Chasewater Railway Museum – Recent Addition – Railway Heritage Designated Signal Box Sign

 

Chasewater Railway Museum 

recent Addition, Dec 2015

Railway Heritage Designated Signal Box Sign

The Railway Heritage Committee has the function of designating records and artefacts (or classes of record and artefact) which are historically significant and should be permanently preserved.

This enamelled sign came from Stafford No.5 signal box, and was given to the Museum by Network Rail – our thanks to the Company.

Photo:  tillyweb.biz

The sign can be seen set into the signal box.  On one end is a white patch with a red arrow, and on the other, a clear white patch to balance up the sign.

It may be of interest to Chasewater Railway members that the Station Hotel, Stafford, where the inaugural meeting of the Railway Preservation Society, fore-runner of Chasewater Railway, was held in 1959, was approximately 150 yards from the signal box!

Chasewater Railway Industrial Gala, September 2015

Chasewater Railway Industrial Gala

September 2015

Mick Doman’s last train ride

Chasewater Railway

Mick Doman’s last train ride

The Chasewater Railway Museum Sunday Staff – 2010

(Mick, Godfrey & John)

Dave Doman brought his father’s ashes to Chasewater Railway for one last journey on a steam locomotive.  He travelled on the footplate of the Barclay Loco ‘Coln McAndrew’ driven by Keith Sargeant.

The photos at the end of the video show the train ready to leave Brownhills West, Mick’s return from his trip and passed back to son Dave, and one final visit to the footplate of Hawthorn Leslie engine, ‘Asbestos’.

 

Mick Doman – RIP

In the Madeley Signal Box, September 2014

A great bloke – a great friend

 

 

Stafford Gatehouse Theatre – Tickets selling fast

Stafford Gatehouse Theatre

Tickets selling fast!

Lichfield News – Christmas Festival

Event	Date	Category
Lichfield Twinkly Christmas Market at Minster Pool Walk and Speaker’s Corner	Sat 6th Dec 2014 – Sun 7th Dec 2014	Lichfield Christmas Festival
Free face painting and trails at the Visit Lichfield Tent at Speaker’s Corner	Sat 6th Dec 2014 – Sun 7th Dec 2014	Lichfield Christmas Festival
Festive Food & Gift Fair at Lichfield Cathedral	Sat 6th Dec 2014	Lichfield Christmas Festival
The Johnson Family Christmas at Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum	Sat 6th Dec 2014 – Sun 7th Dec 2014	Lichfield Christmas Festival
Festive Crafts and Grotto at Beacon Park	Sat 6th Dec 2014	Lichfield Christmas Festival
Lichfield Christmas Guided Tour at Lichfield City	Sat 6th Dec 2014	Lichfield Christmas Festival
Lichfield Cathedral Lantern Parade at Lichfield Cathedral	Sat 6th Dec 2014	Lichfield Christmas Festival
Georgian Festivities at Erasmus Darwin House	Sun 7th Dec 2014	Lichfield Christmas Festival
Lichfield Chamber of Trade and Commerce Christmas Fayre at Lichfield Market Square and surrounding streets	Sun 7th Dec 2014	Lichfield Christmas Festival

Learn more about Brownhills, Walsall, Staffs on Friday, November 28th – with Gerald Reece

Learn more about Brownhills, Walsall, Staffs on Friday, November 28th

Lichfield News – Countryside & Parks Conservation Group (CPCG)

CPCG conservation events this November and December

Published on Tuesday, 18th November 2014

Volunteers are needed to help at the final two conservation events of 2014.

Lichfield District Council is inviting adults to lend a hand in its upcoming Countryside & Parks Conservation Group (CPCG) events.

On top of the two CPCG events taking place this November, Lichfield District Council has added an extra event to the autumn listings. This will run on Wednesday 26 November at Christian Fields in Lichfield.

The group will work to rake up hay meadow, maintain hedges and give the whole site a deep litter pick. The day will also be spent cutting, clearing and crown-lifting trees, clearing footpaths and rejuvenating the outdoor classroom.

Councillor Andrew Smith, Lichfield District Council’s Cabinet Member for Leisure & Parks, said: “We hope plenty of people will come along to this extra event as Christian Fields is a wonderful Local Nature Reserve and it’s important that we help to maintain it for visitors.”

Members of CPCG are also being invited to a Christmas event, which will offer a chance to thank the volunteers for all their hard work over the past year. The party has changed location and is now set to be held at Pipehill Common on Wednesday 3 December, where the group will enjoy mince pies and Christmas treats whilst having a bonfire to burn piles of wood and cut scrub from the common, collected at previous conservation events.

Councillor Ian Pritchard, Lichfield District Council’s Cabinet Member for Economic Growth & Development, said: “We are grateful to our Countryside & Parks Conservation Group volunteers who continue to help us to maintain important parks and green spaces across the district. The Christmas event at Pipehill Common will be a fantastic way to say thank you and celebrate the last event before a new year of nature conservation. Don’t forget to bring along food and drink to get in the festive spirit!”

Both the conservation day and Christmas event will run from 10.30am to 3pm. All tools will be provided as well as light snacks. Wearing outdoor waterproof clothes and sturdy footwear is recommended.

To find out more please visit www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/cpcg and to book your free place, please call Denice Deverall at Lichfield District Council on 01543 308183 or email countryside@lichfielddc.gov.uk

Steam Railways in Preservation in the 1980s-90s, From May 14, 1993, Chasewater Develops

Steam Railways in Preservation in the 1980s-90s

From May 14, 1993

Chasewater Develops

Staffordshire News – Shugborough Yew Tree

Staffordshire News

 

Shugborough Yew Tree

Shugborough’s Great Yew (the widest tree in Europe) has been shortlisted in the final ten of England’s Tree of the Year. Voting for the winner (which will enter the European competition runs all this week until Tuesday 4^th). We’re up against some stiff competition from Newton’s Apple and the Sherwood Oak, so please, please, please lend your support by voting for our extra special tree as NUMBER ONE at www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/vote and by retweeting and sharing our posts on Facebook and Twitter www.facebook.com/shugboroughestate www.twitter.com/shugborough