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| CCLR Events 2009; Some crazy things were upto this year... | |
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| DevilDrummer | 12 Feb 2009, 12:19 AM Post #1 |
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Here's a list of some of the things us lot will be doing during the year... 22nd March - Mothering Sunday Specials Why not treat Mother to Sunday Lunch at the Light Railway this year. 10th-13th April - Easter 'Egg spress' Specials Join the staff at the light railway over the Easter Weekend, All fare paying children will receive an Easter Egg, Special Guest Engine 'Typhoon' from the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway 1st-4th May - Spring Steam Gala - 'Works Outing' (FEATURING THE TRANSPORT EXTRAVEGANZA AND LIONS BEER FESTIVAL) If it works, it's out! Come down to the railway to see all our home based locos, as well as a special visitor. The weekend is also host to the Transport Extraveganza around the boating lake, featuring many classic vehicles. The local Lions Group will be running the Beer Festival in Griffin Hall. Also hopefully featuring Typhoon from the RHDR 23rd-25th May - Folk and Cider Weekend Traditional Folk Singing, Dancing throughout the resort, featuring many different Ciders. 13th & 14th June - The Seagull has landed 1940s Weekend Relive the spirit of the 1940s, Entertainment all weekend, re-enactments, vehicles and displays. 21st June - Fathers Day Specials Why not treat Father to Lunch at the Light Railway this year. 4th July - Kentucky Derby Race Night Help celebrate American Independance Day with one of our famous Race Nights, with an American Theme, Bubbly Meet and Greet PRIOR BOOKING ESSENTIAL. 23rd July - Teddy Bears Picinc If you go down to the Railway today, you're sure of a big suprise! So why not bring teddy along to our annual Teddy Bear's Picnic! PRIOR BOOKING ESSENTIAL 24th-26th July - 4th Annual Rail Ale Festival (COINCIDING WITH THE CLEETHORPES CARNIVAL ON 25TH) Join us for our 4th Annual Rail Ale festival, where all our beers will have a railway flavor, you can also watch the famous Cleethorpes Carnival as it travels past on it's way to the adjacent Events Arena, Entertainment provided on Friday and Saturday Nights. 8th & 9th August - Little Lost Engines Weekend Join Belle, Flyer and Dudley, the original Little Lost Engines, for a weekend of fun, with many of their friends also pulling trains. 29th - 31st August - Sutton 60s Weekend Relive the times of the famous Sutton Coldfield Railway in it's 60s Heyday, many 60s themed attractions and activities. 5th & 6th September - 'Tanks for the Tender Memories' and Model Gala Our Autumn Steam Gala with a steam tank and tender engine feel, along with our display of seaside model railways. 3rd & 4th October - 'Listerfest' See one of the biggest gatherings of 15 inch Lister locomotives in the country. All trains operated by these Dursley built machines, accompanied by their 3 wheel road counterparts. 30th & 31st October - Halloween Ghost Trains Dare you ride the CCLR's famous Halloween Ghost trains, Pre Booking is required for this scary event. 1st November - Wizards Express Trains Bring your little horrors to this less scary but equally atmospheric event. PRIOR BOOKING ESSENTIAL 5th & 6th, 12th & 13th and 19th-24th December - Santa Special Trains The ever popular Santa Special Trains, remember to book early to avoid disappointment. Yoinked from the website because i couldnt be bothered to type it all out This is the list of events as revealed and published last year. 2009's timetable is now also shown on the website. CCLR website made by our forum member and CCLR regular Ben. Thanks Tom CCLR regular driver/control/everything |
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| DevilDrummer | 18 Mar 2009, 12:35 PM Post #2 |
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Gala update As you know, the May 1st-4th gala is the works outing, so if it runs; its out! You can expect to see: RHDR Typhoon, SRRL No.24, No.1 Sutton Belle, No.2 Sutton Flyer, LNER 111 Yvette, Effie, Mountaineer (straight out from extensive cylinder overhaul). Toby (straight out from overhaul), The Cub (straight out from long overhaul), SMR No.4 Dudley, BMR DA1 Pluss, one or 2 big suprises *wink wink* The gala will also feature lifting demonstrations from the newly arrived 15" gauge scale steam crane "Little Titan", engineer's trains featuring "Little Titan" with suitable motive power, plus other good's trains, intensive time tables, and early morning/late night running. Also during the gala weekend, Griffin hall museum at Lakeside station will play host to the annnual Lions Beer festival, as well as the annual transport extraveganza on the boating lake paddock next to Lakesde station with many classic vehicles! With so much going on, why not make a visit to Cleethorpes early May, and have a ride on the train, watch a lifting demonstration, see many interesting classic vehicles, and have a nice cool pint or two, in the warm late spring sun!
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| timbgray64 | 18 Mar 2009, 05:07 PM Post #3 |
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Is Typhoon going 2 make it around the line whole though? I hope so as I'd love to have another weekend in Cleethorpes driving a Romney loco, but are the curves not 2 tight? |
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| Ben | 18 Mar 2009, 05:48 PM Post #4 |
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Well we'll see what happens, full line runs will be subject to test runs when she arrives in time for the Easter weekend. |
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Ben Thornhill NYMR Guard & Locomotive Cleaner CCLR Steam & Diesel Driver + Guard/Control CCLR & SMR Webmaster http://www.suttonminiaturerailway.co.uk http://www.cleethorpescoastlightrailway.co.uk http://nymr.fpic.co.uk
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| DevilDrummer | 18 Mar 2009, 06:21 PM Post #5 |
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I reckon it'll be fine, might not like the smaller points to much though
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| craiggluyas | 18 Mar 2009, 10:24 PM Post #6 |
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Can we not drift into the will-it-fit-won't-it-fit debate again! Ta! |
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| DevilDrummer | 18 Mar 2009, 11:20 PM Post #7 |
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Not long until we get prooved right or wrong anyway
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| timbgray64 | 19 Mar 2009, 07:28 PM Post #8 |
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Hoping to make it up 2 Cleethorpes on Good Friday to see how Typhoon gets on |
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| DevilDrummer | 19 Mar 2009, 08:10 PM Post #9 |
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Ah excellent, my first solo steam turn
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| Nick Tozer | 7 Apr 2009, 11:10 PM Post #10 |
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48hr 'pass' sorted ... hotel booked ... nicktuk159 is going to spend most of Friday and Saturday at the 'Spring Steam Gala'
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| timbgray64 | 16 Apr 2009, 06:57 PM Post #11 |
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Was told to book accomodation, by powers that be at Romney today. So I'm there for the weekend Managed to get a cottage within walking distance of Lakeside station, so that will keep both me and the family happy
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| DevilDrummer | 16 Apr 2009, 08:55 PM Post #12 |
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A cottage? near Lakeside? Hmmmm |
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| timbgray64 | 17 Apr 2009, 06:32 AM Post #13 |
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I'm guessing 'cottage' is just marketing speel, more like a house. Did look nice on the website tho, and it means i won't be stuck at the other end of town |
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