Autumn Gala - 26/27th September

posted by keith vingoe on Sat, 26/09/2009 - 00:26

The L&Bs Annual Autumn Gala this year features L&B engines 'Axe' and 'Sid' in steam together for the first time. Trains will run continuously as required all day.

Axe & Sid at Woody Bay, 19 September 2009, ready for the Gala

First time attraction will be the new 7¼ gauge railway with visiting engine "Otter" built by Western Narrow Gauge and normally resident on the Beer Heights Light Railway at Pecorama in South Devon.

There will be exhibits in the marquee including:

Eldon Sidings by Peter Hollins. A 7mm scale layout which depicts Eldon Sidings near Corfe Castle before 1948. This siding was where clay dug from the pits at Norden was transferred from Benjamin Fayle's 3ft 9in gauge tramway to the Swanage Branch of the LSWR for shipment to the potteries of Stafford.

Shedly - an imaginary country station in 4mm:1ft OO gauge by George Sims.

Martin Andrews, a regular volunteer guard on the L&B will, together with his brother Colin, have a collection of air driven and live steam models dating from 1909 to the 21st Century.

Also several stalls hosted by other heritage railway groups, local organisations and for the children free attractions including a Punch and Judy show, magic tricks and Face-Painting.

In addition the children of Parracombe Primary School will be selling home-made sweets and inviting artistic contributions to their Big Draw art piece.

As usual our Tea Rooms will be open for refreshments. There will also be Real Ales on sale and a Barbecue.

Two days not to be missed!

All Day Gala Ticket Prices:

Adult £7
Senior £5
Child £4
Family £18

Also, see this article in the