Sandtoft Scene first appeared as a free 2-page newssheet that was given to visitors to the Sandtoft Gathering in 1986. The first regular edition appeared the following April, continuing to the present day. With thanks to members Andrew Fieldsend, Dave Hall and John Stainforth we now have a full set in our Archives.
On this page you’ll find digital copies of every issue. The prototype has been numbered 0 (like Keighley 0!)
Click on a button below to find a particular issue; you can click on an issue number or the image to download that magazine:
Scene At Sandtoft;
From The Gardens;
Board Reports;
STCL Fleet List 1987;
56 & 72 20 Years On;
From Magic Lantern To Dissolve AV Program - Pt 1;
Junior Scene - wordsearch;
Boxwagon Cookery (Recipe) - Quick Chilli Con Carne
Scene At Sandtoft;
The Technical File;
Board Reports;
56 & 72 20 Years On;
From Magic Lantern To Dissolve AV Program - Pt 2;
Junior Scene - crossword;
Boxwagon Cookery (Recipe) - Barbecued Pork With Pineapple
Scene At Sandtoft;
Focus On... Bradford 844;
AGM 1987 Report;
Board Reports;
From Magic Lantern To Dissolve AV Program - Pt 3;
Sandtoft Summer Draw 1987 Winners;
1988 Visitor Leaflet;
Trolleybus Drivers' Handbook;
Somewhere In The Bushes;
Junior Scene - A (belated) Trolleybus-Themed Christmas Carol;
Boxwagon Cookery (Recipe) - Apple Snurdel
Scene At Sandtoft;
Focus On... Bradford 844;
Report of EGM, 20.2.88;
Early Days At Sandtoft;
Sandtoft Miniature Railway Story;
Board Reports;
From Magic Lantern To Dissolve AV Program - Pt 4;
Junior Scene - Wordsearch;
Boxwagon Cookery (Recipe) - Corned Beef Hash
Scene At Sandtoft;
The Story Behind The Books;
1988/9 Depot Allocation & Points System;
STCL Code Of Discipline & Grievance Procedure;
Getting The Show On The Road;
Member Questionnaire;
Board Reports;
Boxwagon Cookery (Recipe) - A Concoction;
From Magic Lantern To Dissolve AV Program - Pt 5;
Junior Scene - Poetry Competition Winning Entries
Focus On... N&D 357;
Scene At Sandtoft;
Sponsor A Traction Pole;
Aston Manor Road Transport Museum;
History Of RAF Sandtoft;
Board Reports;
Boxwagon Cookery (Recipe) - Pizza;
Just Another Day (A Cycle Ride Around The Isle Of Axholme);
Junior Scene - Quiz
Scene At Sandtoft;
An Addition To The Family - ENG707;
Board Reports;
Last Days Of The Bradford Trolleybus System;
Boxwagon Cookery (Recipe) - Eggy Peggy;
Junior Scene - Crossword;
Revisions To Depot Allocation Points System and Proposed 1989/90 Depot Arrangement
Scene At Sandtoft;
Focus On... Derby 224;
Goodbye To "Sammy" (Ledgard);
Board Reports;
Our Working Week-And-A-Bit;
Boxwagon Cookery (Recipe) - Cheeseburgers and Chips;
Junior Scene - The Ghost Of Epworth;
Where's M.F.I? (song)
1998 AGM;
Introducing John Heighway;
Transperience: The Run Up To The DIspersal Auction;
Santa Days 1998;
Sandtoft Miniature Railway Update;
European Weekend 1999;
Sandtoft Gathering '98;
YThoughts On The Millenium And Beyond
AGM 1999;
Sandtoft Website Goes LIve;
Santa Days 1999;
Millenium Night At Sandtoft;
What Is Your Voluntary Time Worth?;
Out And About;
Miniature Railway Facts;
The Sale Of The Century;
The New Acquisition - Nottingham 46;
Obituary: Rita Matthews
AGM 2000;
Yorkshire Day 2000 with photofeature;
Santa Days 2000;
A Winter's Tale;
A Look Back At The Development Of Sandtoft Scene;
The Life And Times Of Sandtoft Scene;
Conducting The Isle Of Axholme Tour;
Obituary: Henry Riley
Appointment of Mike Dare as President;
A Rare Beast - Bradford 562 Acquired;
