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, and I know you didn't like having your photo taken anyway, much like myself.
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| MUM AND DAD WEDDING 1961 |
Saturday 25 February 2017
THINKING OF YOU ALWAYS MUM Xx [25/02]
Missing you mum, promise not a day goes by now when I don't think of you. Miss you and Love you. I have some comfort that you are reunited with Dad and hope that one day soon I will see you both again. Happy Birthday Mum. Xx
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, and I know you didn't like having your photo taken anyway, much like myself.
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
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, and I know you didn't like having your photo taken anyway, much like myself.
Saturday 18 February 2017
HILLINGDON RAILWAY MODELLERS OPEN DAY -- SATURDAY 18th FEBRUARY
Soon to be looking forward to our first open day of the year at Hillingdon Railway Modellers which is being held on Saturday 18th February 2017.
Feels like a long time since I paid them a visit so want to be bringing along a few of Dads models for a run, I will hopefully get there for the afternoon with a few items in my bag to try out and given them a run as it's always a popular day and doors open to the public at 10:00am.
| 18 February | Test Track Open Day (confirmed) |
| 8 April | Test Track Open Day (to be confirmed) |
| 10 June | Test Track Open Day (to be confirmed |
Yiewsley Baptist Church
74 Colham Avenue
West Drayton
UB7 8HF
74 Colham Avenue
West Drayton
UB7 8HF
* the entrance is at the side of the church down a path and the doors at the end should be open, don't try and enter the main doors of the church.
Owing to rental costs of the hall there is a cover charge of £4 but there will be two extensive O Gauge and OO Gauge Test Tracks available and have recently added a three track N Gauge circuit too (Pic Below) all up and running so if you have anything you wish to see get a good run do please come along.
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| N GAUGE TEST TRACK |
There will be refreshments available, plenty of Tea, Coffee and drinks plus the bacon rolls are highly recommended.
It should be stressed that these ARE NOT exhibitions, so bring your own locos and rolling stock to run. At busy times we may have to introduce time slots so that everyone can get a chance to operate their stock. Here's a short clip of one of the earlier open days YouTube LINK
Below you can see a busy picture of their 8 road yard in O Gauge it's a very extensive track and will give your models a very good run. A few photo's taken from the previous open days are below, if you read back to some of the earlier postings in this blog I have tried to show the variety of excellent models on show, these guys are truly experts in their craft I only wish I had some of their talents and skills.
It should be stressed that these ARE NOT exhibitions, so bring your own locos and rolling stock to run. At busy times we may have to introduce time slots so that everyone can get a chance to operate their stock. Here's a short clip of one of the earlier open days YouTube LINK
Below you can see a busy picture of their 8 road yard in O Gauge it's a very extensive track and will give your models a very good run. A few photo's taken from the previous open days are below, if you read back to some of the earlier postings in this blog I have tried to show the variety of excellent models on show, these guys are truly experts in their craft I only wish I had some of their talents and skills.
People will bring a wide variety of stock to run, nearly all are kit built though and the skills / detail is incredible.
Everyone will get their turn I promise.
This picture gives a good idea of the size of the O Gauge test track, you can give your models a really good work out here. This can also transform into an exhibition layout called Grindley Brook a scenic section replaces the long straight down the back. 
A few more pictures from some of last years Open Days, though they mostly focus on the O Gauge track there are also Test Tracks available for OO and N Gauge too. There are many society members on hand who are both extremely friendly and knowledgeable too so if you have any problems with modelling or questions they will be more than happy to try and help i am sure.
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| THE BUSY OO GAUGE TEST TRACK |
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| LONDON UNDERGROUND STOCK MAKE A WELCOME APPEARANCE |
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| BRIGHTON BELLE IN "N". SOON TO REAPPEAR ON MAINLINE TOO |
HOW TO GET THERE:
If you are Travelling by Car
Tuesday 7 February 2017
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD, MISSING YOU, LOVE YOU. X
Always missing you
Always thinking of you Dad. x
Your death will always remain a blurry memory. But your life will always be a vivid one, the epitome of greatness and sacrifice.
I miss you Dad
Dad remembering you is easy, I do so every day, missing you is the heartache that never goes away. Love you so much Dad x
Still thinking of you always, will be celebrating your birthday again today. Time is not helping the pain go away, I just wish I could spend one more day with you around.
You are always in my thoughts and my heart, we had so much more to do together, and I really missed the opportunity to tell you once again how much I love you so.
Gone, but certainly NEVER forgotten. xXx
Saturday 4 February 2017
ALTON MODEL RAILWAY GROUP - FEBRUARY EXHIBITION 2017
The 2017 February Exhibition will be held on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 February at the Eggar's School in Alton.
Holybourne, Alton
Hampshire,
GU34 4EQ
Opening hours;
from 10.30am to 5pm on Saturday
10.30am to 4pm on Sunday.
The exhibition will see our usual wide variety of layouts, traders and demonstrations.This years main demonstration is titled 'making tracks' It will cover all aspects of model track work including choosing the right track, electrical connections, track laying, painting, and ballasting.
In addition to 'making tracks' there will be a number of other modelling demonstrations located throughout the exhibition including etched brass kit building, DCC demystified with Bob Perrat, model tree making, and David Cole demonstrating On30 rolling stock scratch building.
Confirmed Layouts;
Eggar's School
London Road,Holybourne, Alton
Hampshire,
GU34 4EQ
Opening hours;
from 10.30am to 5pm on Saturday
10.30am to 4pm on Sunday.
The exhibition will see our usual wide variety of layouts, traders and demonstrations.This years main demonstration is titled 'making tracks' It will cover all aspects of model track work including choosing the right track, electrical connections, track laying, painting, and ballasting.
In addition to 'making tracks' there will be a number of other modelling demonstrations located throughout the exhibition including etched brass kit building, DCC demystified with Bob Perrat, model tree making, and David Cole demonstrating On30 rolling stock scratch building.
Confirmed Layouts;
- Ballyconnell Road, 3mm scale, 1950s Irish Broad Gauge (Above).
- Hemyock, 4mm EM, 1930s GWR branchline
- Oldshaw, 4mm EM, 1980s BR “Blue” and “Sectorisation” Diesels
- Hobbiton End, 5.5mm, Fantasy narrow gauge
- Horsthief Bridge, N, USA BNSF modern image
- Bodmin General, N, 1950s BR(S)
- Malix, Swiss HOm, modern summer scene including a spiral
- Arigna, OOn3, 1930s Irish narrow gauge (Below right). Features a proposed but not built branch of the Sligo, Leitrim & Northern Counties Railway, which straddled the Irish border.
- Prospect Point, HO & HOn3, USA Montana logging
- Treloar Sidings, O, 1950s BR(W) Cornish branch line
- Figges Marsh TMD, O / BR Blue diesels / Diesel maintenance depot– exhibited by AMRG Club members in memory of the late Denis Stevens
- Stourcombe, 4mm OO, 1950s BR / S&DR
- Ferrocarril San Maria Gandia, HO / HOe, 1950s Spain
- Ingleton Sidings, 4mm OO, BR(W) based on the famous “shunting puzzle”. The layout is built to fit on an ironing board and features auto coupling, electric point operation and lineside CCTV all in 47 inches in length.
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