Fred and Amelia
A 1940s Steam Weekend, Holt and Sheringham, Norfolk - 18th September 2010
Nosher, Isobel and The Boy take The Van over to Holt Railyway station on the North Norfolk Railway for a spot of 1940s nostalgia. Suzanne and Clive are already their with their 1941 Chrysler Royale, and there are loads of trains for The Boy to point at and say "choo choo" a lot. The event is very popular, and the trains are packed with people, most of whom have put the effort in to dress up in various forms of period gear. Each of the stations on the line - Holt, Weybourne and Sheringham - all have different things going on to get off and poke about in (and we even bunk a trip on the second day up to Weybourne), and as a finale Clive picks us up from Weybourne for a great posing trip around Sheringham in the US-Army staff car. Capping off the entire event in great style is a low fly-past by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Lancaster.
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Amelia and Fred are head to head
US Army wagons
A very shiny black Plymouth
One of our heads is missing
Isobel spots a cool red mushroom
Holt station
J15 engine 65462 pulls in to Holt
Clive roams around in his genuine USAAF pilot gear
Fred points
Fred watches the world go by
A visit from the army
Milling throngs on Sheringham station
Isobel, Fred and the 1940s contingent
On the platform at Sheringham
Clive and Suzanne's friends gather for a photo
What would Churchill have enjoyed for tea?
Clive gets the ice-cream in Sheringham
Isobel and Suzanne on the seafront at Sheringham
Clive comes back from the bin
Fred points at stuff
The slipway at Sheringham
Hanging around in Sheringham
End-of-the-world skies over the sea at Sheringham
Sheringham seafront
The shops are all in on the 1940's thing
Hospital van outside the Lobster
Isobel and Suzanne push babies up the High Street
An original Routemaster bus outside the station
More 40s action on the platforn
The buffet at Sheringham Station
Waving a gun around
A steam train pulls in
Clive and Suzanne with Fred and Amelia
30777 Sir Lamiel on the platform
A reconstructed bombed French building
The Class 777 steam loco 30777 Sir Lamiel
The engine driver chats to someone
A packed platform
Someone takes a photo
Piles of vintage luggage
A couple of vintage touches
On the platform
The train despatcher waits
Between two trains
The train pulls in to Weybourne
Clive sticks his head out of the window
Holt station comes equipped with actual gas lights
Evacuee girls on the platforn
Amelia and Isobel
Sir Lamiel at Holt
Suzanne and Isobel at Holt Station
Three red fire buckets
A bunch of discarded telegraph poles
Clive's mate tests out his search light
Fred in the van
Fred as a Skelington
Fred peers out of Clive and Suzanne's caravan
A blue Austin Seven
Class J15 65462 at Holt
65462 on the platform
A load of vintage cars
Isobel dresses up in Womens' Land Army gear
A song from the USO
A nice staff car
More singing from the USO
A quick stop at Kelling Heath
The train at Weybourne
Weybourne station
Trains pass at Weybourne
A crowded station
65462 prepares to leave
A Dads' Army re-enactment
Dads' Army pretends to take away a downed Luftwaffe pilot
The Weybourne waiting room
Clive gets ice creams
A vintage motorcycle
GWR 56xx train 5619 pulls out of Weybourne station
Some dude takes photos of the steam train with a proper old plate camera
The Andrews Sisters, sort of
Fred and Isobel
Full steam ahead
65462 steams out of Weybourne station
65462 pulls away from the bridge
65462's engine driver
Hanging out by a Willy's jeep
Land girls on Weybourne station
Weybourne signal box
The signal box
Sir Lamiel steams in from Kelling
GWR class 5600 5619 at Weybourne
The Stanier Black Five 'George Stephenson'
Land Girls
40s scenes
Nosher and Isobel
Clive drives us around in the Chrysler Royale
A nice old Bristol bus at Sheringham
Clive's Chrysler outside Sheringham station
Like a 1940s juke box
Almost implausibly time-warped photo: steam train and 1941 Chrysler
The train heads over a bridge
Fred with Silky Sue
The BBMF Lancaster flies in
A Lancaster bomber flies over low
Amelia and Clive
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Fred and Amelia
Fred and Amelia
Amelia and Fred are head to head
US Army wagons
A very shiny black Plymouth
One of our heads is missing
Isobel spots a cool red mushroom
Holt station
J15 engine 65462 pulls in to Holt
Clive roams around in his genuine USAAF pilot gear
Fred points
Fred watches the world go by
A visit from the army
Milling throngs on Sheringham station
Isobel, Fred and the 1940s contingent
On the platform at Sheringham
Clive and Suzanne's friends gather for a photo
What would Churchill have enjoyed for tea?
Clive gets the ice-cream in Sheringham
Isobel and Suzanne on the seafront at Sheringham
Clive comes back from the bin
Fred points at stuff
The slipway at Sheringham
Hanging around in Sheringham
End-of-the-world skies over the sea at Sheringham
Sheringham seafront
The shops are all in on the 1940's thing
Hospital van outside the Lobster
Isobel and Suzanne push babies up the High Street
An original Routemaster bus outside the station
More 40s action on the platforn
The buffet at Sheringham Station
Waving a gun around
A steam train pulls in
Clive and Suzanne with Fred and Amelia
30777 Sir Lamiel on the platform
A reconstructed bombed French building
The Class 777 steam loco 30777 Sir Lamiel
The engine driver chats to someone
A packed platform
Someone takes a photo
Piles of vintage luggage
A couple of vintage touches
On the platform
The train despatcher waits
Between two trains
The train pulls in to Weybourne
Clive sticks his head out of the window
Holt station comes equipped with actual gas lights
Evacuee girls on the platforn
Amelia and Isobel
Sir Lamiel at Holt
Suzanne and Isobel at Holt Station
Three red fire buckets
A bunch of discarded telegraph poles
Clive's mate tests out his search light
Fred in the van
Fred as a Skelington
Fred peers out of Clive and Suzanne's caravan
A blue Austin Seven
Class J15 65462 at Holt
65462 on the platform
A load of vintage cars
Isobel dresses up in Womens' Land Army gear
A song from the USO
A nice staff car
More singing from the USO
A quick stop at Kelling Heath
The train at Weybourne
Weybourne station
Trains pass at Weybourne
A crowded station
65462 prepares to leave
A Dads' Army re-enactment
Dads' Army pretends to take away a downed Luftwaffe pilot
The Weybourne waiting room
Clive gets ice creams
A vintage motorcycle
GWR 56xx train 5619 pulls out of Weybourne station
Some dude takes photos of the steam train with a proper old plate camera
The Andrews Sisters, sort of
Fred and Isobel
Full steam ahead
65462 steams out of Weybourne station
65462 pulls away from the bridge
65462's engine driver
Hanging out by a Willy's jeep
Land girls on Weybourne station
Weybourne signal box
The signal box
Sir Lamiel steams in from Kelling
GWR class 5600 5619 at Weybourne
The Stanier Black Five 'George Stephenson'
Land Girls
40s scenes
Nosher and Isobel
Clive drives us around in the Chrysler Royale
A nice old Bristol bus at Sheringham
Clive's Chrysler outside Sheringham station
Like a 1940s juke box
Almost implausibly time-warped photo: steam train and 1941 Chrysler
The train heads over a bridge
Fred with Silky Sue
The BBMF Lancaster flies in
A Lancaster bomber flies over low
Amelia and Clive