Vintage Spirit

07/08/2025

In the Vintage Spirit September 2025 issue:
https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/september-2025

➡ Allchin Makes Only Its Second Appearance – No.1268 had been out of the limelight ➡ for more than 50 years
➡ The Life & Times Of James Nasmyth
➡ Appleford 75 – An Appreciation
➡ When Ford Rescued Britain
➡ Normandy 25
➡ Somerset’s Lost Canal, Part 3
..plus more, including all the latest news and event reports.

13/07/2025

Quantity & Quality At The Best Bloxham In Years – Dick Bodily visited this year’s Banbury Steam Society rally and felt it was one of the best ever… Read the full report in the August issue of Vintage Spirit https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/august-2025

12/07/2025

Super Saturn: The canal boat Saturn is the last “Shroppie Fly” left in the world. Bob Weir recently went to Ellesmere in North Shropshire to talk to Saturn Fly-Boat chair Nick Grundy. https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/august-2025

11/07/2025

Acton Scott Historic Working Farm is back in business after briefly closing its doors in 2021. Bob Weir reports in the August issue of Vintage Spirit. https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/august-2025

11/07/2025

Appleford 75 – The Prelude: The day before the ‘Appleford 75’ event, saw a special gathering of the relevant engines at venues important to the start of the traction engine movement. Paul Stratford went along – full report in the August issue: https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/august-2025

10/07/2025

In the Vintage Spirit August 2025 issue:
https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/august-2025

➡ Appleford 75 – The Prelude
➡ Somerset’s Lost Canal, Part 2
➡ Down On The Farm – Acton Scott Historic Working Farm
➡ Super Saturn – the last “Shroppie Fly”
➡ Quantity & Quality At The Best Bloxham In Years
..plus more, including all the latest news and event reports.

Appleford 75 – The Prelude Somerset’s Lost Canal, Part 2 Down On The Farm – Acton Scott Historic Working Farm Super Saturn – the last “Shroppie Fly” Quantity & Quality At The Best Bloxham In Years

17/06/2025

When The Steam Fair Comes To Town:
Barrie C Woods reports on a steam rally when thousands descend on a normally quiet Lancashire village. https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/july-2025

16/06/2025

A Rare Event:
An unusual railway in Derbyshire celebrates the 200th birthday of its formation this year, and for three days only in early May 2025, the sole surviving winding engine, at Middleton Top, did just that. Peter Brockington went along - report in the July issue of Vintage Spirit https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/july-2025

15/06/2025

Somerset’s Lost Canal:
The Somersetshire Coal Canal was once one of the country’s most profitable, says John Hannavy. Read part one in the Vintage Spirit July issue https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/july-2025

14/06/2025

Richard’s Day – celebrating the pioneer of the use of high pressure steam: Brian Gooding enjoyed a weekend filled with steam in Cornwall with friends. Full report in the July issue https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/july-2025

13/06/2025

A Milestone For Maverick:
In the July issue, James Hamilton looks at the life of a centenarian Marshall engine, No.79441. https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/shop/item/july-2025

13/06/2025

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