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A
report on the show by John Green on behalf of the Enfield Town MRC
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2007
sees the 30th anniversary of the formation of the club and our first exhibition
in the old Holtwhites Hill sports pavilion in 1977. Our exhibition this
year, was held on Saturday, 23rd June in St. Paul's Centre, Enfield Town.
A good number of visitors came to see our show and hopefully they enjoyed
the venue, talking to our members and seeing what we had on display. We
had ten working layouts on show including scales and gauges of 'N', '00',
'EM', 'H0' and '0n30'. There was also a display of large scale buses and
a number of trade stands selling all sorts of useful things for the modeller
including books, models, tools, wire, switches, buildings and ballast
to name but a few. Refreshments were available all day for the operators
and visitors alike, kindly served by our partners.
We
are planning to have another show at about the same time in 2008, hopefully
in the St. Paul's Centre again. Details will be posted on this web site
when information becomes available. The club welcomes new members. If
you would like to see what we are doing, and maybe join in, please come
along one Thursday evening and introduce yourself. Details of where we
meet can be found elsewhere on our web site.
Below
can be seen some photos which were taken at the show.
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Above
left--- Jim's "Wembury" layout depicts a branch line in the
South-west of England and showed that reliable running and an attractive
layout can be achieved with 'out of the box' items. Photo © D. Smith.
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Above
right--- Nostalgia! Dave's vintage Trix Twin layout was popular with visitors
young and old, with plenty of action all the time. Photo © D. Smith.
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Above
left--- "Three Pagoda Pass", an 'N' gauge layout depicting a
part of the Burma-Siam railway. Showing some very convincing jungle forestry.
Photo © D. Smith.
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Above
right--- Attracting a lot of interest was Brian's (right) new layout featuring
Lone Star Treble-0 Electric items, not often seen these days. Photo ©
T. Rogers.
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Above
left--- Tony is shown here operating Patrick's new 'H0' American layout
"North Side". The layout was being exhibited for the first time.
Photo © D. Smith.
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Above
right--- "Pergatory", a highly detailed American narrow gauge
line, was being operated under digital control. Photo © D. Smith.
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Above
left--- Martin, of the South West Herts MRC had brought "Tedburn
St. Mary" to our show. The layout depicts a busy GWR/LSWR branch
line. Photo © D. Smith.
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Above
right--- Martin was operating his "Fursenhall" 'EM' layout which
represents a sixties branch line in the Eastern region. Photo © D.
Smith.
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Above
left--- "Chasebury" is one of our club layouts, shown here being
operated by member Lawrie. Photo © T. Rogers.
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Above
right--- "Widnes Road", a visiting '00' layout' is a digitally
controlled modern diesel depot. Photo © T. Rogers.
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Above
left--- "A display of 1/24th scale buses including models of the
late lamented London "Routemaster" double deckers. Photo ©
D. Smith.
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Above
right--- Another view of "Tedburn St. Mary" this time showing
the goods area. Photo © T. Rogers.
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Look
forward to seeing you in 2008. Happy modelling!
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