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
August 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
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
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
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.
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
Easter 2019
On a gloriously sunny Easter Saturday we were delighted that 172 visitors joined us at Steamworks. That is Oliver driving the Opel locomotive which ran splendidly all day on its new and much more suitable coal. The BVLR station canopy
Early April 2019
A working Southwold Railway pocket watch just acquired. It is inscribed on the back “J.SMYTHE SOUTHWOLD RY”. That name does not appear in the list of station masters in the new book by Rob Shortland-Ball so I wonder if anyone
Early March, 2019
Signs of early spring at Steamworks. Dennis’s bird feeders have just been refilled. Daffodils not exactly rampant but a touch of colour nevertheless and it is greening up a bit over the site. Oliver and Robin busy in the workshop
End of February, 2019
Making the most of some lovely weather on the final workdays of the month. At the top, this fine piece of biblical carpentry is not an Ark about to float off onto the Lake but the new platform canopy for