Page 10 - January February 2000

WHAT’S ON & WHERE...
NMRA BRITISH REGION
SPRING MEET 2000
Date:
Venue: Contact: Entry:
Layouts:
G, O/On3, On3, P87, HO, N
(Layout set-up Friday 17th, 6pm till 10pm)
Raffle (Saturday), Traders, Popular vote contest (Sat.), Fan trip at Haverthwaite behind Furness Rwy. #20. Seating limited, book on Saturday.
Saturday evening social (jazz band) for those staying over. (See list below of assorted accommodations available.)
Bar with snacks, lots of local pubs and cafes.
NO Business Meet. This will be held over to Rainhill meeting.
Saturday 18th March. Open 10am - 6pm Sunday 19th March. Open 10am - 4 pm
Coronation Hall, Ulverston
Derek Milby, 10 Sun Street, Ulverston LA12 7BX.
£2.50 per day or £3.50 for two days
UP-TO-DATE MEMBERSHIP CARDS MUST BE SHOWN TO OBTAIN MEMBER ENTRY RATES.
ULVERSTON
International Model Railway Show
Date: Venue:
Entry:
Saturday 4th March 2000, 10.30am till 5pm
Moulton Secondary School, Pound Lane, Moulton, Northampton (on A43 towards Kettering)
Adults £1.75, Concessions £1.00, Family 2+2 £5.00
25 + layouts British, American, German, Swiss, Japanese.
Demo’s: Making trees easy in any gauge; O gauge coaches in Plasticard; Modern Image Diesel weathering; How to ‘scenic’ a layout; How to make wagons in resin.
Trade: LSWR, Western Models, 247 Developments, N.W. Models, Penhaven Products, Keiths Models, also Keith Hill railway artist, RCTC, Meccano through the age’s, Irchester narrow gauge mu- seum.
USA layouts: Heritage Yard; Nuffin; 29th Street Crossing; End- wood Service Facility; Down Town; Radstock
Falls; Rio Bravo Industries; George Town Marine.
North Downs Model Railway Circle MRE
Woodmansterne 2000
Date: Venue:
Entry:
Saturday 4th March 2000, 10am till 5pm.
St. Peters Church Hall, Chipstead Way, Wood- mansterne, Surrey
Adults £2.50, OAP £2, Under 16 £1.50 Family ticket 2+2 £6
Featuring US layouts this year:
California Coast Line N Scale by Ian Lampkin
Loddon Rock (Loddon Vale MRC)
Eagle Vermont HO Andrew Knights
Club’s own “South Park”, “Five Mile Siding” and the automatic interurban “Hillside”.
Lots of other non US layouts in numerous scales and outlines.
Trade, disabled access, free parking.
Contact Stuart Robinson for details on 0181 641 3205 or 0181 644 5104
East Midlands Model Railway Exhibition
Dates: Venue:
Entry:
Saturday 4th March 2000, 9.30am till 6.30pm. Sunday 5th March 2000, 9.30am till 5.30pm.
Oval Hall, Victoria Leisure Centre, Sneinton Square, Nottingham
(Formerly Victoria Baths and adjacent to historic Sneinton Market not Victoria Shopping Centre!) Gedling Street, off Bath Street, Nottingham.
Adults £3.40, Senior Citizens £2.40, Students £2.40 Children £1.00, Family (2 adults + 2 children) £7.80
NMRA (BR) Discounted Entry (show cards): £2.70
Access...
By RAIL:
By BUS:
By CAR:
Nottingham Station Midland Mainline and Central Trains services.
Nottingham City Transport (green & cream buses) serve the railway station and exhibition venue.
Various car parks and on-street parking in vicinity of the Venue.
Public Enquiries:
EXHIBITION HOTLINE (From 1 Feb 2000): 0115 952 9902
Organisers: NOTTINGHAM (BULWELL) MODEL RAILWAY SOCIETY
Chesham Model Railway Club Exhibition
Date: Venue: Entry:
Saturday 11th March 2000, 10am till 5pm.
New Elgiva Theatre, St. Mary’s Way, Chesham, Bucks. Adults £2, Child/OAP £1, Family (2+3) £5
Ulverston Accommodation
H = hotel, G = guesthouse, B = bed & breakfast, P = pub with B&B.
All phone numbers “01229 -58” followed by digits -xxxx shown below. All postal addresses are in Ulverston.
Mention NMRA at those marked *
(ring around, prices vary)
H* Sefton House Hotel 34 Queen Street H* Virginia House Hotel, 24 Queen Street H Lonsdale House hotel, 11 Daltongate H Trinity House Hotel, Princes Street
G Rock House, 1 Alexander Road
B* White House, 88 Market Street
B* Dyker Bank, 2 Springfield Road
B Church Walk House, Church Walk
P Kings Arms Hotel, King Street
P* Piel Castle Hotel, 37 Market Street
P The Sun Inn, Market Street
P Kings Head Hotel, 14 Queen Street
Walkers Hostel, Oubas Hill
Tel: 01229-58 plus
-2190 -4844 -2598 -7369 -6879 -3340 -2423 -2211 -2850 -2374
-2878/-5044 -2892 -5588
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