TB78 and LT 1812 re-launched;
619 Returns to Huddersfield;
Sandtoft - A Way Forward?;
Filming an episode of "Former Glory"
AGM 2001;
Obituary - Rose Hawksworth;
Our latest Find - Hastings 57;
Sandtoft's Latest Acqusitions - Photofeature;
The Darlingtons (ex Darlington double deckers in Doncaster);
My First 30 Years At Sandtoft - Part 1
Highlights of the 2002 Season;
HM Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee;
Obituaries: Bob Butterfield, Walter Hanson, Harry Taylor;
Hastings no 57 - Or Is It?;
Bradford Closure 30th Anniversary Photofeature
An Expansion Plan For Sandtoft;
AGM 2003;
A Memorial For Geoff Griffiths;
An Ill Wind - Huddersfield 470 Goes Down The Pan;
Plans For 72 To Visit Maidstone;
Photofeature - 2004 So Far;
Obituaries - Garth Nicholls and John Handley;
British Trolleybus Cisterns (Or Pull Chain To Flush);
My First 30 Years At Sandtoft - Part 3
Board Responsibilities Pt 1;
Training and "Train-ing" At Sandtoft;
Mike Dare's Challenge - 204 in 2004;
Launch of South Shields 204;
Trolleybus Preservation At The Beginning - Plumtree;
Wartime Weekend Photofeature
Death of Mike Dare Announced;
Board Responsibilities Pt 2;
The Route To Sandtoft: Plumtree - The Plot Thickens and
The Huddersfield Trolleybus Preservation Trust;
Sandtoft Gathering 2005;
Vehicle At The Bus Stop - Newcastle 501;
Obituaries: Mike Dare, John Thimbleby;
The Route To Sandtoft: The First Privately Preserved Trolleybus - Reading 113;
North East Weekend;
St Leger Rally 2005;
Twilight Event;
Vehicle At The Bus Stop - Bradford 746
The Route To Sandtoft - Plumtree Pt 3;
On The Buses - A London Transport Driver's View From The Cab;
At The Bus Stop - Doncaster 22;
Stop Press Obituary - Ray Henton
Obituary - Ray Henton;
At The Bus Stop 1 - St Helens 387;
The Route To Sandtoft - Plumtree Pt 4;
Easter Weekend 2006;
Reading Weekend;
Sandtoft's Crash-Box Festival;
At The Bus Stop 2 - Marseilles 202;
Finningly Amateur Radio Society
The Route To Sandtoft - Plumtree Pt 5;
The Huddersfield Trolleybus Preservation Society Pt 2;
Running Days Reports;
At The Bus Stop - Raleigh Sports Bicycle;
Obituary - Tony Peart;
Arranging Sandtoft's Special Events;
The Route To Sandtoft;
A Trip To Lyon;
Model Weekend 2006;
St Leger Rally 2006;
At The Bus Stop - First South Yorkshire 30500;
On The Buses - A London Transport Driver's Vioew From The Cab
The Route To Sandtoft - The Maidstone Trolleybus System;
At The Bus Stop - First South Yorkshire 30500;
On The Buses - A London Transport Driver's Vioew From The Cab
The Route To Sandtoft - SYPTE 2472;
(Not The) Sandtoft Gathering 2007;
40s & 50s Weekend;
At The Bus Stop - They Travel The World To See Us;
Competition For New Logo
Introduction To The New President, Stanley King;
Acquisition Of Land;
Expansion Plan;
The Route To Sandtoft - Maidstone 56 & 72;
A Double 40th Anniversary - Teesside Extension & Tour By BH&D 6340;
At The Tram Stop - Secondment To Crich
The Route To Sandtoft - Plumtree Pt 9;
Huddersfield Weekend;
Gathering 2008 Photo Gallery;
Reading Trolleybus Closure;
At The Bus Stop - Fowler T3B steam roller;
On Tow - reminiscences;
New Museum Logo;
The Route To Sandtoft - Huddersfield Pt 3;
Model Weekend;
Local Comunity Open Evening;
Twilight Trolleyday;
Santa Days;
At The Bus Stop - RT3323;
Sandtoft On TV - ITV Yorkshire Calendar
On Tow - reminiscences;
The Route To Sandtoft - Catch Up on Feedback;
Hastings Trolleybuses;
Sandtoft at 40 Extravaganza photofeature;
Could These Be Arriving At The Bus Stop?
