tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120895892007-10-28T18:14:28.889ZSewards of PetersfieldBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-57566327390547490582007-10-28T16:17:00.000Z2007-10-28T18:14:29.190Z

The winter months are now upon us, which means it's time to start planning the 2008 Sewards of Petersfield Steam and Vintage Vehicle Gathering and Road Run.Before we get into any details about the 2008 event, we would like to say a huge thank-you to all the exhibitors and visitors who helped support this year's gathering. Without whom our efforts would have been in vain and we sincerely hope to

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-18918683520425477172007-07-02T15:09:00.001Z2007-07-23T19:54:35.863Z

As the new season draws nearer we always ask the same question "when are we going to paint the living wagon?" This year was no exception. The wagon has suffered from the weather, the sun cooking it in the summer and the rain in the winter and the back off it and one side was badly needing some work. We decided to start at the back, as we rubbed back the wood it was clear that it could do with

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-70740902976353753232007-03-15T12:27:00.000Z2007-03-15T12:44:46.963Z

Our plans for this years Steam and Vintage Vehicle Gathering and Road Run, to be held on the 14th anf 15th July are now gathering speed. With news in the local paper that the Liss Carnival will not be run this year, and out cries from local charities who use the carnival to raise a lot of the annual funds, we decided for the good of the community to invite these charities to attend our event. If

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-1156431510358217062006-08-24T14:58:00.000Z2006-09-02T15:53:09.856Z

Victoria at Liss Infants SchoolBack in November 2005 we were asked if we could take Victoria up to our village infants school. Our youngest son Harry, who is a pupil there, was very keen to take HIS traction engine to his school to show all his friends and teachers. They were studying different modes of transport and as the teacher said to me ?They?ve all seen cars, bikes, trains, and

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-1154425688369748792006-08-01T09:48:00.000Z2006-08-03T21:44:37.396Z

Top: Victoria waiting at Liss Station.2nd: Victoria steaming along Station Road, Liss.3rd: Entering through the tight gate of the Newman Collard playing fields, Liss.4th: Spitfire fly past.Bot: Chinook taking off at the end of the day.Our village carnival this year was on June 10th and as always we had been asked to attend with Victoria. This is an event that has been going for years and

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-1151962039031223082006-07-03T21:27:00.000Z2006-07-31T18:22:37.376Z

The Bank Holiday weekend at the end of May was once again a trip to a local event in Petersfield. It's now in its 13th year and as always there was a good selection of things to see. The owner of the farmyard opens up his gates and for a small entry fee, which goes to a local charity each year, the public get to see all manors of things; tractors, vintage cars, Lorries, lawn mowers, and a lot

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-1150478583513229592006-06-16T17:21:00.000Z2006-06-16T21:19:33.870Z

Fowler 7453 at Nightingales Brickworks, The Causeway, Petersfield.While at Liss Carnival on the 10th June one of the members of the Double ?LL? Club, of which we are also members, handed us a picture of a Traction Engine that had been taken around the early 1900s at a brickworks in Petersfield. When we looked at the engine we recognised it immediately as Fowler 7453, Albert (which is now in

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-1145908668912709332006-04-24T19:57:00.000Z2006-04-24T20:19:32.846Z

Victoria's Roast Dinner.It was Easter Sunday and the first steam up of the season for Victoria, we had a couple of odd jobs to do so they were tended to and by lunchtime Victoria was all ready for a trip out.We had decided that we would cook our tea in Victoria?s smoke box, a full roast chicken dinner with all the trimmings. We have cooked jacket spuds and things many times in her

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-1137275353998682932006-01-14T21:32:00.000Z2006-01-14T22:03:29.360Z

Clip from video collection 6 of Victoria steaming up East Hill out of Liss.During the summer we took some unusual video footage. With the video camera, about 14 feet in the air on a tripod strapped to the roof of our living van, we managed to capture a different view of a steam traction engine.The view from this lofty perch was down over the footplate, motion work, boiler barrel and chimney with

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-1126954718141310832005-09-17T10:58:00.000Z2005-09-17T12:34:00.100Z

Top: Victoria steaming from Liss to Heyshott.Bot: Victoria approaching Heyshott.Friday, 9th of September was the day that we had planned to steam Victoria to the vintage harvesting weekend at Heyshott, in West Sussex, so a fire was lit at about 8.30 am and steam was raised while we made final preparations for the weekend away. The mornings weather hinted at the approaching autumn but the sun soon

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-1124911848641374352005-08-24T20:30:00.000Z2005-08-24T19:51:59.306Z

On Friday 19th. August we had planned to steam Victoria to the rally at Northchapel in West Sussex. We had spent a lot of time getting her cleaned up and in tip top shape for the 17 mile run to the rally, a journey that we were all looking forward to, so when we saw that it was raining ?heavens hardest? when we awoke early on the morning in question, we were rather dismayed. The rain continued

