The top picture shows the Annual Lunch at Southwold Golf Club before the AGM at the Picture Palace on November 10th. Excellent food and a really good time. The AGM went well later followed by a steamy film. That sort
November 10th etc
Founders’ Day, 29th September 2018
Some photos taken at Founders’ Day on Saturday 29th September. A buffet in the Cafe of our newly plastered Station (and note the proper china) and some steam rides with Oliver and Robin A good do. We will have Open
Volunteers continue to dedicate hundreds of man-hours (and woman-hours!) to their chosen Charity
Many apologies for the hiatus in this blog: we have been working very hard, and much of the work is not very photogenic. Also, the usual collapse in Southwold ‘s broadband speed, occasioned by the twenty-fold summer increase in the
First Permanent Track Laid in Southwold for the SR
On Wednesday May 3rd, Trust volunteers laid the first two permanent panels of three-foot-gauge rails on the new Southwold Railway – 88 years after closure. This will form part of the northern of the two roads inside the new rolling
A Very Successful Show, and Progress in Southwold
The Trust held its third Model Show in Southwold on Saturday. Very ably organised by Show Manager John Ridgway, it was successful, with all the many visitors, as well as the exhibitors, having a good time. Quite a few of
Civil Engineering, Landscaping, the Heritage Train, Shows, and Early Success of the Bond Issue
Apologies to our regular readers: our usual blogger has been out of action with flu. And everyone else is far too busy working on SRT projects to write about them! Large gangs of volunteers have continued to devote their time,
Some very successful Events
On Friday November 11th, the Trust attended an East Suffolk Partnership Forum event at the Conference Centre at Suffolk Showground – a very nice building indeed. We made lots of good contacts, and were able to inform South Suffolk organisations
Back to the land – while both Heritage Train wagons make progress
Our decorative fencing and gates at Blyford Lane (restoring the “1879 look”) are complete, and we have had many favourable comments from local residents. The team has now moved back to the trackbed, where there remains one last part of
Trackbed Structures Restoration, the Heritage Train, and some away-days
The Trackbed Trust volunteers have had a good time at Bird’s Folly, Halesworth. Working with the Millennium Green (HMG), we continued the industrial archaeology that we began in 2015 – and have also started the reconstruction of historic artefacts. The
Trust Open Weekend
The recently-completed Open Weekend run by the Trust at Wenhaston – the second annual celebration of its kind – was most successful, and much enjoyed by visitors, members and working volunteers. The regular team had worked extremely hard to make