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Title: Hollycombe Steam - Liphook Hampshire Post by: Tony oily bike on October 05, 2015, 10:59:09 AM Hollycombe has Britain's largest steam-driven traditional fairground, along with a narrow gauge steam railway as well as road rollers and engines and is permanently located at Liphook in Hampshire (not far from Hindhead, near the Surrey border).
www.hollycombe.co.uk Sunday's weather looked good, and the site will soon go into winter hibernation, so thought it was time for another visit. Once you've paid your entry fee, all rides are free, and the ticket allows you to revisit as many times as you like in the following year. There's a nice little café, proper loos, a gift shop and loads of free parking too. There a really friendly feel to the place, and all the rides are either directly powered by steam, or from electrickery generated by one of the engines. Some of the rides have their own music played on an organ (ahem!) which reads its music by punch-card, not bad for 1900 ish technology eh! Here are some snaps - first one shows a engine generating steam and feeding by pipe underground to some of the rides Title: Re: Hollycombe Steam - Liphook Hampshire Post by: Tony oily bike on October 05, 2015, 11:03:37 AM Little Austins, these are powered by electricity generated by a showman's engine
Title: Re: Hollycombe Steam - Liphook Hampshire Post by: Tony oily bike on October 05, 2015, 11:06:03 AM Swingboats - there's a transfer shaft that the runs the length of all the boats. Within each boat there's a rope-pull connected to a brake which when engaged, swings the boat.
Title: Re: Hollycombe Steam - Liphook Hampshire Post by: Tony oily bike on October 05, 2015, 11:08:11 AM Here's an old railway signal box that was salvaged and re-located here. You can wander in and operated the (now disconnected) levers.
It even has most of the old communication system in place. Title: Re: Hollycombe Steam - Liphook Hampshire Post by: Tony oily bike on October 05, 2015, 11:09:21 AM Ain't that sweet ;D
It was firing up when we got there, and then went for a drive Title: Re: Hollycombe Steam - Liphook Hampshire Post by: Tony oily bike on October 05, 2015, 11:10:40 AM The punch-card system that feed the music score - digital tech from way back
Title: Re: Hollycombe Steam - Liphook Hampshire Post by: Tony oily bike on October 05, 2015, 11:11:39 AM Made in France around 1900, this is the organ that features on the gallopers
Title: Re: Hollycombe Steam - Liphook Hampshire Post by: Tony oily bike on October 05, 2015, 11:12:09 AM The gallopers
Title: Re: Hollycombe Steam - Liphook Hampshire Post by: Tony oily bike on October 05, 2015, 11:13:08 AM The showman's engine generating the sparks
Title: Re: Hollycombe Steam - Liphook Hampshire Post by: Tony oily bike on October 05, 2015, 11:14:13 AM Another engine, this one's not used for any of the rides
Title: Re: Hollycombe Steam - Liphook Hampshire Post by: Tony oily bike on October 05, 2015, 11:15:19 AM This pair provide steam fed underground by pipe to the rides without their own engine
Title: Re: Hollycombe Steam - Liphook Hampshire Post by: Tony oily bike on October 05, 2015, 11:16:23 AM The big swingboat thingy. Own engine and music
Title: Re: Hollycombe Steam - Liphook Hampshire Post by: Tony oily bike on October 05, 2015, 11:17:13 AM Part of the narrow gauge railway
Title: Re: Hollycombe Steam - Liphook Hampshire Post by: Tony oily bike on October 05, 2015, 11:18:29 AM I'll second this..............
Title: Re: Hollycombe Steam - Liphook Hampshire Post by: Tony oily bike on October 05, 2015, 11:19:13 AM Snigger snigger ::)
Title: Re: Hollycombe Steam - Liphook Hampshire Post by: Manky Monkey on October 05, 2015, 12:50:43 PM Haven't been there for years -used to go to a Morris Minor owners rally there every year -but definitely worth a visit. Nice photos Tone.
Title: Re: Hollycombe Steam - Liphook Hampshire Post by: the coppersmith on October 05, 2015, 03:39:21 PM never been, another thing to do before the day of reckoning comes ;D
Title: Re: Hollycombe Steam - Liphook Hampshire Post by: BikerGran on October 05, 2015, 06:03:33 PM I went there once with my bike club, had a great day! I intended to take the grandkids this year but the day I wanted to go clashed with something else - must try harder next year!
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