Rolling is the Road Roller Association's Quarterly Journal, sent out to all Members during February, May, August and November.

Rolling Issue 134 - Spring 2008 - sent our during May 2008

Issue 134 contains the following :-

• Editorial.
• Association Business - includes :-
  • From the Chairman
  • AGM Report.
  • General Secretary's Self Portrait - Our new General Secretary describes himself.
  • Reproduction Tax Discs.
  • Are You Legal? - Do you have a tax disc, Insurance, and the correct type of License?
  • Volunteers Wanted.
  • Pudsey Roller Update.
• AGM Weekend in Pictures - from the camera of our Editor.
• Obituary - Gordon Agnew 1951 - 2008.
• Geared for War Production - Motor Roller production during the Second World War.
• The 'Irish' Barford - One Motor Roller with one Owner for one Hundred Years.
• Hockley Heath's Fowler - Information on the Hockley Heath Steam Association's Fowler Roller and their application for funds to PRISM and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
• DX Miniature Masterpiece - more information on the Miniature Aveling-Barford DX Motor Roller that was on dispay at the 2008 AGM, see the 2008 AGM Gallery on this Website for a photograph.
• DVD Review - The Massey Feguson Archive Series Volume 3.
• Postbag - includes :-
  • new dates for the 2008 Heartlands Vintage Autofest.
  • help required with an Aveling-Barford GA Motor Roller.

Rolling Issue 133 - Winter 2008 - sent our during February 2008

This issue also contained the final 2008 AGM Details, and a notice about the recent passing away of Sales Officer, Gordon Agnew.

Issue 133 contains the following :-

• Editorial - back to normal size.
• Association Business
  • Chairman's Rambling
• Pudsey Roller Update - what it says.
• Rhayader in the Wet - from the camera of one of our Members.
• Caught at Cromford - from the camera of one of our Members.
• One Saved, One Scrapped - the tale of 2 Motor Rollers.
• The 'Kingsway' Heated Roller - a patent that itself was unsuccessful,but paved the way for many subsequent successful designs.
• The 'Champion' Steel Roller - a reversible horse pwer type roller.
• Trouble with a Drive Shaft - troubles with an Aveling-Barford Y5 Motor Roller.
• Klondyke Steam Party - from the camera of one of our Members.
• Postbag - includes
  • new dates for the 2008 Heartlands Vintage Autofest.
  • help required with a Green's 3 ton Motor Roller.

Rolling Issue 132 - Autumn 2007 - sent out during December 2007

This issue also contained the 2008 AGM Details.

Issue 132 contains the following :-

• Editorial - explaining why Issue 132 is later and smaller than usual.
• Association Business
  • From the Membership Secretary.
• Taken at Great Dorset - from the camera of one of our Members.
• Klondyke Quartet - photographs of 4 different makes of Steam Rollers kept at Klondyke Mill Preservation Centre, as a taster for the AGM Weekend.
• 'Undaunted' Undaunted! - photographs from the files of Fowler RR 17506.
• Rollers around Scotland - news of some of the Steam Rollers in Scotland.
• Rebuild of a Tar Sprayer - a Member describes the recovery and restoration of a Coleman Hopper Tar Sprayer.
• Postbag - includes
  • one of our Overseas Members remembers a visit with his Aveling & Porter crude oil Roller to the Lincolnshire Steam rally in 2000.
• Review - a review of "The Steve Neville Film Archive" DVD by one of our Members.

Rolling Issue 131 - Summer 2007 - sent out during August 2007

Issue 131 contains the following :-

• Editorial
• And so to Leeds - a light-hearted view of the AGM Weekend at Leeds in March.
• Philip Sutcliffe Remembered - an obituary.
• Broken in Barbados - pictures of 2 derelict Rollers in Barbados.
• Pudsey Roller Rescued - what it says.
• Motor Roller Pioneers - an article, reproduced with permission, from a trade magazine about the part played by John Allen in the development of the Motor Roller.
• Rolling Plant and Rolling - an extract from a 1928 book called "Modern Roadmaking".
• Postbag - includes
  • a member provides information about the restoration of the families 1945 Wallis & Steevens 3 Ton Motor Roller.

