News
Success for Steam Traction World
12 June 2013
CONGRATULATIONS to miniature engine manufacturers Steam Traction World (STW) of Daventry on their recent successes of their kit modellers winning Best in Show at both the Three Okefords rally and the Bucks Railway Centre miniature gala.
TAVISTOCK STEAM FAIR - THIS SUNDAY
29 May 2013
Please note that the 23rd Tavistock Steam & Vintage Fair is THIS SATURDAY - JUNE 2 (and not June 9 as published in some quarters)
Other News
- Roller in collision at Corfe Castle
- Unique celebrations for steamship's 110th birthday
- Club celebrates 30 years
- Bittern heads three 90mph Main Line trips
- Lottery funding for Cambridge Horse Tram
- Stoke Goldington Rally Cancelled
- £1.4m Lottery Grant for SS Shieldhall
- Ex-Leicester CC roller reunion at GCR Gala
- Road vehicle exhibits sought for May Day gala
- Beeching: find out what really went on!
Feature Articles
Scotland’s last wheelwright
16 May 2013
In the June 2013 issue of Old Glory Hugh Dougherty calls in on Scotland’s last wheelwright, Ian Grant, who is still keeping the skills and the wheels of the past turning in a world of ‘knaves’ and ‘staves’
Saved at the scrapyard: The Marshall ‘S’-Type roller
18 April 2013
Marshall ‘S’-Type road roller No 78572 was one of a trio of rollers to be saved from a Cambridgeshire scrapyard by enthusiasts in 1961. Fifteen-year-old Steam Apprentice Club member Will Hurley, on work experience with Old Glory, tells the story of his family-owned machine in the May 2013 issue.
Other Feature Articles
- Museum Guide: Bridewell Museum, Norwich
- Monster steam winding engine
- Bus museum's just the ticket
- HMS Caroline to stay as Belfast attraction
- Dunkirk Little Ship rises - but where to now?
- Industrial Heritage: Curios in the West Pennines
- Steam Traction: Alfred Dawson & Co Rushmere, Ipswich
- Steam traction: A Garrett from the ground up
- Jubilation!
- The Southland Garrett
Videos
Great Dorset Steam Fair 2012 - Build a Burrell Project - Official Launch
31 August 2012
The Steam Apprentice Club has found its apprentices at the Great Dorset Steam Fair to help with our Build A Burrell Project.
This is footage of the official launch with the presentation of a cheque by Old Glory Editor, Colin Tyson.
Other Videos
Current Issue: June 2013
♦ £49,000 for Cambridge horse tram
♦ HCVS – Brighton run remembers chairman Ron
♦ 12 days of Beamish
♦ The ultimate in Marshall rollers
♦ Fowler's UK rally debut
♦ Moving away from steam: the Foden ‘R’ Type
♦ Death and destruction – mill engines and boilers
♦ Pickfords Wallis tractor ♦ Penny slots
♦ Scotland’s last wheelwright
PLUS:
• Next issue on sale: June 20, 2013
