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BLACK DIAMONDS
Next meets: 19 June; 17 July; 21 August All meetings at Kegworth Village Hall. Postcode DE74 2FH. The Hall will be open from 9 am and help will be much appreciated with setting up and taking down.
Website www.black-diamonds.org.uk Barrie Foster Tel. 01332 812259
CALDER NORTHERN
All meets now at “Crewe Heritage Centre”, Vernon Way, Crewe CW1 2DB. Meet dates for 2010: Sun 13 June; Sat 17 July; Sun 15 Aug; Sat 11 Sept; Sun 3 Oct; Sat
13 Nov; Sun 12 Dec.
Les Herriot, email leslieherriot@hotmail. co.uk
CENTRAL DIVISION
Midwest Group
Brian Tovey Tel. 0121 430 3408 Arden Group
Kathy Millatt 01564 772350. Meet regularly to encourage modelling through the Achievement Programme.
Nene Valley Railroaders Group
covering a 30-mile area around Northampton. Meet the first Friday of each month.
Nobby Clarke, nobbyclarke2@ btopenworld.com or Tel: 01604 415020
CYDER BELT
Three Counties Group
Hereford/Gloucester/Worcester
N Scale group meets four times a year at Crowle Village Hall near Worcs.
Richard Czaja (01905 381788) richard@worcsngauge.co.uk www.worcsngauge.co.uk
Avon Valley Group
Avon/Somerset/Wiltshire
Open House at Derek Frow’s, 1st Wed of month from 8 pm
Contact Derek Frow on 01225 832934 before 9 pm
Claverton Modular Club
HO modular group running US outline. Meets at Claverton Community Hall, Bath. All dates are third Sundays in month except September and December.
EASTERN
Thamesiders
Meets for 2010: 12 Jun; 10 Jul BBQ and layout open house – Mike Arnold’s, Hockley; 14 Aug; 11 Sept; 9 Oct; 13 Nov; 11 Dec Christmas Lunch. All meets at St
Andrews church hall, Hatfield Peverel, 10.00–17.00 hrs unless stated otherwise. Lunch for HP meets must be pre-booked by 20.00 hrs on the Thursday prior to the meet.
Chris Coombes 01245 381342 or chris@ coombes3.fsnet.co.uk
NORFOLK & SOUTHWESTERN GROUP
Eastern Division NMRA Cambs, Norfolk & Suffolk
Venue: Mark Kramer’s house at Monk’s Close, Mason Lane, Woolpit, Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk.
Meet dates: 12 June, 10 July, 15 August, 4 September, 9 October, 13 November,
4 December.
These meets mainly scheduled to be held at Mark Kramer’s home but May and June will have different venue. All members should phone, prior to the meet, in case of changes, stating their intentions of attending or not, Tel. 01359 240319. Patrick J Cook, Chairman, on 01842 762404
HERTFORDSHIRE
Chris Marrable Tel. 01438 225561 LONDON
Rai Fenton Tel. 020 8529 7307
KINGSPORT DIVISION
Operating Group
Meeting in the Uxbridge area. Pete Williams 01895 257869
NORTH EAST DIVISION
South Yorkshire: Sheaf Valley Group
Next planned Group Meets Approx 9.30 am to 4.30 pm. Sun 27 June, Sun 25 July. Meet dates can change, so please check with Chris Hobbs on 01909 562285 or e-mail chris.hobbsfs@btinternet.com. Meets held at St James Church Hall, Ryton Road, North Anston, nr Sheffield S25 4DN (very near Jct 31 M1). All NMRA members (and their guests) welcome. Small charge to cover cost of Hall Hire, Tea, Coffee & biscuits. Large HO (DCC) & N (DC) modular layouts – guest running welcome. Bring & buy tables also available.
TYNESIDE AND THE NORTH EAST
Northumbria Subdivision
John Wright Tel 0191 416 6280 Regular bi-monthly meetings at the
clubrooms of the Newcastle & District Model Railway Society, Clyde House, 18 Westmorland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne. Tea, coffee provided. Microwave available if you want to bring a pie.
HO running for DC/DCC on our Westmorland Junction layout. Further details on our website: www.xclent.freeuk. com/northumbria/home.htm
John Wright 0191 416 6280
NORTHERN IRELAND
Informal get-togethers on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, anyone interested please phone Desmond Browne Tel. 028 9042 5110, e-mail browne151@btinternet.com
RED DRAGONS (WALES) DIVISION
Meets at Conservative Club, Vere Street, Cadoxton, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, CF63 2HU.
Saturdays, from 11.30 am
Meets in 2010: 10 July; 4 Sep; 6 Nov. (Please note the 4 September meet replaces the cancelled 11 September one.) Vanessa Howells 07855 034326, e-mail vanessa.howells@btinternet.com
SCOTLAND
For details contact Niall Smith, NMRA Scottish Area Organiser Tel. 01738 880465
Solent Summit Sub-Division
Gosport Group incorporated into NMRA BR
The Gosport American Model Railroad Group is pleased to announce that they have now been formally recognised as an NMRA group within the British Region, and will be known as the "Solent Summit Sub- Division". The Group is based in Gosport, Hampshire with membership drawn from south Hampshire and the Solent region. Details of meets and venues can be found on their website www.freewebs.com/ gosportrailroadgroup or by calling Allan Dobson on 02392 428564 or Steve Randell on 01489 583753 or 07766 536481.
The Group can also be contacted via email on gosportrailroadgroup@googlemail.com
SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION
Seaboard Southern Group
Meets every Friday, 19.30 until 22.00. Hut 29, Tilgate Forest Recreation Centre, Crawley.
Peter Borcherds, Tel: 07931 363 457, email: nmra@seaboard-southern.org.uk www.seaboard-southern.org.uk
South Shore Group
Weekly meetings, on Wednesdays at the Sompting Village Hall, in Sompting (just off the A27) between Worthing and Lancing (instead of the Labour Hall). Except on the SECOND WEDNESDAY of each month when we will meet at a member’s house. Meetings start 7.00 pm until 10.30 pm. Tea and Coffee available.
To confirm that a meeting is to take place check our website on www.southshore. org.uk or contact the secretary, Bevis King on 01243 778382 after 7 pm; email brwk@ bevteccom.co.uk.
SW&N (SWANS)
Stanwell, Windsor & Northolt – for anyone within reach of Western M25. The SWANS Group is currently at the maximum member capacity and we are no longer able to accept new members. If the
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