Rolling Issue 130 - Spring 2007 - sent out during May 2007

Issue 130 contains the following :-

• Association Business
  • Chairman' Report.
  • AGM report.
  • Report on Membership Survey.
  • Parliament Hears about Roller Conversions.
  • McLaren Blue Plaque Appeal.
  • Sales Stand Venues for 2007.
  • Editorial Emergency.
• The Stacey Sale - some reflections of a sale held during 1949.
• Working in the 70's - working memories by Jack Hampshire.
• Babcock & Wilcox at Work and at Play - some photographs of Babcox & Wilcox Steam Rollers during working days and in Preservation.
• French Duo - one of our Member's tells about his findings while on holiday.
• The Peter Brotherhood Motor Roller Engines - what it says on the packet.
• Chiltern Steam Up - pictures taken by a member during a small local event help during October 2006.
• From the Archives - a wonderful picture of a McLaren Convertible Steam Roller.

Rolling Issue 129 - Winter 2007 - sent out during February 2007

This issue also contains the Final AGM Details, including Agenda etc..

Issue 129 contains the following :-

• A cover photograph depicting "Scarifying Victorian Style". I wonder if this is this how the Romans used to do it?
• Editorial
• Association Business
  • New Year Message from the Chairman.
  • Committee Meeting Report.
  • Report on Membership Survey.
  • Proposed Gathering of Rollers.
  • Summary of FBHVC Historic Vehicle Research Project
• Reflections on 2006 - some reflections on the spring and summer spent up and down the country at rallies.
• Living Van Shelves, on Reflection - from our Living Van Specialist.
• Just the Job - 5 - some more photographs from one of our Members.
• Going...Going...Gone - one of our Member's experiences with purchasing and restoring a large Aveling and Porter Motor Roller.
• Postbag - includes
  • a member talks about a return to Rallying following an awful accident.
  • a new Member talks about his involvement with plant since 1958 up to the present day.

Rolling Issue 128 - Autumn 2006 - sent out during November 2006

This issue also contained the AGM Details.

Issue 128 contains the following :-

• Editorial
• Restoration of a Wallis - Part 2 on the restoration of one of the Associations Wallis & Steevens Motor Rollers, by our General Secretary.
• Just the Job - 4 - some more photographs from one of our Members.
• Some Vintage German Pictures - from the Association's Archives.
• Edward T Wright - Inventor - a brief description of 3 patents for improvements to Steam Rollers and their equipment.
• Holcot Success for RRA - our General Secretary describes the successful Road Making Area at the 2006 Holcot Steam and Country Fair.
• A Life with Steam - what it says.

Rolling Issue 127 - Summer 2006 - sent out during August/September 2006

Issue 127 contains the following :-

• Editorial
• More on Dawkins of Westwood Heath - our President describes how he acquired his first steam roller.
• On Piston Valve Rollers - our Founder talks about Piston Valve Rollers
• Working Days in Devon - some photographs of Devon County Council Rollers in their working days.
• Every Picture Tells a Story - one of our Members provides some details to two pictures of a Steam Roller during its working life.
• Scottish Reminiscences - just what it says on the packet!
• Before Preservation - a picture of 4 Steam Rollers that have just entered Retirement.
• Postbag - includes
  • a living van identification,
  • a Member's wife who has decided that rather than trying to beat them she's going to join them,
  • why Road Making demonstrations are something that the public can associate with.

Rolling Issue 126 - Spring 2006 - sent out during May 2006

Issue 126 contains the following :-

• Editorial
• Association Business
  Letter from the Chairman - a few words from our new Chairman.
  • AGM Report - A report on the 2006 AGM.
• Road Mending On The Cheap - an alternative form of Road Roller.
• The Ones That Got Away - tales about some runaway rollers.
• And So To Basingstoke - an alternative and light-hearted review of the 2006 AGM Weekend.
• Just the Job - 3 - some more photographs from one of our Members.
• From Chataignier to SSCM - some of the history of one of the European Roller Manufacturers.
• What Living van? - a living van in need of some TLC.
• Road Steam meets Rail Steam - an Aveling & Porter STeam Roller meets a BR Standard 4MT 2-6-0.
• Postbag - includes an excellent comprehensive informative letter on maximum driving ages.

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