The Southwold Railway

 

I went to Suffolk. More on the main bit of that later perhaps. Just prior to the return journey I was advised that the Southwold Railway site at Blythborough was open for volunteer working and it may be worth popping in for a look. As I had to drive past the gate it seemed rude not to.

I have quite mixed feelings about this. On the positive side, the work so far is highly professional and the site is beautifully turned out. They have restored the old company coal shed (below) and there is around 75 yards of track with a couple of spurs. The negative from my point of view is that there is 75 yards of track and a shed. They can't head off east toward Southwold as there is a road and water main in the way; and anyway Southwold locals (read displaced Londoners) don't want them there. There is one battery locomotive on site. There is also a beautiful replica 2-4-0T available. However, as I understand it, this is owned by a break-away group. One with track, and the other with loco... go figure.

I want to wish then the best of luck with their endeavours, but the journey looks not so much uphill as vertical and I find myself with more questions than answers.

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The problem 1980s posters

 The problem was solved in the end with some fairly generic images from google: HSTs, Sealink ferries and the like. The next issue was getting (read guessing) the appropriate size for these on the screen before printing. In the end I filled half a page of different sizes and then picked the most logical to scalpel out. These were mounted on oversized 20 thou plastic with a Pritt stick, framed with 20 x 10 thou strip and trimmed. A little UHU fixed them to the back wall.

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