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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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