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Since the demise of the society in 1991, and
fulfilling the wish of the LUPTS President at the last Annual General Meeting
on 2 May 1991 that such events continue into the future, reunion weekends have
taken place over the Mayday Bank Holiday Weekend ever since, other than when
the Covid-19 pandemic prevented it. From just being a Saturday bus tour, the
gathering has grown to include events from Friday lunchtime until the Sunday
afternoon. As far as can be remembered (the detail of some facts have been lost
in an alcoholic haze over the years) the table below gives details of where
we've been and what we've done.
In addition, one-off events have taken place in
1998, 2002, 2008, 2010 and 2018 and these are linked to this page as well. They
are highlighted in the table below.
Full reports and photographic records of the events
since 2001 appear elsewhere on this site - select the link from the table
below. Other years will be added as time and resources permit. Paul
Hollinghurst has made his photographs taken on bus tour weekends available
online - click here.
Year |
Friday afternoon |
Friday evening |
Bus tour |
Bus Tour organiser |
Saturday evening |
Sunday |
Sunday |
Report and
photographs Note:
some photographs currently unavailable |
1992 |
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The Yorkshire Pudding |
Jonathan Cadwallader |
Railway, Tithebarn Street |
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1993 |
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The Cotswold Cavalier |
Jonathan Cadwallader |
Railway, Tithebarn Street |
Woodside Hotel, Birkenhead |
Shore Road Pumping Station, Birkenhead |
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1994 |
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The Yorkshire Terrier |
Charles Roberts |
Railway, Tithebarn Street |
Woodside Hotel, Birkenhead |
Royden Park Miniature Railway |
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1995 |
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The Lion and Beaver |
Jonathan Cadwallader |
Railway, Tithebarn Street |
Woodside Hotel, Birkenhead |
Birkenhead Tramway and Egerton Bridge |
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1996 |
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A Lancashire and Lakeland Wanderer |
Graham Unwin |
Pig and Whistle, Chapel Street |
Woodside Hotel, Birkenhead |
Historic warships, East Float, Wallasey |
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1997 |
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The Dudley Discoverer |
Rob Marsh |
Pig and Whistle, Chapel Street |
Farmers Arms, Hilldale, Parbold |
Steamport |
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1998 |
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The Peak District Pathfinder |
Charles Roberts |
Pig and Whistle, Chapel Street |
Rufford Arms, Rufford (Transport from Liverpool
to Rufford in ex Ribble Leyland PD3 TCK847) |
West Lancashire Railway |
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1998 |
Reunion event
for founder members at Crich |
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1999 |
Liverpool Overhead Railway Tunnel, Dingle |
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The Worth Valley Voyager |
Chris Poole |
Pig and Whistle, Chapel Street |
Old Hall Farm, Ellesmere Port |
Mouldsworth Motor Museum |
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2000 |
Queensway Tunnel |
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Dennis the Engine Hunter |
Jonathan Cadwallader |
Pig and Whistle, Chapel Street |
Tudor Rose, Neston |
North Wales Coast/Llandudno Festival of Transport |
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2001 |
Liver Building |
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The Greater Mancunian |
David Armstrong |
Lion Tavern, Tithebarn Street |
Cottage Loaf, Thurstaston |
Royden Park Miniature Railway |
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2002 |
Liverpool Museum Reserve |
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The Industrial Yorkshireman |
Graham Unwin |
Vernon Arms, Dale Street |
Martin Inn, Burscough |
Windmill Farm Railway |
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2002 |
Reunion event in
Liverpool and Birkenhead |
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2003 |
Williamson Tunnels |
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cumberland RE-visited |
David Richards |
Pig and Whistle, Chapel Street |
Old Station Hotel, Llandudno Junction |
Llandudno Festival of Transport |
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2004 |
Merseyrail IECC, Sandhills |
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Midlander-2: a chip off the old block |
Charles Roberts |
Pig and Whistle, Chapel Street |
Briars Hall, Lathom |
West Lancashire Railway |
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2005 |
tsmv Snowdrop at Birkenhead |
O-gauge garden railway in South Wirral |
The Knotts and Derby Rambler |
Jonathan Cadwallader |
