They then came to Blyth to present their concept to Simon Hallahan who was quite interested and excited about the idea. A follow-up meeting was arranged at the home of Simon on May 28, 1962, which was the formal beginnings of the organization. Attending the meeting for the purposes of organizing a club of people (who were interested in steam engines and threshing machines) were Hugh Chisholm, Stuart Muir, John Scott (Formosa), Don Snell (Mitchell) and the Hallahan brothers (Blyth).