Churnet Valley in 2015

The key difference is the one between visitors (members of the public) and exhibitors (people who claim to portray a certain time period in some way, whether by showing a vehicle, a display, their clothing, etc.).

Let me put it this way. Why don't I just roller paint my Defender matt green and stencil a white star on the side, then park it up next to someone's wartime Jeep at a 1940s event? Many people won't be able to tell the difference, after all it's an impression of a wartime vehicle. I wonder how the person who has painstakingly restored the Jeep to original condition will feel.

Turning up to a WW2 event as an exhibitor in something that was built twenty+ years after the end of the war* is like turning up to 'Tracks to the Trenches' event in a Sherman tank.

*Referring to the green goddesses and REO trucks here more than the Ferrets

 

By the way, I don't mean my negative ranting to mean that I think the CVR or the owner of the vehicles have done a shoddy job at all. I think the whole ensemble looks excellent, something really cool and interesting.

It's just that it's not 1940s

 

First Santa trains this weekend, with TKh 2944 rostered.

 

@lil Bear - this thread has been very interesting, look forward to the 2016 edition.

Stuck up here in the flooded/frozen North at present, so good luck with Santa !

 

Santa trains ran on 9 December and will also run on Wednesday 16 December; views from the 9th include :

 

Just curious, is 5619 having a few teething problems?

 

Been back/forth to Lancaster, and helped out in Carlisle to appreciate your plight!

 

Just a few, yes...

 

Evening all,

Photos from the 19th Dec of 5619 on shed at night: https://www.flickr.com/photos/frank47524/albums/72157662627843175

 

5619 booked to operate 5x return trips along the CVR tomorrow & Wednesday, then 4 on Xmas Eve.

Provisional Roster for Cauldon WW -:
26/27 - TKh 2944
28/3Jan - 5619

 

Roster for WW as above, with 33102 on banking duties.

 

Evening all,

This weekends shots from the Winter Warmers now online...

26th with 2944: https://www.flickr.com/photos/frank47524/albums/72157662771891292
27th with 5619: https://www.flickr.com/photos/frank47524/albums/72157662689206772
28th with 33102: https://www.flickr.com/photos/frank47524/albums/72157662955602205

 

Following 5619 cracked spring, TKh looking to be readied for January 3rd.

 

Any hints on whether there may be another guest at the gala in late February?

Presume current line up is 5619 and the TKH and maybe an s160?

Ivatt 2 from the GCR would be nice!

 

Yes we should be able to announce another visitor in the next week or so.

S160 6046 is due back from Tyseley in the next couple of weeks as a complete loco and will also be running at the gala.

 

2016 thread up and running.

https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/churnet-valley-in-2016.620543/