The Lancashire Steam Heritage Festival was run over the weekend of 18th/9th May at the Lancashire Mining Museum, Astley Green, our fifth event in conjunction with our friends there.

The weather was set fair for the whole weekend, eleven steam engines of various types were in attendance, numerous tractors and vintage cars, an old time juvenile fair plus one fair organ and the Wigan Ukulele Band to keep us dancing!

On the Saturday evening we had a road run to the pub for some tea.

Our AGM for 2024 took place on 7th April in Fylde.

The day started with a fascinating, behind the scenes tour of Blackpool Tower where we learned about it's construction, saw the circus ring, learned about the menagery, the palm court and visited the famous tower ballroom.

We then broke for lunch and re-convened at Fleetwood Cricket Club for the meeting proper.

Our Winter social event took place on January 20th 2024 in Manchester.  We met up the The Britons Protection but decided that, us being a historical and heritage based society, we had better visit more of Manchester's history. So we dragged ourselves out of there and moved down the street to the equally historic Peveril of the Peak. There are quite a few historic pubs in Manchester so, on we went...  The Circus, The Crown & Kettle and The Marble Arch pub all had to be investigated, ceiling construction examined and discussed, the historical significance of the tile work around the bars and toilets debated and, of course, the ale sampled 🍻

Our Road Run this year will take place on Saturday 3rd June.

Starting point is The Little Town Farm Shop, Chipping Ln, Preston PR3 2TB. Just under 7 miles from the M6 Jn 31A.

We are aiming for the first engines to be away by 11:00am

I expect we will be calling at "The Green Man" Inglewhite, and "The Cross Keys" Whitechapel.

There are two circular routes, one of 14.6 miles for slower engines and a longer one of 20.5 miles for faster engines.

Lots of photo opportunities and chance to enjoy some road steam in its natural habitat.