Chairman’s Report – Spring 2023
Dear Members I feel I am a little late with this “spring newsletter” but as JP with confirm that work for me has been a bit frantic with personnel changes and redundances which as a Director I need to work through. Anyway, thank you to all that have re joined […]
Read more »S.E.A.M.S. at Hassocks Garden Centre
On Sunday 30th of October the Stationary Engine Agricultural Society (SEAMS) held an ‘End of Season Breakfast Gas Up’ meet at Hassocks Garden Centre. We are very fortunate that since the owners have given us permission to re-locate to their car park, we have seen greater interest shown by the […]
Read more »First Winter Meeting December 2022
On the evening of Friday 21st October SEAMS held its first post season winter meeting at Faygate Village Hall. Being the first we did not have an organised speaker having around 14 attend, I am really grateful to all for making the effort. Richard Amos kindly brought along a PC […]
Read more »Chairman’s Report – December 2022
Dear Members, We are now into winter meetings the first in October followed by the recent November AGM, the next being 3rd week of December on Friday 16th December. This will be a pre-Christmas gathering with collectables and hopefully in the New Year we will be able to secure some […]
Read more »SEAMS Report Leigh Flower Show – 23rd July 22
By John Peters SEAMS Events Secretary and Health & Safety Officer There was a nice turn out of engines at the Leigh Flower show, We had an exceptionally good plot and was made to feel most welcome. It would have been nice if all those who said they were attending […]
Read more »Ian Sampson Obituary
It is with great sadness that my father, Ian Sampson, passed away on the 11th September 2022 at the age of 76 having been diagnosed with FTD dementia earlier in the year. He started rallying in the late 1960’s attending rallies and when possible joined clubs that catered for stationary […]
Read more »The Petter Portable brought back to the UK from South Africa!
The current curator of Horsham Museum is Jeremy Knight who we had dealings with over the Horsham Foundry water pump that is now exhibited there. I believe the Petter Portable referred to in the article that appeared in the “West Sussex” paper dated 15/6/1969, is the one now owned by […]
Read more »SEAMS Report – Hassocks Garden Centre, Gas Up and Breakfast – 20th March 2022
There was a good turn out and the weather was kind. The owners of the Garden Centre had made a decision based on their thoughts that when we were sited at the very top of the car park, that we did not get as many visitors as we should. So, […]
Read more »Chairman’s Report – Spring 2022
Dear Members I can’t believe that our last newsletter was pre-Christmas, where does the time go? I am sure we are all grateful that the light nights are coming and hopefully the weather is improving, thought as I write it’s taken a little set back to colder this week. We […]
Read more »Chairman’s Report – December 2021
Dear Members Thanks to all that attended the SEAMS AGM on Friday the 19th of November. It was a good turnout considering it was really the first winter meet and the AGM. There were about 17 people that included 4 Committee members, Jon Foster, John Peters, Ian Sampson and myself. Apart from […]
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