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Saturday, Sunday & Monday 26,27 & 28th MAY - A REAL TREAT!
Author Signing Session at The Ffestiniog Railway. Harboåur Station Porthmadog
	175th Anniversary Celebration The World’s Oldest Independent Railway Company - established 23rd May 1832 by Act of Parliament 26-28th May 2007 The railway were, of course, celebrating and auhors John Stretton & Peter Townsend signed copies of their books on all three days at Porthmadog Harbour Station	Victorian Saturday 1920s Sunday 1960s Monday
Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd April 2007 Another GREAT Weekend!
Llangollen Railway The Station Abbey Road Llangollen Denbighshire LL20 8SN United Kingdom
	Click HERE for to see the slide show signed copies of The Great Western In NORTH WALES Past & Present at LLANGOLLEN Station on SATURDAY & SUNDAY 21/22 April 2007 10am - 12noon & 2pm - 3pm Paul Shannon & John Hillmer
HOW TO GET THERE ? CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS
Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th April 2007

John Stretton signed copies of The Dean Forest Railway Past & Present Volumes 1 & 2 and Bob Barnett signed copies of Dean Forest Footplate Memories at NORCHARD Station

Monday 29 May 2006
John Stretton was at The Cholsey & Wallingford Railway

For details of The Cholsey & Wallingford Railway please contact.: http://www.cholsey-wallingford-railway.com
Thursday 8th December 2005
	WH Smith Railway Bookstall Paddington Station Jenny Agutter visited the Paddington station on Thursdat 8th December to sign copies of The Illustrated Railway Children Jenny has contributed her Foreword to the book in return for a donation to the CF Trust by Silver Link Publishing. The Trust will also benefit from various promotional activities connected with the book’s release.
Saturday 12th November 2005
	Ian Allan Bookshop Birmingham The draw for the prizes in the Ian Allan / The NOSTALGIA Collection competion held in association with The Severn Valley Railway was made at the Ian Allan Bookshop in Birmingham on Saturday. The prizes were as follows: 1st Prize: Locomotive Driving Course 2nd Prize: £100 worth of Silver Link Books 3rd Prize: £50 worth of Silver Link Books Plus 10 Runner-up prizes of: British Railways Past & Present No 50 North Staffordshire
Friday 23rd - Sunday 25th September 2005
September AUTUMN STEAM GALA Click SVR Logo to visit the railway's web site	Jenny Agutter visited the Severn Valley Railway's Kidderminster station on Saturday 24th September to sign copies of The Illustrated Railway Children Jenny has contributed her Foreword to the book in return for a donation to the CF Trust by Silver Link Publishing. The Trust will also benefit from various promotional activities connected with the book’s release. Jenny has been closely associated with The Railway Children since the age of 14, when she was cast as Roberta in the BBC’s serialisation of the novel. Three years later she was asked to play the same role in the classic 1970 film directed by Lionel Jeffries, and in 2000 she returned to play the role of Mother in the Carlton TV dramatisation. In her Foreword Jenny says, ‘Reading this centenary edition of The Railway Children with its beautifully chosen photographs from the Edwardian era, I feel we are travelling back in time. This enchanting story captures all that is best about childhood and growing up. It portrays a world where, even through adversity, “everything will come all right in the end”. It is a world we can return to as we turn the pages of this book.’
© John Stretton	Jenny arrived to find a bank of photographers waiting outside the front of Kidderminster station, and members of the press keen to catch a few words before moving through the booking hall to the station concourse where crowds of people were patiently waiting her arrival. Jenny had been held up on route by engineering work on the Paddington to Worcester line, her train having been 40 minutes late leaving Paddington. Jenny was providing regular updates by mobile phone of her progress, so that the waiting crowds could be kept updated - on hearing that she had arrived at Worcester Shrub Hill and was in the car despatched from Kidderminster to meet her three cheers rang out from the good natured fans. Very soon the star was signing copies and exchanging a few words with each customer. Appropriately the children were particularly keen to chat to Jenny and seemed enthralled by her, no doubt many having seen the movies on television or even the big screen! Having been originally scheduled to stay for just two hours, from 3-5pm, to the obvious delight of all Jenny delayed her departure until 7.30pm enabling many more people to secure a signed copy of this special centenarary edition of Edith Nesbit's classic story. Jenny's visit to The Severn Valley Railway generated a donation to the CF Trust of over £1000 - The Severn Valley Railway generously donating all their profit made from sales of the book on the day to the Trust. In addition to Jenny Agutter's visit The Severn Valley Railway was also host to the following authors: John Stretton, John Hillmer, Trevor Booth, Terry Gough, Roger Siviter, Roy Avis and Will Adams who were signing copies of their books at Kidderminster, Bewdley and Bridgnorth at various times over the weekend.	© Peter Rowlands


August 2005 The Great Central Railway Loughborough	Authors P.J.Wortley, Ian Mackenzie (Great Central Signalman) and John Stretton (British Railways Past & Present No 47 Leicestershire) enjoyed meeting visitors to The Great Central Railway on Saturday 6 August 2005 on the occasion of The Main Line Steam Trust Member's Day. (Photos: © Peter Townsend)

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