For the May meeting we have Paul Ransley coming to give his talk on the fine restoration of Fowler No. 1908 of 1873.

Fowler 1908 is one of the only early Fowler single cylinder ploughing engines in unrebuilt form. Many of these engines wre rebuilt with a number of modifications in the 1920’s, significanly altering their appearance.
Known as “The Mistress,” this engine has a long history and has recently returned to working order.
Originally delivered to Delivered to Harman E. Visger at Chiseldon, near Swindon, Wiltshire, on Tuesday, February 11, 1873.
After a 17-year restoration effort, it steamed for the first time in 92 years on August 13th 2022, and was featured at various steam rallies, including the Weald of Kent Ploughing Match and Banbury Steam Rally.
“The Mistress” worked alongside a similar engine, number 2299 (built 1874), for many years, with both surviving until at least 1944.

Join us at the Angel, Wollhampton Berks from 1930 on Monday 11th May.

Image from Steam Plough Club Facebook page https://steamploughclub.org.uk/

For the April Meeting we have steam photographer Oliver Moore coming to give us a slide show of some of his great photos.

See you at the Angel, Woolhampton from 19:30 on Monday 13th April.

A reminder of the March Club Meeting on Monday 9th March at the Angel Pub Woolhampton Berkshire from 7.30pm.

This is our annual AGM so please attend if possible as this is the chance to re-elect your clubs officers and find out about future events.

Following the AGM we will be showing a collection of steam related short videos that have been selected from online sources.

For the February meeting we have a talk on the Pendon Museum. “A glimpse of English rural life around 1930 through extraordinary miniature dioramas featuring railways, villages and landscapes.“

https://pendonmuseum.com/

See you at the Angel, Woolhampton from 1930 on Monday 9th February

There won’t be a bar at Bishopswood on Monday, but we will be serving tea and coffee. Feel free to bring your own alcoholic or other beverages.

See you from 1930 – 2230, Monday 12th January, Bishops Green Village hall, Beech Road, Bishops Green, Newbury. RG20 4AD for lots of toy steam fun.

For the January meeting we will be having a toy steam engine evening at Bishops Green Village hall, Newbury.

There will be lots of space to run engines and tables to stand stationary engines on.

Tea and coffee will be provided.

So whether you have a Mamod, Wilesco or something else, bring it along for an evening of fun.

1930 – 2230, Monday 12th January, Bishops Green Village hall, Beech Road, Bishops Green, Newbury. RG20 4AD

The Thames Valley Traction Engine Club will hold its Christmas Club Meeting on 8th December 2025 at Ashampstead Village Hall from 7pm ish. There is a car park on site and plenty of extra parking on the road outside too. Below is a Google maps link to find the venue, but for those not Googling if you come through the village on the main road there’ll be a sign out on the only crossroad, but, basically aim for Church Lane (It’s sign posted) and the village hall is just before the Church on the right hand side of the road.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/5eeY6NvTz3nxvoVo7

We looking forward to our final meeting bringing members together for a festive evening to round off the year. Attendees can look forward to seasonal buffet and refreshments, friendly conversation and some unfriendly conversation (never), and a warm celebration of the club’s shared passion for steam and vintage machinery.

It’s a relaxed, cheerful gathering and a great chance to catch up, please feel free to bring along any steam and vintage videos you may want to share, there will be a computer available so bring your videos on a USB drive.

Also…Don’t forget to bring some money for our legendary end of year Raffle, it’s a perfect opportunity to get a gift for someone you don’t like this Christmas.

See you there!!!

For the November Club Meeting we have Malcolm Frost coming to talk to us about building a 4″ scale model of the enigmatic Burrell Road Loco “Clyde”. Malcolm has spent many years building this model to fine detail so this promises to be a good evening.

📅 10th November
📍 The Angel Pub – Woolhampton
🕰️ 7pm onwards

We have some excellent meetings lined up for the next few months:

Monday 10th November 2025: Mr Malcolm Frost talking about  his 4” model of Clyde
Monday 8th December 2025: Christmas evening at Ashampstead Village hall 
Monday 12th January 2026: Toy model steam evening at Bishops Green Community Association Village Hall
Monday 9th February 2026: a talk by a member of staff from Pendon Museum
Monday 9th March 2026: AGM

Additional details will follow a couple of weeks before each meeting.

Club Evenings are always held on the second Monday of the month currently at The Angel Pub, Woolhampton unless stated otherwise.