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  WHAT’S ON & WHERE...
  NMRA BRITISH REGION
Early Summer Meet
Hosted by Calder Northern Division
Date: Venue:
Entry: Contact:
Sunday 18th June. Open 10am - 4pm Rainhill Village Hall, Dane Court, Weaver Avenue, Rainhill, Merseyside. Members (cards needed) £2;
Guests £3.50
Geoff Meek on 0161 926 8339
• Layouts in HO and N
• Trade
• Bring & Buy
• Refreshments
• Licensed Bar
• NMRA Half Yearly Business Meeting
   David Broomfield with Blackheath in HO (see Continental Modeller) has also been invited but is still to book a holiday this summer and is on hold. We have also invited Reg Garwood (London Division) with Chicago Heights in N but I have yet to hear from him.
There will be a widescreen TV playing members’ own videos plus demonstrations from a few members. I hope to persuade Ian Metcalf to show us how to weather our stock.
 Moors Valley Railway American Weekend
Dates: 1st and 2nd July 2000 10.45am till 5pm Venue: Moors Valley Country Park, Horton Road,
Ringwood, Hants.
All American layouts, trade stands, NMRA stands, G scale radio controlled live steam.
Contact: Host/ContactTonyCulver-Tel:01590681861
 Newcastle & District
Summer Model Railway Exhibition
Dates: Venue:
Entry:
Saturday 15th July and Sunday 16th July
Newcastle Discovery Museum, Blandford Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Adults £2; Children/OAPs £1
About 12 layouts which include two in American HO
“Beauregard” by Jack Southern Norfolk-Southern switching yard. “Federal St.” by John H. Wright Pennsylvania Railroad’s Whitehall Branch in P87. Also the usual mix of demonstrations & trade stands plus a special appearance of the local branch of the International Plastic Modellers Society.
Refreshments available.
The Summer Model Railway Exhibition is part of the Newcastle Millennium Festival of Railways (RailFest 2000) and is supported by Newcastle City Council.
Contact: John Wright - Tel: 0191 416 6280
 Alton Limited 2000
Date: Sunday 23rd July 2000 -
Venue: Medstead Village Hall, Hampshire.
Following the successful Alton Limited events in 1997 and 1999 the American Section of Alton Model Railway Group are holding another of their American railroad meets at the village hall in Medstead, North East Hampshire.
 NMRA BRITISH REGION
Late Summer Meet
Hosted by Eastern Division
Date: Venue:
Entry: Contact:
Sunday 19th August. Open 10am - 4pm
Whitewebbs Museum of Transport, Whitewebbs Road, Enfield,
just off the A10 junction of the M25 Members (cards needed) £2;
Guests £3.50
Mike Arnold on 01702 584081, or John Baggaley on 01442 873914
TRADERS ATTENDING will be SPV, M G Sharp, LSWR Models and Ceepeear Models, plus space for bring and buy tables.
LAYOUTS DEFINITELY ATTENDING ARE:
Bernie Flower’s O gauge switching layout
Pete Laxton’s Bethany Wells in N
Patrick Grace with his HO layout Southside Yard Dave Carson with his HO switching layout
plus Chris White with Meadow Ridge in N
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