FAREWELL - I'S BEEN A FUN JOUNRNEY

Has been a fun time since I began these blogs, alas ill health means I take a break for a while

Keep well everyone

LOVE YOU MUM, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, THINKING OF YOU Xx 25th FEBRUARY

Always missing you promise not a day goes by now when I don't think of you. Love you loads, you brought us into this world and then had to leave us so early I have some comfort that you are reunited with Dad and hope that one day soon I will be with you both again. 

Wishing you a Happy Birthday Mum. Xxx

It saddens me that I don't have many more pictures of you to enjoy, but at least I have some lovely ones from your wedding day to Dad hung on the wall at home which helps me when I am feeling low. I know you didn't like having your photo taken anyway, much like myself, just wished I had a few more x. 

MUM AND DAD WEDDING 1961

Love you so much, always in my heart, so sad that you had to leave us so early, you would have been a great Grandma to Graham's boys and so proud of Sue now enjoying life in Australia with James and Hannah. I will be visiting the Hanworth Crematorium Rose Gardens on the weekend. Xxx

RISBOROUGH & DISTRICT MODEL RAILWAY CLUB - RISEX 2022 EXHIBITION

Risborough and District Model Railway Club Exhibition February 2022

Saturday 19th February 2022

LOCATION:
Community Centre, Wades Park, Stratton Road
Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire   HP27 9AX

OPENING TIMES:  10am - 5pm

About the Club
We welcome new members of all abilities from newcomers and novices to master modelmakers. Founded in 1971, we have a diverse membership with a common interest in all things railway. Members model across a range of scales and gauges, eras and countries. Bring along your own modelling projects or work on the club project layouts – currently, Okehampton (O gauge, SR/BR, 1948-55) and Aylesbury Town (P4 gauge, 1950s/60s). Or share knowledge and experience of the real thing.

The club meets on Friday evenings at 7pm till 10pm at the St Mary's Church Hall in Princes Risborough. This is located opposite St Mary's Church and near the main car park in Stratton Road.  The club celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2021, but sadly could not celebrate it in style. We hope to be able to do this when the risks reduce to an acceptable level.

The club have an established history of building entertaining layouts. These have included: Addison Park, Chiltern Road, Radmore, Chiltern Parkway and New Mills, however, we do not rely solely on past successes and we have a number of layout projects under construction in 'O' and P4. We are custodians of the iconic Aylesbury LNWR (High Street) layout which faithfully reproduces the original station as it was circa1910. When exhibited it has generated a lot of interest, not just in the exquisite modelling but in the history of the railway, local industries (e.g. ducks, osier!) and the development of the town.

RISEX 2022 Exhibition
Confirmed Layouts

Rossiter Rise by Terry Tew.
Set in North London this 00 gauge layout has detailed interior section of an engine shed as well as lots of operational interest. A BR built Class 501 three car unit eases into the main line platforms at Rossiter Rise alongside a pair of Q Stock vehicles on the London Transport line. (pictured above left) The background has been built up to suggest distance in this compact scene. This layout featured in Hornby Magazine in September last year. Rossiter Rise is a fictitious through station set somewhere in North West London during the mid-late 1950s.

The layout consists of a main scenic section placed centrally with a traverser storage yard to the left and a second off-scene yard to the right. This section also has scenic interest in front with the interior of a London Transport (LT) works portrayed. At the front of the main scenic section is a small LT depot with two tracks leading into the works plus a head shunt leading to a single road steam shed. Directly behind this is a London Underground bay terminus platform. Then there is a pair of through tracks constructed as four-rail DC in the style of LT and the North London Line. Finally, at the back, is a through bay platform which is non-electrified.

Mothercombe High Wycombe & District Model Railway Society, Junior Section
00 gauge rural Devon station featuring either GWR or BR period running sessions.

Pentrefan by Mike Morley.
Bringing an Edwardian theme to the show. EM Gauge layout set in the 1920’s based on mid Wales light railway lines.

Cobra Canyon By Riley Barnes.
Cobra Canyon is an American N gauge layout built by John Parkinson of wales but was given to the current owner Riley Barnes with the hope to inspire him to build his own layouts. It is a highly detailed model of a stereotypical Wild West scene, it was seen on the tv program “Hornby: A model world” in November of 2021.

North Barneston By Riley Barnes.
North Barneston is a fictional maintenance depot built by Riley Barnes for the tv program “Hornby: a model world”. It uses techniques learnt by studying his other layout “Cobra canyon”. The TMD and running lines are fictitious but is based on an area in the Leeds and Manchester area in the late 2010s

Marlow Station by Graeme Vickery.
A display of buildings, locos and rolling stock in 00 gauge for construction of model of Marlow Station as it was in 1947

Moos by Mike Roualle
Was featured in Continental Modeller November 2020.
This is the first show outing for Moos. Location is Weinviertel in Lower Austria – through junction station, located on a subsidiary line running from Zwettl to Horn, the standard gauge branch heading to Huf. The narrow gauge heading South to Krumau am Kamp. Whilst the main running line is electrified both the narrow gauge and the branch are not relying on diesel and some steam traction.

The narrow gauge merges in the station area using Tillig dual gauge trackwork. The era modelled is from the late 1970’s onwards- This allows a flexibility in the range of rolling stock, so that some interesting items may appear from time to time.

Oakworth to Maidbridge by Andrew Hicks.
00 Gauge layout there is a central back-scene running the length of the layout dividing it into two 8’x2’ halves. One side is a country station; the other is a town station.

All Cars Stop Here 請在此站停車 by Dave Carson
Based upon a Hong Kong street scene where trams run in the Central District

County School Station By Ollie Simons is attending its first exhibition.
Based on a rural junction station that serves the village of North Elmham. The station included 2 through platforms as well as a bay platform and run-around loop in the adjacent siding. The layout has been recreated as closely as possible to the real location while still in service in the late 1950s. This includes some complex point work and some beautiful scenery. The layout is a DCC sound fitted system including both loco sounds and ambient noises with working signals and lighting. The layout also features stunning custom built buildings

A Work in Progress By David Jay.
“00” gauge tramway which is presently in build. The layout features hand built track with very tight curves as would have been in the day.

O Gauge Shunting Puzzle By R&DMRC.
Conversation among members occasionally turned to the possibility of the Club building a second, smaller, gauge 0 layout that could be transported relatively easily and exhibited at smaller exhibitions such as 'Risex'. A dockside scene was one idea mooted, but the concept took on a practical form when it was suggested that a 'shunting puzzle' would be a good choice.

Nearest Railway Stations:
Princes Risborough [0.47 miles]
Monks Risborough [0.73 miles]
Little Kimble [2.31 miles]
Saunderton [3.42 miles]