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Page last updated 29th January 2012

Next "Meet the Society" opportunities (Section updated 12 December 2011)

We will be at the following events:-

• Kendal Model Railway Exhibition on Saturday and Sunday 28th and 29th January 2012.
• Preston Model Railway Exhibition on Saturday and Sunday 3rd and 4th March 2012.
• York Model Railway Show 7th - 8th - 9th April 2012

and/or one of our Centre meetings. See the Perpetual Calendar for meeting details.

The information regarding Orion is currently being revised in the light of recently received data about the locomotive's construction. However it is now certain the Centenary of the locomotive should be celebrated in 2011. To this end a steaming of the engine took place at Locomotion Shildon on 21/22 May this year with a supporting stand from our N E Area. .

Additionally a memorial service honouring the designer and main builder, G R S Darroch, was held on 11th June at St Bartholomew's Church, Wigginton (Nr Tring) where he is interred.

NB Additional photographs of the steaming weekend are available for viewing by members only in our Yahoo Group.

Launch of the SLS Youtube channel.

As a part of the Orion Centenary Youtube videos added covering the 2005 return of Orion to steam at Colwall which is also a fitting way to launch the new SLS Youtube channel.

Current new member price deals -

Full year - £10.00 for full year (Normal full year £25.00)

With this option membership commences on 1st January in each year . A standard renewal fee (Currently £25.00) is then due in the January following. This offer provides 6 Journals through the year and a new recruit will receive any back number Journals. In the second half of the year a new member has the option of taking out the full year with back issue Journals or the half year deal as below.

Part year option - £5.00 for 2nd half year then standard renewal on 1st Jan. (NB Option is only available between 1st Jul & 30 Nov in each year')

This option is available each year as an alternative for members joining well into the year. It gives immediate membership and includes all Journals for July to December including any relevant back numbers for Autumn joiners . A standard renewal fee of £25.00 is then due in the following January 2011. This offer provides 9 Journals in the first 18 months of membership at a total cost of £30.00 as an alternative to the full year option which with the relevant back numbers, would give 12 Journals for the same period but cost £35.00.

. See also the Gift membership options which are at the same prices.

Please click the link to the application form then print, complete and send with your cheque to the SLS Membership Secretary, M. D. Dick in (SLS), 1A Lostock Avenue, Poynton, Cheshire, SK12 1DR . If when completing the form you answer the voluntary questions too this will assist us in managing future recruitment and member expectations. (Section updated 7 October 2010)

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Scheme processing reopened after Christmas break - 28th December.

We have seven different images available for your selection of Gift membership card as below. (The thumbnails open a larger versions)

Image 1 (Black 5)		Image 2 (Class 24)
Image 3 (Bittern)		Image 4 (Sir Lamiel)
Image 5 (Tornado)		Image 6 (1501)
Image 7 (6201)			Card stock details Card 1 will be printed on heavy weight art card, cards 2 through 7 will be printed on 240gsm glossy photo' paper.

To order the following process applies:-

• Email the Promotions Officer at stephenson@stephensonloco.org.uk stating (1) the number you wish to buy (2) your card choices(s) and (3) your return address.
• Email the Promotions Officer at stephenson@stephensonloco.org.uk stating (1) the number you wish to buy (2) your card choices(s) and (3) your return address.
• You will then be sent the gift card pack (Card, envelope and brochure endorsed "Welcome to the SLS - A gift membership has been purchased on your behalf) plus an extra blank membership brochure(s) coded – Gift for date ……………… . NB Existing SLS members please also add your membership number for monitoring purposes.
• The gift pack is for you to give to the recipient,
• You send the completed new member form(s) with the new members address on it plus the cheque to the Society Membership Secretary at the address on the form.
• Please indicate any "do not send before date" if the gift is date specific so that you can give the Gift membership card before the first SLS mailing is sent to the new member.

Can I renew an existing member's subscription as a gift? - yes

Although the reduced fee aspect of the gift membership scheme outlined above is solely for completely new members if you wish to give a subscription renewal for an existing member as a gift the card element of the scheme is, of course, still applicable. In this instance email the Promotions Officer at stephenson@stephensonloco.org.uk for further details.

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For all general queries regarding our facilities, railways, use of photographs from the site, membership etc please email using either the hot link from our home page or make the obvious changes to the following email address = stephenson_at_stephensonloco_dot_org_dot_uk (Entry updated 1 October 2009)

Current Journal cover picture details
	Front Cover image: As the Journal cover picture changes frequently caption details are not listed here.  For details see the Journal page.
Link to larger version of current cover picture shown above

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2012

Next scheduled routine update - Early 2012 with details of the January/February Journal contents and cover image. 2011 update list to be archived shortly too.

Other updating work - Work has started on the programmed update of this web site. The first noticeable change made was the addition of Facebook links. Additional steps are underway, namely changes to behind the scenes coding to assist search engine placement. Later phases will improve page design and change some aspects from the current format, built as a static html site, to the latest dynamic php (database driven) style.  Sections planned for early conversion are the meetings calendar/Centre information content, the library index/database and the images section. 

29 Jan - The pdf order form for prints from the Photograph Collection and the List of available lists have both been updated today. The collection Custodian has also advised me that further updates to the Photograph Collection section can be expected soon. For users of social networking sites the Facebook links have been updated and now apply on the Home page, Journal page, this page and the Perpetual Calendar page.

26 Jan - Regular programemd update to add the January/February Journal contents, update the Journal archive page and add the latest cover photograph to the Photographs on Free View page. 2011 updates archived.

6 Jan - Christmas & Happy New Year welcome message taken down as it is now 12th Night.

1 Jan 2012 - Happy New Year to all our readers

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Earlier updates

Earlier logs have been archived to form a historic audit trail of changes to this web site., They are available should anyone wish to view them:-

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To view archived updates from 2007

To view archived updates from 2006

To view archived updates from 2005

Pre-2005,  Not available, as all older update logs had been deleted as obsolete prior to the decision to retain an audit trail of changes.