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-1121197884165090032005-07-12T19:51:00.000Z2005-07-12T19:57:41.440Z

We increasingly find ourselves visiting steam rallies and vintage shows and saying things like "They are not as good as they used to be", or "it was better ten years or so ago before it became this big", so what is it we all want from our hobby?What makes a good steam rally? Is it the number of engines? The number of vehicles? The venue? Does it make a difference whether the engines are able to

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-1119987420758689732005-06-28T19:37:00.000Z2005-06-28T20:15:30.483Z

Friday 24th June dawned fine, warm and clear and we were looking forward to an enjoyable trip on Victoria to Kingsley, 10 miles up the road, where we were to exhibit at the C.S.V.A.C. steam and vintage rally, an event that we had not attended before. The engine was looking particularly smart as we had spent the previous weekend cleaning and polishing ready for her Kingsley debut but as steam was

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-1118569793626022452005-06-12T09:49:00.000Z2005-06-13T17:58:28.116Z

Top: Victoria waiting for the procession to start at Liss station with three minature steam engines.Upper Mid: Victoria at the Newman Collard playing fields in Liss with the Boeing Chinook in the background.Lower Mid: Impromptu fly pass by Dakota at Liss Carnival.Bot: Chinook taking off over Victoria.In common with communities all over Great Britain, June is carnival month in our home village of

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-1117741951854707372005-06-02T19:52:00.000Z2005-06-02T21:07:27.150Z

Top: Stood where she would have stood in Sewards workshop and yard.Mid: Another view of Victoria stood in what was Sewards workshop and yard.Bot: Victoria at the Harting festivities in West Sussex.Over the bank holiday weekend at the end of May, we took Victoria to two events in the Petersfield area.After the Eastleigh rally we brought the engine back to Petersfield for a couple of weeks as our

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-1116438853658079672005-05-18T17:54:00.000Z2005-06-02T21:09:43.226Z

The weekend of 14th/15th May was Victoria's first rally of the season. Victoria and her wagon had been taken from Petersfield to Cheriton on the Sunday before the rally and left at a friends house. On the following Thursday (12th) they were driven the 11 hilly miles from Cheriton to the rally field at Colden Common. The trip took about 2 hours. It was a lovely sunny day and Victoria was looking

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-1116272851104138572005-05-16T19:47:00.000Z2005-06-02T20:43:14.473Z

Quo Vadis - Steaming from Ower to the Bill Target Rally, 2005.We were quite excited to read in one of the vintage magazines that the Burrell scenic showmans road loco No 3938 'Quo Vadis' was going to steam to the Bill Target rally at Eastleigh pulling a galloper load and as this was another engine that had spent some of its working life with in Petersfield with the Wall family, we had to see it.

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This weekend, the season finally started for Victoria and her assistants. On Saturday she attended the V.E. day commemorations in Liss, spending the afternoon standing alongside the village community centre providing an impressive backdrop to a great many peoples photographs.Later that evening she was driven to Petersfield in preparation for the next days journey to Cheriton, here she was cleaned

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-1115112493528880462005-05-03T09:21:00.000Z2005-05-03T09:28:13.530Z

Well, after a lot of hard graft over the three days of the Bank holiday weekend Victoria is now ready for the rally season. Part of the time has been taken up with a lot of work on our living van, which now has a proper camping battery installed for the lighting and we've added some 240V power via a small generator. I have to say, it was almost a shame to put the cover back over Victoria at the

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-1114597956815187352005-04-27T10:25:00.000Z2005-04-27T10:32:36.816Z

Well the diary is filling up quickly now. The only month we haven't got anything planned currently for Victoria is July. I'm sure something will come to light. VE-Day Anniversary Celebrations Triangle Centre, Liss, Hants Time: 2:30pm Date: 07/05/2005 Bill Targett Memorial Rally High Bridge, Colden Common, Hants Time: All Day Date: 14/05/2005 - 15/05/2005 Lords Farm 12th Annual Vintage Event

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-1113856998680729292005-04-18T20:40:00.000Z2005-04-18T20:43:18.680Z

The on going job of maintaining a Traction Engine in tip top condition has meant that a lot of effort has been spent over the last few weeks. Bits and pieces of paint work needing some love and attention and the inevitable worn down finger tips from rubbing back the old paint in preparation for the new. The majority of the work should be completed soon and Victoria will be ready to meet her

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-1113329780412458022005-04-12T19:13:00.000Z2005-04-12T18:16:20.413Z

Looking forward to the new season with Victoria

Sewards of Petersfieldtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12089589.post-1113216077131939272005-04-11T18:42:00.000Z2005-04-11T15:55:26.090Z

Well here starts our diary of the events and activities we get up to with our steam traction engine, Victoria Empress of India. We will be using the blog to mainly journalise the rallies and other local events we get involved with. There'll undoubtedly be instances where more detail is given about new sections of content on our web site, www.sewards-of-petersfield.co.uk.

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