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SEAMS at Parham 2024 by Steve Rowland

                                                              I was very pleased to be invited back to the Parham Steam Rally on the weekend of the 13th and […]

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Foxleigh Barn SEAMS Get-together by Steve Rowland

                    On the weekend of 26th and 27th July all SEAMS members were invited to a meeting under the kind invitation of Pete and Lin Vandendyck  to meet up in their well-kept adjoining field next to Foxleigh Barn. Due to other rallies […]

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Chairman’s Report – Spring 2024

Welcome to the “Spring Edition” of the SEAMS newsletter. As the year seems to be marching on, I thought I’d better get going especially as from my writing it goes to Sue to edit and create the format you receive it in, to the printers and to Peter to fold/envelope […]

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Hassocks Breakfast Gas up March 2024

SEAMS held its Hassocks Garden Centre breakfast meet on the morning of March 24th 2024. Everyone arrived early even though it was very cold and windy whilst unloading and setting up. At 9.30 we all went to breakfast, which was very good and sets you up for the day. On […]

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Tales from the West by Sean Murrell Spring 2024

A bit of a trip away from Sussex, the rally season started for me at the Abbey Hill Steam Rally in Somerset. A show where the engine section alone can cover two rugby fields! I took my 1952 Lister A with its newly fitted dynamo, as pleased with it as […]

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Passionate About Listers by James Skinner Spring 2024

As a lot of you know I’m very passionate about Listers especially the H-R range, and probably my favourite out of all of the Lister range is the H type. Mark Tewksbury told me about a possible sale of an early flick mag H type with original trolley and water […]

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Chairman’s Report Winter 2024

Dear Members Welcome to this winter edition of the SEAMS Newsletter. We had a really good turnout and I thank everyone who was able to attend. Inclusive of committee members, we had 24 on the night. A full transcript is published further on in this issue, but for me some […]

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S.E.A.M.S. New Year Gas-Up 2024

On Sunday 14th January SEAMS held its New Year gas up. The weather was fine and not as cold as expected, it did take a lot to book this weather in advance! We had a good attendance of members and 3 new members that were exhibiting engines. I would just […]

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S.E.A.M.S February 2024 Meeting

Date: Friday 16th February Venue: Faygate Village Hall, Faygate RH12 4SH Time: 7.30pm for 8pm   We are being joined by Robert Harris from the Harris Funfair. Robert is going to be giving a second part talk on the Harris Family Funfair. Come along and join us on what promises […]

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SEAMS at Parham – 8th and 9th July 2023

                        SEAMS were delighted to be invited back for the 2023 Parham Steam Rally held on the weekend of 8th and 9th July 2023. In 2022 being the organisers’ first year back to the site for some time, our […]

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