My Year with Flying Scotsman

My Year with Flying Scotsman

What many regard as the ‘world’s most famous steam locomotive’ celebrates its centenary this coming February.

Is there anything more thrilling than the sight and sound of a huge steam engine on the move? The award winning television programme maker, David Parker was lucky enough to spend 12 months filming the rebuilding of Flying Scotsman. But the year was anything but a bed of roses. In this illustrated talk David will show clips from his film and reveal the ways he found to weave the story of Flying Scotsman’s one hundred year history with its year long re-build and especially how he overcame the many problems that bedevilled the rebuild and almost torpedoed the television programme.