Diary 2012

 
Date Event Place Contact
 

Noggin and Natter Evenings: These club social evenings take place at The  Greyhound, Bury St Edmunds every second Wednesday in the month except for July and August starting at 8pm.  For those with "satnav", the pub postcode is IP33 1YG. Details from Kev Baldwin on 01284 768186.

For those in the south of the region, check out THE UNITED SERVICES CLUB, BOCKING, NEAR BRAINTREE, ESSEX, CM7 5LA. The original Noggin and Natter evenings will be reinstated at this new venue, for members to come for a quick chat and a catch up.  For January, February and March we will be meeting on the 2nd Wednesday of the month. Dates for April and the following months will be advised later.  Contact Trevor Ellis for details on 01245 284 378

 

FEBRUARY


25th
 
Great Chesterford Film and Video Show Whittlesford Memorial Hall, Nr Duxford, Cambs. CB2 4NE. Films old and new. Robert Pumfrey 01799 530246

robert.pumfrey@btconnect.com

 

MARCH

31st

1- 5pm

Little Downham Bygone & Organ Extravaganza Nr Ely, Cambridgeshire Over 20 organs will be present plus bygones, models, vintage cars and tractors. Contact 01353 778830
 
 
APRIL
1st Founder's Day Thursford Collection, Nr Fakenham, Norfolk 01328 878477
7/8th Easter Steam Up The Butchers Arms, North End Dave Roberts on 07710 802077
 
MAY
12/13th 10th Stotfold Mill Steam and Country Show Stotfold, Beds. http://www.stotfoldmill.com
12/13th Audley End Steam Gala Audley End Railway, Saffron Walden John Hunt: 07882175438
19/20th Whitwell Steam and County Fair Mansell'sEnd Farm, Bury Lane,Codicote,Herts,SG4 8YY 07773219388

www.whitwellsteam.com

20th Essex Young Farmers Show Boyton Hall, CM1 4LN

A1060

www.essexyoungfarmers.com
26/27th Woolpit Steam Rally Warren Farm, Wetherden, Stowmarket, Suffolk. The site is 1 mile from the A14, follow the sign - posted route. Mr D C Seeley on 01359 241886

www.woolpit-steam.org.uk

 

JUNE

2/3/4th Strumpshaw Steam Rally Off the A47, 6 miles east of Norwich and will be well signposted Strumpshaw Museum on 01603 714535

http://www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk

9/10th Aldham Olde Tyme Rally and Fayre Chalkney Meadow, Colchester Road, White Colne, Essex, CO6 2PP.8miles west of Colchester on the A1124 Matt Garwood (Rally Secretary) 07759810800

garwoodmj@yahoo.co.uk

http://neetec.co.uk/Rally.aspx

9/10th St Albans Steam and Country Show The event will be held in the grounds of Oaklands College, just off the A1057 Hatfield Road, St. Albans, (Approx Satnav code AL4 0XR) and is only three miles from Junction 3 of the A1(M) motorway Andrew Harvey (HSCL), 19, Beyers Gardens, Hoddesdon, Herts EN11 9PY.

 07896555097

 email chairman@hertssteam-dwh.demon.co.uk.

www.hertssteam.org

10th Euston Park Rural Pastimes Euston Park is on the A1088, 3 miles south of Thetford Tim Fogden 01359 268923

http://eustonruralpastimes.org.uk

 
JULY
7/8th Melford Steam Rally Melford Hall, Long Melford, Sudbury, Suffolk http://www.fmps.org.uk/page8.htm
20/21/22nd Weeting Steam Rally and Country Show Fengate Farm, Weeting, Nr Brandon, 5 miles NW of Thetford, Norfolk Richard Parrott 01842 810317

http://www.weetingrally.co.uk

21/22nd Cambridgeshire Steam Rally and Country Fair
(Formerly Wood Green Rally)
The Showfield, Swavesey, Cambs. Vanda Parcell 01954 718610

www.cambridgeshiresteamrally.co.uk

 

 

AUGUST

4/5th Whitwell / Reepham Railway (Norfolk) 3rd Steam Rally

 

Whitwell Station Norfolk Whitwell Road, Reepham, Norfolk. NR10 4GA
All enquires to Paul Blanch 01603 861555

e-mail paul.blanch@sky.com

11/12th Sudbury Road Run   Kevbaldwin1980@hotmail.co.uk
12th "It's Show Time" - A & L Fundraisers Club Purleigh Halt, Baron's Lane, Purleigh,CM9 6PF Tony Turner 01621 852336 

 

18/19th Lincolnshire Steam and Vintage Rally Lincoln Showground Glyn MacDonald 01507 605937

http://www.lsvr.org

29th/2nd Sept Great Dorset Steam Fair South Down, Tarrant Hinton, Blandford, Dorset Martin Oliver 01258 860361

http://www.gdsf.co.uk

 
SEPTEMBER
8/9th Haddenham Steam Rally On the A1421 at Haddenham, near Ely, Cambs Denise Young 01487 842771

www.haddenhamrally.co.uk

8/9th Essex Country Show Barleylands, Billericay, Essex. Signposted from the A12 and the A127 01268 290228 / 532253

http://www.essexcountryshow.co.uk

14/15/16th Bedfordshire Steam and Country Show Old Warden Park, Shuttleworth, Biggleswade, Beds Paul Worbey 01462 851711

www.bseps.org.uk

15/16th Grand Henham Steam Rally Southwold, Suffolk 01502 578956

http://henhamsteamrally.co.uk

 
OCTOBER
6th Great Chesterford Steam – Up The village is adjacent to the M11. Take Junction 9 (for the A11) or Junction 10 and the A505 to Saffron Walden Robert Pumfrey 01799 530246
20th EATES Annual Dinner Dance The Nucleus Centre, Little Chesterford, Essex Maureen Pumfrey 01799 530246
 
 
 emails to: info@eates.org