NUNEATON STEAM CLUB is for steam enthusiasts and those interested in industrial "whimsy". We will be holding talks throughout the year and excursions locally to places of interest. We visited Teddy Boston's model railway in 2014 which is alive and well at a house in Nuneaton. Scroll down to see photographs of it. Who better to introduce this section of the web site but the well known local vicar - vicar of Cadeby - Teddy Boston - who was an absolute joy to know and an inspiration to us all. Best of all he was the finest embodiment of the true English character and a gentleman.  After Teddy passed away his little railway around the rectory was moved to other railway preservation sites, and the last rolling stock was transferred to the Moseley Railway Trust site at Apedale on 22nd July 2006. (PL)

The Memorial to Teddy Boston and "Pixie" in Cadeby church. (Geoff Edmands)

(Photo Courtesy of Tony Newman)

(Photo courtesy of Tony Newman)

(Photo courtesy of Tony Newman)

CONNECT TO THIS EAST ANGLIA FILM ARCHIVES FILM OF TEDDY WITH HIS CADEBY RAILWAY http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/213644

Teddy and his great friend the Rev. Awdry who wrote the great children's stories "Thomas the Tank Engine" Teddy was immortalised in these stories as "The Fat Controller".

Teddy stars with William Francis in this Ivo Peters film from c. 1963. https://www.facebook.com/Baddesley/videos/874151499318879

Teddy Boston's beloved model railway has been saved and safely installed in a purpose built railway shed in the garden of a house in Nuneaton. A private viewing was arranged recently and anyone who wishes to see the layout running again on operating days are welcome to do so by contacting: [email protected] and it will be possible to the famous 3 hour - 24 hour operating system once again recreated as it once was at Cadeby. This is a remarkable tribute to Teddy and a wonderful legacy to his many fans.

Teddy's Travels

Teddy Boston camera in hand has travelled to a sugar refinery in France and uncovered this old tram loco mouldering away. It looks like a prison cell on wheels. (Maurice Billington)

Teddy "in charge" of a train on an ironstone line somewhere in the ironstone country. (we will find out in due course) sometime in the 60's. (Maurice Billington)

Teddy's obituary in the Narrow Gauge News Nr. 111 1986 ​from the Maurice Billington Collection.