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Crich - Thomas Weekend - 2003-07-27 possibly
Old photo I took at Crich Tramway Village ( www.tramway.co.uk ) of 'Thomas The Tank Engine' on the depot fan. This is the only photo I can find that I took at the event, but as I was working as a volunteer during the event, I guess I didn't have time to take any others.
I believe this was taken on the 27th July 2003 during the Day Out With Thomas event that occurred only a couple of years, but I can't be 100% sure of the date now. It may have been a different year. Certainly on this date I noted that I got roped in to helping with a scenario with Thomas.
There were a number of scenarios involving Thomas and some of the trams that were running at the museum during the day and I've managed to find a leaflet listing these for the event that occurred on 17th July 2004. These are listed as follows;
11.00 'Thomas' is Discovered
The Lonely Engine
12.00 The Thirsty Engine
13.00 'Thomas' has Bellyache
14.00 'Thomas' and the Naughty Tram
15.00 The Thirsty Engine
16.00 'Thomas' has Bellyache
I remember I was roped in to helping with the Thirsty Engine scenario in 2003. I was volunteering in the workshop at the time, so had overalls on and they wanted some people in overalls to help out. Me and one of the other workshop staff had to carry out a bamboo pole that had loads of small buckets on. We then had to fill each bucket up using a hose attached to the water tanks on Sheffield 330 (which is a works tram that was used for rail cleaning and has two large water tanks inside). Then, once filled, each bucket was handed to a child (any member of public that wanted to get involved) who carried this over to a member of staff beside Thomas. The buckets were then emptied into Thomas' tank and sent back to us for more water and so on until Thomas' tank was full.
All of the trams that were running during Day Out With Thomas had 2D magnetic faces attached and were given names. In the above photo with Thomas is 'George', better know as Blackpool and Fleetwood Rack 2. Sheffield 330 had also been named for the occasion, but I can't remember what name that was given. Southampton 45 was named 'Shirley' as there is a place in Southampton with that name and the destination blind on the tram was thus able to display her name. I can't remember what other trams were named for the event, but I do remember one year, Sheffield Roberts car 510 was going to have a face, but with the front paneling of the tram being made from aluminium, the magnetic face wouldn't stick and there wasn't any other way of attaching it. I also remember a visiting bus similar in style to Bertie but in a different colour scheme being there with a face attached.
I have so far been unable to find any other info about this event at Crich online anywhere, so if anyone who sees this remembers it and has photos or anything, I would love to hear about it from you.
Crich - Thomas Weekend - 2003-07-27 possibly
Old photo I took at Crich Tramway Village ( www.tramway.co.uk ) of 'Thomas The Tank Engine' on the depot fan. This is the only photo I can find that I took at the event, but as I was working as a volunteer during the event, I guess I didn't have time to take any others.
I believe this was taken on the 27th July 2003 during the Day Out With Thomas event that occurred only a couple of years, but I can't be 100% sure of the date now. It may have been a different year. Certainly on this date I noted that I got roped in to helping with a scenario with Thomas.
There were a number of scenarios involving Thomas and some of the trams that were running at the museum during the day and I've managed to find a leaflet listing these for the event that occurred on 17th July 2004. These are listed as follows;
11.00 'Thomas' is Discovered
The Lonely Engine
12.00 The Thirsty Engine
13.00 'Thomas' has Bellyache
14.00 'Thomas' and the Naughty Tram
15.00 The Thirsty Engine
16.00 'Thomas' has Bellyache
I remember I was roped in to helping with the Thirsty Engine scenario in 2003. I was volunteering in the workshop at the time, so had overalls on and they wanted some people in overalls to help out. Me and one of the other workshop staff had to carry out a bamboo pole that had loads of small buckets on. We then had to fill each bucket up using a hose attached to the water tanks on Sheffield 330 (which is a works tram that was used for rail cleaning and has two large water tanks inside). Then, once filled, each bucket was handed to a child (any member of public that wanted to get involved) who carried this over to a member of staff beside Thomas. The buckets were then emptied into Thomas' tank and sent back to us for more water and so on until Thomas' tank was full.
All of the trams that were running during Day Out With Thomas had 2D magnetic faces attached and were given names. In the above photo with Thomas is 'George', better know as Blackpool and Fleetwood Rack 2. Sheffield 330 had also been named for the occasion, but I can't remember what name that was given. Southampton 45 was named 'Shirley' as there is a place in Southampton with that name and the destination blind on the tram was thus able to display her name. I can't remember what other trams were named for the event, but I do remember one year, Sheffield Roberts car 510 was going to have a face, but with the front paneling of the tram being made from aluminium, the magnetic face wouldn't stick and there wasn't any other way of attaching it. I also remember a visiting bus similar in style to Bertie but in a different colour scheme being there with a face attached.
I have so far been unable to find any other info about this event at Crich online anywhere, so if anyone who sees this remembers it and has photos or anything, I would love to hear about it from you.