Having featured our Wenhaston site in the previous blog, it’s now back to Blyth Road for most of the team. Under John Barber’s supervision the newly imported topsoil now has a splendid ‘revêtement’ (as James has it!) to support and
Autumn progress at SteamWorks
With apologies for the delay since the last post, here is an update on what has been happening throughout the last couple of months here at Southwold. Replica SR wagon 41 has now gained some sides! Work is continuing adding
SteamWorks proves a success
The Trust is still performing strongly at its new site in Southwold. The public were invited in through much of August, and seemed to enjoy what we have to offer – there was a lot of interest in Peckett “Scaldwell”,
More stock arrives, and a small railway grows: rail needed
Many apologies for the hiatus in this blog (again) – there’s no excuse except for pressure of work. SteamWorks moves on apace (if never quite fast enough for us): visitors have been invited onsite over several weekends now (open days
SteamWorks starts to take shape
Events are moving fast at our Southwold site. Clarkes of Walsham https://www.clarkesofwalsham.co.uk/ delivered timber, membrane, and insulation for the walls and floor of the workshop and main shed: having enjoyed such a long spell of settled weather, we were caught
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
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
The Pace Quickens
Things are happening so fast with the Trust that it’s hard to keep up with it. On the Southwold Steam Works site at Blyth Road, further clearance and levelling have taken place, and the central core of the visitor centre
Steam Works, Halesworth Museum, Heritage Train, and some Trees
The Trust’s Architect and Trustee John Bennett has provided a Portacabin on our new land at Blyth Road, which can be used by volunteers as a staff mess, and as an onsite office. It was last used by Southwold’s lifeboat
Trust Buys Southwold Site
We are very pleased to announce that, thanks to the generosity of our members and supporters, the Trust has taken possession of the Steam Works site at Blyth Road, Southwold. The Trust already has full planning permission to build 22-chains