The Thames Valley Traction Engine Club caters for steam engine enthusiasts from Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Hampshire.
The club was formed on 10th February 1961 with Arthur Napper Chairman, Jack Wharton Treasurer, and Ran Hawthorne Secretary, and celebrated its 40th birthday in 2001 with a specially arranged evening at Knowl Hill Village Hall.
Club
meetings are held on the second Monday evening every month at the Englefield
Estate Social Club between Pangborne and Theale. The club provides an
excellent venue for members to meet, to exchange ideas, to entertain and
be entertained, generally providing the facilities required by a very
varied group of individuals brought together by the love of steam. Club
evenings are extremely varied and include film and slide shows, talks
on steam related subjects, and audiences with celebrities
The
June and July club nights traditionally take the form of an outing, usually
to a fellow enthusiasts premises where engines are put in steam and restoration
projects are displayed. Club members meet for an annual road run and evening
barbecue, and are regular attendees at local rallies including Stoke Row,
Woodcote, and Knowl Hill.
As
well as club nights and social meetings the Club also produces an excellent
Newsletter
Thames Valley Traction
Engine Club 2008
