Hello Blogwatchers. Some snaps at Steamworks taken last weekend. Thanks to Richard we now have this wonderful lever frame which works despite being in need of restoration. We intend to have some very hands-on machinery in the Museum and on
I have a sneaking fear that my punning titles may be becoming a little obscure even by my standards, but we’ll let that pass. There’s no prize for the first one to get it. In the general catch-up I’ve been
True to form, I’ve fallen rather behind on the volunteer’s day news, so it seems apposite to fill in the gaps, as it were. Starting in reverse order, as John has mentioned in his last post, we’ve been filling in
Here is the first of the four eleven foot high Engine Shed doors being fitted to the Engine Shed extension recently completed at Steamworks in Blyth Road, Southwold. Once they are all in we can remove the doors you
Not that of Stephenson’s recent triumph with new-fangled steam propulsion- even Suffolk isn’t that behind on the news. No, this is a further update from North Bay Engineering on the progress being made on the ‘Blyth’ replica, which in their
In the spirit of catching up with the news, I thought I’d better fill in on some of the other things that have been going on while I’ve been neglecting the Blogosphere. I’ve been down at Blyth Road again today,
No, I’m still not updating here enough. Mind you, there’s been a lot of work going on, so I’ll claim that in my defence, but passers-by at Steamworks are beginning to ask about updates (through the fence, obviously, due to
High time we put up a blog as several things are happening at Steamworks. These photographs resulting from a site visit yesterday. Above is one of the two sandboxes from Scaldwell lovingly refurbished by Oliver and Robin and awaiting a
I’ve clearly not been doing enough blogging recently, whereas quite a lot has been happening- although these two facts may not be entirely unconnected. More to come in future posts, but one thing I must update is the progress on
It’s gone virol! Here is our illustrious Station Master, Oliver Denham, who has done so much during lockdown to continue the improvements to Steamworks, including some new signs he has had made up for us. I remember Virol from