The Saunders Collection is a large collection of steam engines and Fairground rides as well as Fairground organs, collected by the Saunders family.
History[]
The collection was started by Reg Saunders in the 1950s. John and Ted Saunders have added considerably to the collection in recent years and have tried for a while to build a museum to house and display the collection in but planning issues have prolongued construction, however planning permssion has recently been granted by the council and work can soon begin.
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The collection[]
The collection includes may items, some of which regularly appear at various steam events around the UK.
Steam engines[]
- Named engines
- Boadicea - Foden no. 13708 - Steam waggon . Bought/on loan from the Bressingham Steam Museum as part of a deal to loan them the Sentinel Steam bus "Martha" (Ref:OG/VS news item)
- Carry On - Fowler no. 14425, A B6 Showmans road locomotive - Openshaw showmans conversion(1923)
- Ex-Mayor - Burrell No. 4000, a Showman's Engine
- Lady May - Wallis & Steevens no. 2592, 3 ton steam tractor
- Little Billy - Garrett no. 33566, Showman's tractor
- Lord Kitchener - Burrell no. 3633 Road Locomotive
- Majestic - Burrell no. 3890, Showmans engine
- Martha - Sentinel no. 8714, Sentinel DG4 wagon with Bus body conversion.
- Reg - Savage no. 867 in the Harry Lee - Steam Yachts
- Sunrise - Fowler no. 14247, Ploughing Engine
- Sunset - Fowler no. 14248, ploughing engine
- The Tiger/John Fowler - Fowler no. 15629 - Tiger tractor
- Wheatsheaf - Wallis & Steevens no. 7666 Traction engine
- The Lion - Fowlers, Road Locomotive. Bought at Auction October 2020
- Un-named engines
- Farmers Foundry no. 36 - Portable
- Foden no. 13008 - rare six wheel wagon - ex. Lakes and Trinidad (Tar co.)
- Fowler no. 17560 - DNA 10 ton roller (1st engine in the collection)
- Garrett no. 33488 - Tractor
- Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies no. 14351 - Portable
- Sentinel no. 8084 - Steam wagon in 'Hovis' livery
- White Steam Car - 1909 steam car
Fairground rides[]
- Harry Lee's Steam Yachts
- Set of gallopers with centre organ
- Cake Walk
- Juvenile rides
- Collection of fairground memorabilia & side show items
Organs[]
- 101 key Mortier Organ
- 98 key Gavioli Organ
Other items[]
- Foden 3-way tipping trailer (steam engine trailer)
- Scammell Constructor - Recovery wagon
- Scammell Highwayman NYM 867E - Ballast tractor/Showman's tractor- pulls the living van
- Scammell Highwayman -
- Showman's living van by Southern & Co.
- Unic - 1912 open top tourer
- Volvo F12 tractor unit + low loader
- Collection of John Fowler ploughing engine implements
- Various models of steam engines
Living vans[]
- Several living vans to go with the engines
Events[]
Items from the collection appear at many events throughout the year, including;
- Belvoir Castle Steam Festival - 2011
- Great Dorset Steam Fair
- Lister Tyndale Steam Rally
- Old Warden Steam Rally(Bedford Steam Preservation Society)
- Pickering Steam Rally
- Stotfold Mill
- Weeting Steam Engine Rally and Country Show
- and others - Please expand this list
See also[]
- List of Collections
- Shows and Meets
- Steam fairs
- steam museums
References / sources[]
- 2009 Old Warden Steam rally show guide
External links[]
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