Lyme Lottery

A big thank you to everyone who has supported us this year. A new way of supporting the Trust is by buying tickets for the Lyme Lottery - this is run by our local authority, and is a new scheme to support charities in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Better odds than the National Lottery, and much more of the money goes to good causes. If you win big, please send us a postcard.....https://www.lymelottery.co.uk/cause-data/07f8e060-cd81-4aeb-b9a1-7cb6396d1f8b/leaflets/59661d54-fca5-48a4-9183-b0186878fe09/special-prizes-don't-miss-the-first-draw%20-%20digital.pdf

Local Lad made good

Despite the dire weather predictions, it's been a busy weekend at Apedale. We were honoured to host a visit by the owner of Lister 10805. The loco worked very locally to Apedale at Springfields Tileworks - predictably, now the site of a supermarket. The owner, on the other hand, had come from rather further afield - Norway to be specific. The loco is normally based at the West Lancashire Light Railway, and we are grateful to both the owner and the WLLR team for allowing a "local lad" to visit its old stamping ground for a few weeks.

Elsewhere, significant progress was made by the team of younger members on Motor Rail 21520 - a recent arrival. The wheels are a tiny bit on the tired side, so the loco has been turned over with a view to removal of the wheelsets.