyth Valley Light Railway Read more

Bank Holiday Monday, 27th May 2019

Bank Holiday Monday, 27th May 2019

A record 252 visitors joined us on Bank Holiday Monday for our best day yet. The BVLR, thanks mainly to Oliver, Robin and Ian, performed brilliantly and the little Opel ran perfectly all day.  Bob turned up with some more

John Bennett May 28, 2019June 10, 2019 Blyth Valley Light Railway, Events, Steamworks Project Read more

Gala Weekend, 25th-27th May 2019

Gala Weekend,  25th-27th May 2019

That is Robin in there somewhere as Rosie is about to enter service on Saturday. That is the Opel behind. Ian is the Guard as Oliver takes the driving seat. Bags of the new anthracite coal on the right there.

John Bennett May 27, 2019June 10, 2019 Blyth Valley Light Railway, Steamworks Project Read more

May 20th 2019

May 20th 2019

Humpty Dumpty makes an appearance, thanks to John Barber, as an exhibit on the BVLR ride. Little Miss Muffet is also in the Bluebell Wood. Along with  some bluebells! Linda and Keith painting the valance dags on the BVLR station

John Bennett May 22, 2019May 23, 2019 Blyth Valley Light Railway, Events, Steamworks Project Read more
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