LUPTS bus tour reunion weekends

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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 Full details here	Bus Tour organiser	Saturday evening	Sunday lunch	Sunday afternoon	Report and photographs Note: some photographs currently unavailable
1992			The Yorkshire Pudding	Jonathan Cadwallader	Railway, Tithebarn Street
1993			The Cotswold Cavalier	Jonathan Cadwallader	Railway, Tithebarn Street	Woodside Hotel, Birkenhead	Shore Road Pumping Station, Birkenhead
1994			The Yorkshire Terrier	Charles Roberts	Railway, Tithebarn Street	Woodside Hotel, Birkenhead	Royden Park Miniature Railway
1995			The Lion and Beaver	Jonathan Cadwallader	Railway, Tithebarn Street	Woodside Hotel, Birkenhead	Birkenhead Tramway and Egerton Bridge
1996			A Lancashire and Lakeland Wanderer	Graham Unwin	Pig and Whistle, Chapel Street	Woodside Hotel, Birkenhead	Historic warships, East Float, Wallasey
1997			The Dudley Discoverer	Rob Marsh	Pig and Whistle, Chapel Street	Farmers Arms, Hilldale, Parbold	Steamport	Photographs
1998			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
1998	Reunion event for founder members at Crich
1999	Liverpool Overhead Railway Tunnel, Dingle		The Worth Valley Voyager	Chris Poole	Pig and Whistle, Chapel Street	Old Hall Farm, Ellesmere Port	Mouldsworth Motor Museum
2000	Queensway Tunnel		Dennis the Engine Hunter	Jonathan Cadwallader	Pig and Whistle, Chapel Street	Tudor Rose, Neston	North Wales Coast/Llandudno Festival of Transport	Report
2001	Liver Building		The Greater Mancunian	David Armstrong	Lion Tavern, Tithebarn Street	Cottage Loaf, Thurstaston	Royden Park Miniature Railway	Report and photographs
2002	Liverpool Museum Reserve		The Industrial Yorkshireman	Graham Unwin	Vernon Arms, Dale Street	Martin Inn, Burscough	Windmill Farm Railway	Report and photographs
2002	Reunion event in Liverpool and Birkenhead							Report and photographs
2003	Williamson Tunnels		cumberland RE-visited	David Richards	Pig and Whistle, Chapel Street	Old Station Hotel, Llandudno Junction	Llandudno Festival of Transport	Report and photographs
2004	Merseyrail IECC, Sandhills		Midlander-2: a chip off the old block	Charles Roberts	Pig and Whistle, Chapel Street	Briars Hall, Lathom	West Lancashire Railway	Report and photographs
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	Report and photographs
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	Report and photographs
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	Report and photographs
2008	Birkenhead North depot		The Olympian to the Battlefield	Rob Marsh	Ship and Mitre, Dale Street	Wiggin Tree, Parbold Hill	British Commercial Vehicle Museum, Leyland	Report and photographs
2008	LUPTS50: St Helens, Burscough, Liverpool, Birkenhead							Report and photographs
2009	U-Boat Story		t'Ribble at' Mill	Jonathan Cadwallader	Vernon Arms, Dale Street	Cottage Loaf, Thurstaston	Royden Park Miniature Railway	Report and photographs
2010	Yellow Duckmarine and the Yellow Boat Cruise		Coal, Steel and ~~Victorian Steam~~ an 8F to the rescue	Charles Roberts	Lion Tavern, Tithebarn Street	The Toad, Colwyn Bay	Llandudno Festival of Transport	Report and photographs
2010	Reunion event at Crich to mark 50th anniversary of LUPTS tour on Glasgow 1055							Report and photographs
2011	Cathedral Tower	West Lancs O-gauge Group	The Fflying Llansman	Tony Kletz	Lion Tavern, Tithebarn Street	Cock and Bottle, Tarleton	West Lancashire Railway	Report and photographs
2012	Museum of Liverpool, Merseyside Maritime Museum		The Off-Peak Day Return	Jonathan Cadwallader	Vernon Arms, Dale Street; Railway, Tithebarn Street	Fishermen’s Rest, Birkdale	Southport Model Engineering Club	Report and photographs
2013	Liverpool’s Old Dock		The Atlantean Strikes Back	Charles Roberts	Railway, Tithebarn Street	The Toad, Colwyn Bay	Llandudno Festival of Transport	Report and photographs
2014	Radio City Tower		The Magnificent Severn	Tony Kletz		The Hungry Monk, Southport	Jim’s Garden Railways, Southport	Report and photographs
2015		Merseyside Model Railway Society, Birkenhead	The Royal Blue Quarryman	Rob Marsh	Railway, Tithebarn Street	Hanover Street Social, Liverpool	mv ‘Snowdrop’, Merseyside Maritime Museum	Report and photographs
2016		West Lancs O-gauge Group	The Merry Men	Jonathan Cadwallader	Pen Factory and Clove Hitch, Hope Street	Trattoria 51 Pizzeria, Southport		Report and photographs
2017			The Ape, the Frog and the Fox	Chris Poole	Thomas Rigby’s, Dale Street	Stanley Arms, Anderton	Anderton Boat Lift and River Weaver cruise	Report and photographs
2018	Fire Brigade Museum, Bootle		The West Yorkshire Vantage	Graham Unwin and Charles Roberts	Railway, Tithebarn Street	Trattoria 51 Pizzeria, Southport	Southport Model Railway Village and Lakeside Miniature Railway	Report and photographs
2018	Weekend of events to mark the 60th anniversary of LUPTS							Report and photographs
2019		Merseyside Model Railway Society, Birkenhead	The Crewe Borderman	Andrew Lowe	Railway, Tithebarn Street	Fishermen’s Rest, Birkdale	Southport Model Engineering Club	Report and photographs
2020 -2022	No formal events due to the global Covid-19 pandemic
2023	Blakemere Miniature Railway		The Trouble’s not t’Ribble	Jonathan Cadwallader	Various, Southport	Farmer’s Arms, Frankby	Royden Park Miniature Railways	Report and photographs
2024		Liverpool and West Lancashire Gauge 0 Group	The Staffordshire Knot	Jonathan Cadwallader		tba	tba	Report and photographs

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Last updated: 9 April 2024