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Surname * ………………..………………...... …… BANKERS STANDING ORDER FORM - PLEASE COMPLETE THE FORM BELOW, AND SEND IT TO Address 1:*…………………………...... …………… YOUR BANK Please pay Barclays Bank Ltd, (20-16-12 ) to credit Address 2………………………...... ……...... …………… HALESWORTH TO SOUTHWOLD NARROW Town:*……………..………….Postcode:*...... ………..….. GAUGE RAILWAY (Acct. 33671607) the sum of £______* on ______day of ______20___ ** e-mail address………………………………...... ….…….... and on______annually*** thereafter until further notice:- Contact telephone number…………………...... ………… Please Tick Please debit my/our*** Annual Adult/Corporate m’rship (over 16) £5.00 * Account no****______Bank sort code****______Annual Family M’ship £7.50 * (one contact point only) Bank Address****______Re-creating ______Annual Junior membership (under 16) * £2.50 Signed:______Donation (general, or specify fund - Rolling Stock, Land Halesworth’s Purchase, Footpath)………………………………….. * Enter the amount you want to pay ** Enter the date for the first payment (Please tick if you have completed the SO lost railway *** Delete as appropriate form opposite) **** Enter your own bank details Tick here to receive our online Newsletter: www.halesworthtosouthwoldrailway.co.uk the Halesworth Headshunt [email protected] TOTAL £..………………………………. Special Skills. Please tell us about any skills or Cornfield Mews, 6A Stradbroke Road, Southwold, experience that you may be willing to offer the Society: I support the restoration of the narrow gauge railway , IP18 6LQ ...... in Halesworth and the Upper Blyth Valley* 07379 789665 ...... Signature*…………………………………………… ...... ‘*’ means that field is required Printed by: Hetty’s Little Copy Shop, Halesworth History and route of the railway A New Organisation The Halesworth to Southwold Narrow Gauge Railway Society is committed to the restoration of The Halesworth to Southwold Railway was a In April 2018, the Halesworth to Southwold Narrow the historic narrow gauge railway in Halesworth narrow gauge railway line linking Halesworth Gauge Railway Society was set up by former and the Blyth Valley, for the benefit of the residents and its main line GER (LNER after 1923) station Trustees of the Southwold Railway Trust, to concen- of Halesworth (and its visitors), preserving it for to Southwold on the coast. 8 miles 63 1⁄2 chains trate on restoring the Halesworth (western) end of present and future generations to enjoy. (14.15 km) long, it was 3 foot (914 mm) narrow the line. gauge. It opened in 1879 and closed in 1929. Anyone who is interested in restoring the railway Two similar railways which were also closed over 80 in Halesworth is very welcome indeed, including Route years ago – the Welsh Highland, and the Lynton & current and former members of the Southwold Barnstaple – are being re-instated to provide more Railway Trust. An online forum, newsletter and The route closely follows the River Blyth, with environmentally-friendly access to their respective social events will be promoted as the Society Halesworth and Southwold both on the north National Parks. We believe the HSNGR can provide grows. side, but the longest section, including the other the same advantages to East Suffolk. stations, is on the south side. The line was lifted To join the Society please complete the member- ship form and post it to us at HSNGRS, Cornfield and the equipment was scrapped in 1941/2 to We are making progress. We have re-instated rails Mews, 6A Stradbroke Road, Southwold, Suffolk, help with war effort. One track panel can still be on the original trackbed at Bird’s Folly, Halesworth IP18 6LQ - or alternatively, you can scan the form found on the 1914-built Harbour Line and a sur- Millennium Green. In September 2018, two and send it by email to halesworthtosouthwoldrail- viving van body is at the East Anglia Transport Society Members bought ex-Channel Tunnel loco [email protected] Museum. There is also a surviving (but derelict) RFS 106, which after restoration, will haul HSNGR’s coal shed at . Substantial civil engi- first passenger train: If you wish to pay your subscription through your neering is still extant – principally at Bird’s Folly, in October 2018 the bank using online banking, the Society’s Bank Halesworth (the 1914 locomotive shed founda- details are as follows: tions and well, and two bridges) – and almost all Society moved into its Blyth Valley workshop. Barclays Bank UK plc, Bury St. Edmunds Branch, the railway trackbed is still clear: some is walka- Sort Code 20-16-12, Account No. 33671607, ble, particularly through woodland known as the Account Name: Halesworth to Southwold Narrow Heronry. Gauge Railway.