Comments Off The organisers of this month’s ‘curry nite’ on Sunday 28th February at Cleeve Village Hall are kindly donating proceeds to the Strawberry Line Cafe Project – many thanks to them for their support! All are welcome, proceedings start at 3.30pm with drinks and ‘therapy tasters’, with curry served from 4pm to 7pm by Udderley Good 4 U of Yatton. Call 01934 876344 for more details.
Comments Off That’s a headline you won’t see often, but the story behind it is as follows. We’ve been asked for help by Lucy Evans, Serials Processing Manager at the British Library. She says:
‘… I am writing a biography of an inventor and librarian, Andrea Crestadoro, 1808-1879. I understand that once upon a time the sign for the Bridge Inn, Yatton, was of his machine – the Impulsoria. This was a sort of mobile, horse-powered treadmill, that ran in England at the Nine Elms station, London, in 1850 and also appeared at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1851. It disappeared after that, though versions of it still crop up – ecological and kind to horses!
As there is only one other known illustration in existence (of its appearance at Nine Elms) I was very excited to come across the reference to the Bridge Inn sign in the “Wordsworth Dictionary of Pub Names”. Yatton Library have found out from a resident that the sign was there until relatively recently, but the thought it might have been destroyed is really upsetting!
I wonder if you know of any pictures or photographs of this sign? It would be fascinating to know why the Yatton Bridge Inn chose the Impulsoria for the sign – maybe someone saw it at the Crystal Palace Exhibition?’
If you think you can help Lucy, please contact her direct at Lucy.Evans@bl.uk, and let us know too at info@strawberrylinecafe.co.uk. We’ll let you know if the mystery is solved…
Comments Off At our third Steam Evening, held at Horsecastle Chapel, project director Ann Ramsey was presented with a cheque for £750 by local retired railwayman Colin Forse. This represents the proceeds so far from Colin’s book, A Life on the Railway, written with the help of Faith Moulin, secretary of the project. Colin has made this kind donation to the project as he has a great interest in the Strawberry Line, having spent his early years driving and firing steam engines along it.
The ‘Steam in Colour’ slide show, organised by Warwich Hulme, was enjoyed by over a hundred people, and included slides shown by Paul Gregory of the Weston Clevedon and Portishead Railway Society, and film clips shown by Dave Aylesbury of historic railway subjects of local interest. The evening itself raised £286 for the cafe project.
Many thanks to all those who have contributed to both these fundraising efforts, and don’t forget that the Strawberry Line Cafe Project is currently running an Easter Draw with great railway-related prizes! If you would like to support the project by buying tickets, please ring Faith Moulin on 01934 834282 or email info@strawberrylinecafe.co.uk.
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