Latest News - 2nd April
April working weekend dates
The main working weekend in April will be 18th and 19th April. If you can spare even a few hours, any help would be much appreciated.
Work continues on 1623's interior
The weekend of March 28th / 29th saw more compartment curved wooden trimmers screwed into place onto the roof boards. In fact, only four more need to be done to complete the whole coach. These will have to be cut from new wood as the originals were missing / broken.
In the corridor, more short straight trimmers were screwed into place - these anchor the compartment screen tops to the roof boards, and so stop the compartment screen wobbling about. Several visitors were shown around 1623 - we are only to pleased to let the public see what's going on and explain the restoration programme for this now unique coach.
Forthcoming jobs:
More sanding of the internal compartment screens and corridor walls down to the bare wood;
Preparation of metal panels for filling of screw heads. All paint is being removed down to bare metal to ensure that no rust patches are forgotten;
A slight bulge in one metal sheet (at top of window level) will be cut by volunteer welder Brian Speck and then re-welded and ground flat. A view of the repairs being carried out to the corridor screen
Date set for Annual General Meeting
The date for this year's AGM will be Saturday 25th April, aboard the 11am departure from Pickering. All LNERCA members are invited to attend.
Wanted - Can you help?
With Thompson TK 1623 progressing well, thoughts are now turning towards the seats and the upholstery which will cover them. What we are looking for are details ( pattern numbers / samples / photos ) of LNER Thompson 3rd class upholstery, as none is known to survive. If you can help in any way, please contact us at L.N.E.R. Coach Association .
On-line fund-raising schemes
We have just launched several new schemes to help raise restoration funds on-line for the LNER Carriage Association on-line, with just few extra clicks. The new on-line fund raising schemes consist of two web shopping portals and two search engine schemes, and by using these schemes you can help raise money for us, without it costing you a penny!
Shopping Portals
The two shopping portals are buy.at and easyfundraising.co.uk. If you shop on-line, using either of these portals, then for every purchase you make, we receive commission on that purchase, whilst you pay the same amount as you would have, if you had made the purchase direct!
On-line shops available through the Buy At scheme include Amazon, Asda, CD Wow, E.on, Hertz, Ikea, More Than, National Lottery, Premier Inn, and many more. The complete list of participating stores, and what commission they offer, can be viewed on the site. This scheme doesn't even require you to register, all you have to do is go to http://buy.at/lnerca , and start shopping!!
On-line shops available through the Easyfundraising scheme include AA Travel Insurance, Argos, Blockbuster, iTunes, More Than, The Trainline, Thomas Cook, WH Smiths and Wickes. The complete list of participating stores can be viewed here . To use this scheme, you do need to register first, a process that only takes a few minutes and can be done here .
Search Engine Schemes
The two search engine schemes are www.everyclick.com and www.easysearch.org.uk . These schemes work by the web company donating some of the money they receive from advertising fees, for each search that is completed using the search portal.
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