Obituary: Peter Swift
The Route To Sandtoft - Plumtree Pt 11;
On Tow - reminiscences;
St Leger Day 2009;
Twilight Running Day;
At The Bus Stop - Triumph 650cc Motorcycle;
The Route To Sandtoft - Hornsby F100AKB Pt2;
On Tow - reminiscences no 3;
Sandtoft Gathering 2010;
Running Days July to September;
At The Bus Stop - Doncaster 22
London 1348 Returns
Bradford Closure - 40th Anniversary;
North West Event; Diamond Jubilee Weekend;
Obituary - Philip Groves;
Antiques Road Trip Visits Sandtoft;
The Route to Sandtoft Pt 5;
Commemoration of London's Last Trolleybus at EATM
The Route to Sandtoft Pt 7;
"Box Van" Refurbishment;
Unravelling Sandtoft's Secret: Hastings 57 - or is it?;
Obituaries - Martin Nimmo, Roy Marshall, John Fozard, Joseph Yeomans;
Rotherham Centenary Pt 3
Life in the Tea Trolley;
'Gathering 2013 Report;
Obituaries - Malcolm Parkin and Michael Fowler;
No Trolleys Beyond Piccadilly Pt 1;
Doncaster 22 60 years old
Trolley Dollies Farewell;
Leeds NGT Team Visits Sandtoft;
Wolverhampton 274;
The Route to Sandtoft Pt 11;
2014 AGM Report;
Obituaries - Stan Ledgard and Ian Appleton
Tea Trolley extended;
Obituaries - Ben Spooner and David Hatt:
Wellington 82 arrives at Sandtoft;
BTS buys Bournemouth 301 and Museum buys 297;
The Route to Sandtoft Pt 16
Obituaries: John Shellard and David Croft;
'Gathering 2016;
Wellington 82 launched;
Transport trust award for Rotherham 73;
506 returns to Nottingham;
Chance Encounters at Sandtoft
Events, July - October;
Bargain Hunt Films at Sandtoft;
The Museum Development Plan;
Long-Distance commuting Resumes;
Cycle Shop petrol Pumps completed;
Trolleybuses of the Humber Project
Events, October 2021 to March 2022;
AGM Report;
Back-a-Bus Launched;
Working parties and sessions;
In Search of the Last Trolleybus (24/3/72);
Visit to Keighley Bus Museum;
Obituaries - John Zebedee, Andy McDougall
Bradford Closure 50th Anniversary Event;
Other events, April to June 2022;
Pocklington Camera Club visit;
Keighley in Motion Festival;
Visit to Crich archives;
Lincs Lotto launched;
Obituaries - John Zebedee, Andy McDougall
David Croft Depot handed over;
Trolleybuses of the Humber Exhibition opens;
Sandtoft Gathering 2022;
First full week opening;
London commemoration;
Other events July to October;
Obituary - Michael Bentley;
Fleet Review Panel Report;
Play Tram
Sandtoft District Railway update;
Bank Holiday band concert and inauguration of Accessible Trolleybus;
Other Open Weekend Reports;
Spring Bank Holiday opening;
Visitors from Brazil;
Reading 144;
Obituary: Mark Cotton
Sandtoft District Railway update;
The Shed on the Isle;
Gathering 2023;
40s Weekend;
Enhancing Audrey;
Events Summer-Autumn 2023;
Obituary: Phil Chambers
Interpretation Project;
The Ken Allbon Collection;
2023 Events: Isle of Axholme Running Day and Twlight Trolleys;
Johannesburg 589's new identity and restoration update;
Winter Working Weekends;
Sandtoft District Railway update;
Support our overseas vehicles;
Polecrane restoration update;
The Playtram arrives
Meet Rose Nicholson, our new Museum Mentor;
Open Days - 40s Weekend, Southern Trolleybuses, May Weekday Opening, Father's Day;
Corporate Volunteering at the Trolleybus Museum;
Starting a Debate About Our Collection;
Replacing Our Depot
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