Pastimes: Revitalised engines

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 @ 00:00

by Roy Barratt

SOME people have what might be seen by others as rather eccentric pastimes, but for a long time there has been a link between Anglicanism and steam heritage. Steam fans such as the one-time Bishop of Wakefield Dr Eric Treacy, the Revd Wilbert Awdry, and the Revd Teddy Boston immediately spring to mind.

My own involvement has been with stationary steam engines, and it began in 1993, when faced with the then derelict Claymills Victorian pumping station in Burton-on-Trent ...

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