The Cotswold town of Broadway is to host an event at which experts will value railway memorabilia brought along by members of the public.

The event will take place on Sunday 1 October between 10am and 3pm at Lifford Hall, Lower Green, Broadway, WR12 7BU between 10am and 3pm.

The organisers – Broadway Museum and Art Gallery, in partnership with the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) and GW Railwayana Auctions (GWRA) – are inviting members of the public to bring items of steam- and diesel-era railway memorabilia (‘railwayana’) to be valued be three experts including author, railway historian, and BBC Antiques Roadshow star Paul Atterbury.

Railwayana might include locomotive name and works plates, station totems and signage, signalling items, railway posters, paperwork and ephemera, plus any rolling stock or miniature railway related items.

Further details of the event can be found on this webpage.

Broadway Museum and the GWSR recently won the 2023 ‘Heritage Railway Interpretation Award’ for its popular ‘Journey Through Steam’ exhibition.

The award was presented at the Heritage Railway Association Awards ceremony in Birmingham, on Saturday 11 March.

The exhibition has been extended until 12 November 2023, and visitors to the 1 October railwayana valuation event will receive a 20% discount voucher to the Broadway Museum and Art Gallery which is valid until the exhibition closes.

Catherine Johnson, GWSR Marketing Manager, commented: “We are delighted at the GWSR to be working again with The Broadway Museum, on this event, but also in conjunction with Paul and GW Railwayana Auctions and a couple of our volunteers. It is a further way of developing GWSR in the local area. It will also give people the opportunity to have their loved memorabilia valued.”

Anona Van Lawick, Museum Director, commented: “We cannot think of a better way to add to the hugely successful exhibition than to offer our community of railway fans the opportunity to have their own loved memorabilia assessed and valued by Paul. These collections are what made our exhibition possible and with the great lengths GWSR are going to, to grow this Heritage Asset, we are proud to be working with and supporting this important piece of British history.”