A FULL HEAD OF STEAM
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The Hawk always looks forward to his quarterly edition of Steaming, the maga7ine of the National Traction Engine Trust_ Happily the Summer 2000 issue did not disappoint. All the regular items were there including Trust News and Around the World, including reports from Spain, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. There was news of the first Road Steam Validation Certificates presented in June. These certificates are issued by the Road Steam Forum to provide clear and standardised evidence of the facts that make up an engine's history. In Anatomy of an Accident, Peter Donovan examines the tragic events surrounding the death of a young boy who fell from the back of a traction engine in a Denbighshire village in 1918. Gerry
Doherty researches the history of the Fowler showman's engine 15713 Pride of the Shannon in a feature entitled, Caledonian Amusements. At the turn of the century George McDonald emigrated to Ireland and went into the fairground business setting up an enterprise called Caledonian Amusements. Gerry spoke to George's son Norman, who recollected the various engines members Of the family had owned in their businesses. As always the photographs are excellent and the articles informative and absorbing. Steaming is sent free to NTET members. Annual subscription to NTET is 220 and 210 to pensioners.
Contact Membership Secretary JR Cook on 01529 303160.