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Fingers Crossed

Something we all missed in 2020, the Steam Rally. Whilst in the grand scheme of things, events that we frequent no going ahead isn’t exactly…

27/12/2020
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Resuming Business

Now that the Christmas festivities are all but over we feel it’s a good time to start posting again on our Social Media & website. With…

26/12/2020
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Michael Goakes

We are very saddened to to report the passing of our Chairman Michael Goakes on Saturday 19th of December. A very brave and humble man. The…

20/12/2020
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Another Playground Roller

It’s always good to see archive images cropping up, but one that particularly stood out recently was this image taken in 1966 of Aveling…

20/12/2020
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Adapting

2020 hasn’t been a great year for many, but if you are in a position to be able to dip into our social media content then you’ll be…

13/12/2020
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Rolling Forward

The image on this blog post has no real connection to the message, but we hoped to catch your attention so if you are reading this it would appear…

9/12/2020
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Marketplace

As we head into the month of December visitors to our website are reminded that we have an ever growing section that we call the…

1/12/2020
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Rolling Mug

Coming up in the next issue of Rolling (end of December) you'll find an opportunity to purchase yourself a Rolling mug. We will also be asking…

28/11/2020
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Online Presence

As we have outlined previously, we are now using Social Media to generate interest in what we do here at the Road Roller Association. Whilst we…

21/11/2020
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Mystery Roller

Does any know which one is this, please? This photo a 10 ton single cylinder Aveling & Porter steam roller, is very typical of ones which the…

10/11/2020
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Barford Perkins Steam Roller

Over on our Facebook page today we featured a vintage advertisement for a Barford Perkins Water Cart. As we were having a slightly lazy morning we…

8/11/2020
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Membership Mail Out

Many thanks to all those that have joined or renewed online over the past two weeks. We are posting the latest batch out on Monday of this week so…

8/11/2020
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