The Thames Valley Traction Engine Club

For the February meeting our Chairman will be giving a short presentation on the new steam car he is building and we will be showing some varied steam related short films for your delight. See you at the Angel, Woolhampton, tonight (Mon 12th February) from 19.30pm

For the January meeting we will be showing some varied steam related short films for your delight. See you at the Angel, Woolhampton, on Monday 8th January from 19.30pm

The  TVTEC Christmas meeting will be held at the Beenham Club on today Monday 11th December from 19.45hrs – 23.00hrs.

Buffet food will be provided.

Please note the School playground is no longer available to hire for parking. We can park on the road, providing we do not cause any obstruction and we have been specifically asked not to park on the grass outside the school.

Picklepythe Lane, Beenham, Reading, RG7 5NT

Due to many of the club members being at Derek Marder’s funeral on 13th November, the decision has been made to cancel the November meeting on the same day.

The next club meeting will be the December Christmas meeting on Monday 11th December at Beenham Village Hall. A reminder will be sent nearer the time.

Derek Marder’s funeral will be held on Monday 13th November, 14.00 pm, at Charlton Park Crematorium, Hatherden Lane SP11 0TH with the wake at The Old Dairy, Hatherden Farm, Hatherden Lane SP11 0HT.

For the October club meeting we will be re-showing the Steve Neville Film Archive DVD. The film contains a great record of many of Steve’s antics through the late 1960’s and 1970’s including showing Jim Sarney driving Lord Roberts through the Blackwall Tunnel. Many thanks to the East Anglian Traction Engine Society for their kind permission to show the film. See you at the Angel Woolhampton from 7.30pm

For the September meeting we have Andy Chapman coming to give a talk on Sentinel Railway Locos. See you at the Angel, Woolhampton from 7.30pm

Our July Club meeting will be held at Fred Coopers yard at Thatcham, for our annual Models night. See you on Monday 10th July from 7pm.

Don’t forget our visit to David Buck’s private railway on Sunday 25th June. See previous post for more details: https://tvtec.info/2023/06/08/summer-meetings-2023/

Please note the event starts from 2pm onwards.

When you arrive, please make your way up the drive to the Fifield Central platform where David will be waiting. There is a second entrance in Fifield Road, this is NOT to be used as there are no parking facilities.