Full details are in the Steam Plough Times issue 228 – March 2025.
Membership – You need to be a member to vote at the AGM. Renew your membership here or join the club here.
Times – Tours from 10.00am and the AGM starts at 2.00pm
Travel –
Claymills Pumping Engines Trust
Meadow Lane
Stretton
Burton upon Trent
Staffordshire
England
DE13 0DA
By Road
• From the A38, take the north Burton (CLAY MILLS) exit and follow the A5121 towards Burton.
When approaching from the south, take care – the exit slip has a sharp 180° bend.
Meadow Lane is approximately ½ mile from the junction.
Look for the brown signs at the A38 junction and again at Meadow Lane.
• From Burton town centre, follow signs for Derby (A38).
After passing Arnold Clark’s motorstore, watch out for the brown sign at Meadow Lane.
• For SatNav, use postcode “DE13 0DA” to get to Meadow Lane.
• For What3words, the location of our main gate is rating.audio.brass.
By Train
• The nearest station is Burton upon Trent.
By Bus
• The X38 (Burton to Derby) direct service passes the end of Meadow Lane in both directions every 15mins. The nearest stops are the Beech Hotel and the A38 junction. Both are approximately 15mins walk to the pumping station.
Sales – Various items from the club stocks will be available.
Website – www.claymills.org.uk
We want to keep in touch with our members in 2026, our 60th anniversary year and beyond. Fill in the form via this link https://forms.gle/7aWnGsvDwJbb1sjr8 or Contact the Membership […]
Celebrating 60 years since the Steam Plough Club was formed, we are pleased to announce three new items as part of the SPC “60th anniversary” range. 60th Anniversary Logo […]
Shop / Books / Fowler Cultivating Machinery – Working Instructions For Fowler Turning Cultivators
The Steam Plough Club has launched a brand new clothing range that is available to order from Mid Wales Sign & Print.
The range has an embroidered logo on the left with a Ploughing Engine and Steam Plough Club text.
The full range is available for adults and a small range for children.
Adults:
Polo Shirts
Hoodie
Quarter Zip Sweater
Full Zip Fleece
Contrast Gilet
Regatta Dover Jacket
Children:
Junior Contrast Hoodie
Junior Jacket
Junior T-Shirt
Order now from https://mw-signandprint.co.uk/steam-plough-club/
Steam Plough Club Winter Visit and Lunch 2024
The Steam Plough Club has organised a Winter Visit and Lunch on Saturday 23rd of November 2024.
Visit Address: Curls Farm, Bromley Road, BS39 4DP
The visit will be hosted by Alan Sparkes at his premises, Alan has kindly agreed to host the visitors from 10.30 at his yard in Stanton Drew, Somerset. The full address will be confirmed closer to the date.
Lunch Address:
The Druids Arms, Stanton Drew, BS39 4EJ.
A for a pre-booked lunch has been organised for 14.30.
Brand-new merchandise is now available from the Steam Plough Club shop.
The new Fowler Leeds Pink Cap is a new take on an old favourite.
Click the below to order; the original black is also available at the link below.
Shop / Caps
An updated file of the Steam Plough Times – A Searchable Index Of the Contents Beta is now on the Members Area pages .
Steven Whittingstall,
22 August 2024
A selection of second hand books is now available from the Shop Page. Although the books are second hand they are in good readable condition.
Your Committee has started to plan for celebrations in 2026 to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Steam Plough Club.
A range of options is being considered and we welcome your ideas and suggestions for making this special year a memorable success.
We are reaching out to the membership for ideas and in particular offers of a venue for an event to take place.
If you have a venue or know of someone that could help us, please contact the Club Committee spc@steamploughclub.org.uk
The Steam Plough Club Committee