Head of Steam, Lime Street |
The Chimneys, Hooton Green |
Hooton Park |
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2006 |
Wirral Bus and Tram Museum |
West Lancs O-gauge Group |
For a Few Deltics More |
Mark and Wendy Telfer |
Pig and Whistle, Chapel Street |
Farmer's Arms, Burscough |
Ribble Steam Railway |
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2007 |
Chester City Transport |
Merseyside Model Railway Society, Birkenhead |
The Elsecar Enterprise |
Chris Poole |
Pig and Whistle, Chapel Street |
Bottle and Glass, Rainford |
St Helens Bus Museum |
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2008 |
Birkenhead North depot |
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The Olympian to the Battlefield |
Rob Marsh |
Ship and Mitre, Dale Street |
Wiggin Tree, Parbold Hill |
British Commercial Vehicle Museum, Leyland |
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2008 |
LUPTS50: St
Helens, Burscough, Liverpool, Birkenhead |
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2009 |
U-Boat Story |
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t'Ribble at' Mill |
Jonathan Cadwallader |
Vernon Arms, Dale Street |
Cottage Loaf, Thurstaston |
Royden Park Miniature Railway |
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2010 |
Yellow Duckmarine and the Yellow Boat Cruise |
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Coal, Steel and |
Charles Roberts |
Lion Tavern, Tithebarn Street |
The Toad, Colwyn Bay |
Llandudno Festival of Transport |
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2010 |
Reunion event at
Crich to mark 50th anniversary of LUPTS tour on Glasgow 1055 |
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2011 |
Cathedral Tower |
West
Lancs O-gauge Group |
The Fflying Llansman |
Tony Kletz |
Lion Tavern, Tithebarn Street |
Cock and Bottle, Tarleton |
West Lancashire Railway |
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2012 |
Museum of Liverpool, Merseyside Maritime Museum |
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The Off-Peak Day Return |
Jonathan Cadwallader |
Vernon Arms, Dale Street; Railway, Tithebarn
Street |
Fishermen’s Rest, Birkdale |
Southport Model Engineering Club |
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2013 |
Liverpool’s Old Dock |
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The Atlantean Strikes Back |
Charles Roberts |
Railway, Tithebarn Street |
The Toad, Colwyn Bay |
Llandudno Festival of Transport |
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2014 |
Radio City Tower |
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The Magnificent Severn |
Tony Kletz |
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The Hungry Monk, Southport |
Jim’s Garden Railways, Southport |
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2015 |
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Merseyside Model Railway Society, Birkenhead |
The Royal Blue Quarryman |
Rob Marsh |
Railway, Tithebarn Street |
Hanover Street Social, Liverpool |
mv ‘Snowdrop’, Merseyside Maritime Museum |
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2016 |
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West
Lancs O-gauge Group |
The Merry Men |
Jonathan Cadwallader |
Pen Factory and Clove Hitch, Hope Street |
Trattoria
51 Pizzeria, Southport |
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2017 |
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The Ape, the Frog and the Fox |
Chris Poole |
Thomas Rigby’s, Dale Street |
Stanley
Arms, Anderton |
Anderton Boat Lift and River Weaver cruise |
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2018 |
Fire Brigade Museum, Bootle |
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The West Yorkshire Vantage |
Graham Unwin |
Railway, Tithebarn Street |
Trattoria
51 Pizzeria, Southport |
Southport Model Railway Village and Lakeside
Miniature Railway |
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2018 |
Weekend of
events to mark the 60th anniversary of LUPTS |
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2019 |
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Merseyside Model Railway Society, Birkenhead |
The Crewe Borderman |
Andrew Lowe |
Railway, Tithebarn Street |
Fishermen’s Rest, Birkdale |
Southport Model Engineering Club |
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2020 |
No formal events
due to the global Covid-19 pandemic |
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2023 |
Blakemere Miniature Railway |
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The Trouble’s not t’Ribble |
Jonathan Cadwallader |
Various, Southport |
Farmer’s Arms, Frankby |
Royden Park Miniature Railways |
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2024 |
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Liverpool and West Lancashire Gauge 0 Group |
The Staffordshire Knot |
Jonathan Cadwallader |
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Rufford Arms, Rufford |
West Lancashire Railway |
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