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This month we have Colin Hatch and Jason Howard showing early preservation slides. See you on Monday 9th from 7pm. Below are a couple of pictures of Colin’s Burrell Traction Engine no. 2426, and how it’s appearance has changed since … Continue reading →

Malcolm Ranieri will be visiting at next Monday’s club meeting to show some of his collection of great steam photos. Please note the slideshow will start promptly at 7.30pm in the School hall and end slightly earlier than usual leaving … Continue reading →

The  Burnham Steam and Historic Machinery Club (BSHMC) have a visit from a gentleman called Noel Shelley from Norfolk, who will be giving a talk about casting. The talk will be in two parts with the first at Farnham Common Village … Continue reading →

The club will be visiting Combe Mill on Monday 12th June from 7.30 PM. Combe Mill is a Victorian steam and water powered sawmill now operating as a working museum. For more information visit their website: http://www.combemill.org The visit will consist … Continue reading →

This month we will have Alan Stevens showing some more of his collection of slides from the early preservation days. Below we have a picture of Burrell “Earl Beatty” being towed by the Palmer’s Wallis traction engine “Wildfire ” from Goody’s … Continue reading →

Don’t forget the April TVTEC meeting this Monday 10th April. This month Frank Bamfield will be showing old transport films. For more information visit: https://tvtec.info/meetings/

We have a change of speaker for this Monday’s club meeting. Jim Sarney will now be giving us a talk on various steam subjects. Jim’s knowledge and experience is second to none so this is expected to be an evening … Continue reading →

To break the winter shed time up a day trip was planned recently by five club members, P Narrowly, S Hutson, H Cotgreave, F Cooper and T Leverett. Where better for five deranged steam heads to go but a steam … Continue reading →

Tristan Leverett reports. A chance conversation with an ‘steam interested’ colleague (that’s code for any excuse to spread the word/bore people about steam) about a trip to Tinkers Park for the RLS spring do 2016. I was explaining with some … Continue reading →

The TVTEC January meeting will be a talk from Joby Carter of the Famous Carter’s Steam Fair. Joby will be talking about Fairground rides, signwriting and all sorts of other fair related antics of the life of travelling showmen. See … Continue reading →