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WHAT’S ON & WHERE...
NMRA BRITISH REGION
SUMMER MEET 1998...
Dates: Times: Venue:
Contact:
ENTRANCE:
LAYOUTS: TRADE:
RAFFLE:
CATERING:
DIRECTIONS:
Saturday & Sunday 22nd/23rd August 1998 10 am - 4 pm
Ukranian Youth Centre, Weston-on-Trent, near Derby. (Near Jctn 3 of new A50)
John Hey on 01509 852803 Members 2 days £3.00; one day £2
(must produce current NATIONAL membership card)
Non-members and visitors £3.50 per day, or £5 for 2 days
Large Black Diamond HO and N scale modular lay- outs (possibly the largest N scale set up in the country), plus guest layouts. Bring trains to run!
M. G. Sharp; LSWR Models; Big John’s Trains; Ceepeear Models; Steam Powered Video.
Bring & Buy (at your own risk)
(First come basis, pre-book on 0116 212 8186)
Region Library
Both days - contributions welcome.
Bar & food all day, hopefully both days. See map below.
OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATION...
For any members wishing to stay overnight near the venue, I have a list of local accommodation.
Rather than take up space reprinting it in Roundhouse, if anybody would like this information please contact me and I will post, fax or E-mail it to you.
Steve Quick, Chairman Black Diamonds
Tel: 0116 212 8186 E-mail: Steveq@Pollnlcc.demon.co.uk
HIGH WYCOMBE & DISTRICT MRS
in conjunction with THAMES VALLEY DIVISION, NMRA/BR
invite you to an “OPEN HOUSE”.
12th September 1998, 10am till 4pm
Venue:
Layouts:
Trade:
Bring and Buy - limited space. Light refreshments available. Lunch from Chip Shop (order on the day)
For more details phone Dave Fryer on 01494 439755
The Club Room, Mill End Road, High Wycombe, BUCKS
in O, HO and N, all with running rights. Gilmaur and LSWR
SOUTHTRAK
10th & 11th October, 10am till 5pm both days
Entrance: £1.50 adult; 75p one child accompanied by adult; £4 family (2 adult + 2 children)
SOUTHTRAK will be holding a show at the Hampden Park Com- munity Centre, (located beneath the club’s regular meeting room) at Brodrick Road, Hampden Park, near Eastbourne in October. As well as Southtrak’s large HO layout, the “Aldridge Indiana” HO layout will be in operation. There will also be a Chinese outline layout (Tai Chi) and fine British modelling on show. Light refresh- ments available.
Directions: Access via A27 from Brighton and Lewes, or A22 from Lon- don etc. South of Polegate (the junction of A27 and A22) follow A22 south to roundabout, exit on Kings Drive left, to next roundabout. Then exit on Decoy Drive left - follow round to Nevill Ave. or Roseberry ave. Turn into Brassey Ave and see community centre in Brodrick Road. Parking around the venue. By train, Hampden Park station nearby.
Non Rail Events for Convention 1998
Friday 5pm
Friday 8.30pm Sat. 9.30am
Saturday Sunday 10.45
New member/new conventioneer meeting. To meet President and other officers
Line Dance demo. with “have-a-go” session.
Coach trip leaves for Wilton Shopping Village and carpet factory. Factory tour £4 per person. Discount of £1 if 15 or more pre-book before Oct. 1st. If interested call Julie Pocknell on 01202 385852. Coach leaves at 3pm to return to hotel.
Local walks guided by
Ann Winlow & Paula Atkinson.
“Future of the Non-Rail Section”
A brief meeting to discuss the future - please come and have your say.
Shardlow Village Hall
Chellaston
A6 to M1
to Chedaston
Derby A6
New A50 Derby Southern By-pass
A50 to Stoke & A6
to Burton & A38
JCT 3
ASTON
WESTON
NEW HALL
SHARDLOW
Railway
Blue Signs at Gateway...
TAPAGIBKA TARASIVKA Ukranian Youth Centre
Canal
Swarkstone Bridge
White Horse Railroaders
...will hold an extra one-day NMRA meet at Benson Parish Hall on Saturday 5th December 1998, 10.30 am till 4.30pm. Entrance £2 NMRA members, £3.00 invited guests.
Designed as a pre-Christmas shopping spree, the emphasis will be on bring-and-buy, and traders. At most, two or three layouts will be present, plus a multi-scale test track.
Subject to confirmation, the following traders will attend: B&H (N scale), Gilmaur (O Scale), SPV, LSWR, M.G.Sharp, Big John’s Trains, Sunningwell Command Control, Camden (Books). Bring- and-buy tables allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Only tea, coffee and snacks will be available ‘in venue’, but pubs and chippies in the village will welcome business! Tea and coffee available in lounge before doors open.
Organised jointly with NMRA, the Region will receive 50% of any surplus. The WHRR hope to use their share to buy radio/mike headsets for use by the WHRR group. Map etc. nearer the time.
For your diary...
Loughborough Exhibition
Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th September
Paul Devenald’s N scale layout and Ceepeear Models
Warley National at the NEC
Saturday 7th November 10am to 6pm Sunday 8th November, 10am to 5pm
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