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3. 'Beamish Half Term PuBilly Celebrations',

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Saturday 21st September 2O13

11 am till 4pm

Wylam Car Park, Falcon Centre & Institute

Wylam Locomotive"Pufflnf Bttly"

In 1813 a huge breakthrough in railway engineering took placeright here in Wylam. William Hedley developed the first adhesionsteam engine to haul coal from Wylam Colliery to Lemingtonstaithes. The Puffing Billy Festival organised by community groupsfrom Wylam, Heddon, Newburn and Lemington is celebrating this200th anniversary.

Related events in Wylam today include:Scoutrail - 14 model railways on display, plus associated stands inthe Institute today and tomorrow Sunday from lOam till 4pm. Theorganisers, Wylam Scouts, also providing refreshments.

Look out for the Puffing Billy trail between the venues.

Wylam Parish Council Railway Museum - with its newly-installedmoving scale models of Puffing Billy and Wylam Dilly is openall day.

George Stephenson's Cottage - half a mile east along the famouswaggonway, will be staffed by National Trust volunteers in periodcostume and is free to enter today and tomorrow. Refreshments areavailable from its pleasant cafe.

The Friends of Puffing Billy wish to thank all the communitygroups and businesses who are joining us today, including;

Refreshments

David Kennedy's Vallum Farm

French's Cafe

Friends of Libraries in Tynedale

Wylam Brownies

Displays

Earth Doctors

Groundwork

Melissa Robson

Robert Stephenson Trust

The Reece Group Ltd

Tyne Valley Rail Partnership

Please note music and dance performances listed on the oppositepage in red, take place in the south east corner of the car park.

Programme

11. OO Event opened by Mark Beattie,William Hedley's great, great, great grandson

Welcome Heddon Local History Society walkers

Presentation of Puffing Billy Football Challenge Cup

Judging Fancy Dress Competition

11. 3O Stocksfield Stompers

11.3O Premiere of 'Just in time', 'Wylam Am Drams' silent filmin the Falcon Centre. This film will be shown throughoutthe day

12.OO Wylam First School Choir

12.3O Hadrian Clog Dancers

12.3O Heddon Brownies and Guides time trial of Puffing Billythemed shopping trolleys on waggonway

1 .OO Elaine Milbourne Dancers

1.30 Junior Coal and Spoon Races in Falcon Centre playground

1.30 Prudhoe High School Swing Band

2.OO Cherry Pickers Ukulele Band

2.30 Wylam Brownies time trial of Puffing Billy themed shoppingtrolleys on waggonway

2.30 Hadrian Clog Dancers

3.OO Prudhoe High School Swing Band

3.30 Over 50's Coal and Spoon Race in Falcon Centre playground

3.30 Cherry Pickers Ukulele Band

4.OO Results, prizes and presentations