Category Archives: Out and about

Canterbury MRS exhibition 2023

Last Saturday, I paid a visit to the Canterbury show with Messrs. Dawes and Atfield.  Visiting shows like this is also good for the drive there through the countryside.  Saturday was no exception, and a cold, sunny morning was best … Continue reading

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ESNG Open Day 2023 – publicity!

Here’s the flyer for April.  Black and white so that I can run them off at home – though of course my laserjet cartridge gave up when I tried to print a batch. Meanwhile, Wednesday’s running session included a slight … Continue reading

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ESNG exhibition 2023 – what’s happening

We were (or rather, I was) a bit slow getting a show together for April, so we’ve moved our annual show to the end of September this year, and will hold an Open Day at our usual time around Easter.  … Continue reading

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Potpourri #1062

Today’s mix is a potpourri of Southern Railway locomotives.  Photos are credited where I know the source.  As ever, apologies if I have missed the appropriate credits. A perennial question.  Why has no one released an N gauge King Arthur.  … Continue reading

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A passing oddity

Brian tipped me off that there was a engineers train passing through Redhill on Monday, so I paid a quick visit (having checked that it was actually on the move) to my favourite bridge to watch.  Waiting, i noticed that … Continue reading

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Potpourri #1061

A bit of a Jago Hazzard special today.  I always enjoy his videos, and these are a few that caught my attention in recent weeks. Potential modelling ideas, perhaps, with some shared London Underground tracks. And where the Underground logo … Continue reading

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New Years Resolutions?

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Local pictures #2

And we’ll start 2023 with some more local pictures.  This time even closed to home.  I’ve attributed photos when I know the photographer – apologies when I’ve missed the credit. We’ll start in Earlswood, just round the corner from home.  … Continue reading

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Local pictures #1

We’ll finish 2022 with some local pictures.  Brian sent me some old pictures of the railway at Horley. John Chisholm of the Horley Local History Society (HLHS) showed these images last week at the Christmas quiz, and I asked if … Continue reading

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It’s Boxing Day

According to the BBC: Boxing Day got its name when Queen Victoria was on the throne in the 1800s and has nothing to do with the sport of boxing.  The name comes from a time when the rich used to box … Continue reading

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