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
End of August 2019
It is the last day of the Summer Open Day season but work carries on at the Steamworks site. The MNR carriage has now been fully reglazed and a temporary roof applied to protect it from the elements over the
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
July 24th – new cafe sign
Delighted to see this new sign for the Egg and Shovel Cafe down at Steamworks on Wednesday. It was created by our member Fred Vintner. There is no limit to the talents of SR Trust members! I should have created
July 23rd 2019
EXTRA OPENING In view of the demand, we have decided to have Steamworks Open Days during the summer on Wednesdays as well as Saturdays at Blyth Road, Southwold. So until the end of August we shall be open from 10.30am
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
The points arrive. 4th June 2019
What looks like a pile of rusty old steel is actually four very useful sets of points being delivered to Steamworks in Southwold, at the crack of dawn this morning. That’s Southwold Stationmaster Ian Overton above with the crane driver,
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