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Monthly Archives: January 2025
Southampton MR exhibition 2025 #3
A final set of photos from Southampton….. I really liked St Holdens (EM). I’ve always had a soft spot for the Great Eastern Railway, especially their beautiful blue locomotives. This layout captures a typical Norfolk station really well, and brought … Continue reading
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Southampton MR exhibition 2025 #2
Onward! I was going to write this up last night, but we were suddenly invited out for a curry by some old friends. You can guess my priority here…. Some fine O gauge modelling on Staindrop, picturing the ex-NER in … Continue reading
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Southampton MR exhibition 2025 #1
Another Saturday morning, and a slightly different five ESNG members again filled Allan’s van. This time we headed south for the Southampton exhibition. This is one of the larger club-run shows, and this year was as good as the last … Continue reading
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Canterbury MRS exhibition 2025 #3
The last selection from Canterbury, completing our visit to an excellent show. Arnold Layne (O) gets my award for the best layout name (Google it if you want to hear some excellent music!) It’s a small (for O gauge) branch … Continue reading
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Canterbury MRS exhibition 2025 #2
Today’s layouts will be presented in alphabetical order, to avoid excessive favouritism! We start with Albert Street Parcels (OO). A nice little shunting layout, imagining that the viewer is standing on a platform in a large station, looking over to … Continue reading
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Canterbury MRS exhibition 2025 #1
Saturday morning, five ESNG members filled Allan’s van, and we headed east for the Canterbury exhibition. As the approached Canterbury, one of the two Derek’s commented, “Not long since we were down this way.” The quick answer came, “No, it’s … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 15 January 2025
It was a busy end of week, and I forgot to write this meeting up! With so many meetings in quick succession, I wasn’t sure how many would turn up, but we ended up with a very respectable eight members … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 12 January 2025
The temperature crept above zero and the ESNG members came out in force! 10 members, two visiting friends from the West Sussex mob, and a smallish offspring. Our treasurer recovered enough from his cold to attend and collect all that … Continue reading
Potpourri #1121
I’m not sure that I like this cold weather. My modified shoulder seems to ache when it gets cold – I guess I shall have to live with it. At least the lounge is warm for a quiet read, and … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 8 January 2025
And so to 2025. The first meeting of the year had been delayed a week for perhaps obvious reasons. However, we might have done better to meet New Year’s Day. Redhill was just at the northern limit of Wednesday’s snow … Continue reading
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