Disabeled school children visit Woodrow
Disabeled school children visit Woodrow
A couple of months ago I was asked to bring in a couple of my steam engines to school to do a demonstration.
Now thats all fine and dandy takig engines into school but it has its obvious drawbacks so when I was asked to do it again I suggested that they visit my railway and workshop.
That was a couple of weeks ago and the class has just left.
A teacher took photos while I did the whole teaching thing so the pics arent up to my standard (there poo poo!) so dont complain about blurry photos.
When they arrived I had arranged a little table of bits and pieces that I wanted to show first, it included a couple of pop pop boat (who doesnt love pop pop boats?), some clockwork trains and some steamers.
A mamod lorry
opening it up
everyone likes pop pop boats
look at go round and round and round and round and round...
I dont have a problem with kids taking a closer look at things
this is made out of a Kellogs crunchy cornflakes box!
Ill admit this 1 was posed :lol:
who wants a looky round the garden railway?
alright lets steam Vincent up!
showing them the flames through a small hole the back of the firebox
but then whatya know, Vincent breaks down! Somethings up with the burner again, I suspect a blocked jet so it was battery only (didnt have enough time to prepare anything else).
James looks after the loco while I prepare a train
James showed the most interest so I told him how to start the engine and turn the power on.
just turn it up a little more lad...
and thats that, theres already talk of another class visiting in the spring when its warmer. :D
Now thats all fine and dandy takig engines into school but it has its obvious drawbacks so when I was asked to do it again I suggested that they visit my railway and workshop.
That was a couple of weeks ago and the class has just left.
A teacher took photos while I did the whole teaching thing so the pics arent up to my standard (there poo poo!) so dont complain about blurry photos.
When they arrived I had arranged a little table of bits and pieces that I wanted to show first, it included a couple of pop pop boat (who doesnt love pop pop boats?), some clockwork trains and some steamers.
A mamod lorry
opening it up
everyone likes pop pop boats
look at go round and round and round and round and round...
I dont have a problem with kids taking a closer look at things
this is made out of a Kellogs crunchy cornflakes box!
Ill admit this 1 was posed :lol:
who wants a looky round the garden railway?
alright lets steam Vincent up!
showing them the flames through a small hole the back of the firebox
but then whatya know, Vincent breaks down! Somethings up with the burner again, I suspect a blocked jet so it was battery only (didnt have enough time to prepare anything else).
James looks after the loco while I prepare a train
James showed the most interest so I told him how to start the engine and turn the power on.
just turn it up a little more lad...
and thats that, theres already talk of another class visiting in the spring when its warmer. :D
Last edited by pauly on Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:49 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Nice. My school's Aird department won't do that. Same thing but with people with minor/mild brain damage/hemerage, they also take in people like me with Asperger's syndrome & as a result, they don't have good social skills. My school locks them away, also they have a chimney over the Aird. Perhaps to get rid of the evidence
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Nice one, I must admit I think your brave having a party of kids visit your line, although it is probably easier with a teacher there. I agree with what Will said though, have a spare steamer ready (and make the one your going to fire your most dependable, never let you down yet engine) Having said that Gwydion had a good go at trying to embarress me at the Dickensian Festival
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