NORTHAMPTON AND DISTRICT MODEL RAILWAY CLUB - ANNUAL EXHIBITION [Saturday 21st August 2021]

Northampton & District Model Railway Club
  - Annual Exhibition 2021

Saturday 21st August 2021

Location:
Roade Village Hall, Bailey Brooks Lane, Roade, Northamptonshire NN7 2LS

Opening Times:  Saturday 10:00am - 4.00pm

Admission:  Adults £4.00  Concessions £4.00
Children £2.00  Family £8.00 

We are again holding our show at this great venue in Roade which is famous for its railway cutting. The hall is easy to find, has good free parking and easy access for all. We hope you will come along and enjoy the day with us and possibly find that elusive model railway bargain that you have been searching for. You will definitely be assured of a friendly welcome from all of their club members. .

List of Layouts Attending:

Northampton MRC - Castle Station

(Pictured left) OO Gauge Layout of Northampton Castle station before the buildings were replaced in 1965. The layout is a scale model of Northampton’s Castle Station set in the 1930s. It shows the area between Westbridge and Spencer Bridge and features buildings that were replaced in 1965. What makes the model special is the quality of the modelling and the attention to detail. As well as researching the station history, this model is based on photographs and actual measurements of buildings that were taken before its demolition in 1965. 

Fenny Stratford
This OO Gauge Layout is an accurate representation of Fenny Stratford station in the 1950s and replicates the line from the Stag Road bridge, which carried the busy A5 over the Railway, to where the railway crosses the Grand Union Canal. Fenny Stratford is located just east of Bletchley and was part of the Varsity Line running between Oxford and Cambridge operated by the LMS. During the 1950s, the location had a double-track station, a number of sidings and a large active timber yard. During this period, the timetable was comprehensive, with a mixture of passenger and freight services.

Fleebight Wharf

O Gauge layout of a small and cramped service facility in the heart of London's dockland set in the period mid 50's to May 1970 when the P.L.A. ceased rail traffic in the Royal Docks. The steam shed and its service facilities have been demolished and a more modern structure provided. A sub shed of 30A Stratford it allows refuelling and minor repairs to be carried out on the diesel shunters that operated in the numerous yards and transfer sidings that abounded in that area. The only surviving building from the steam era is now situated outside the railway boundary and it has been sold or rented to other organisations

Kinross
OO Gauge Layout of a Scottish distillery from the 1970's

Re-united Biscuits
OO Gauge layout set in a fictitious factory in the grimy North of England.

Baileys Wharf
OO9 Gauge narrow gauge layout based around the second world war in a fictitious location that could be somewhere in Wales or England.

Caxton Industrial Estate
OO Gauge layout of a fictitious industrial estate.

Smallbridge Junction
OO9 Gauge Layout (image left) of an imaginary small junction connecting the branch line to Wood Warehouse. (not to be confused with the location on the Isle of Wight railways).

List of Other Displays:

794 Bus Preservation Group
Northampton Transport Heritage - Will be present with a Crossley double decker bus and provide short trips around the local village.

How to find us by road:
By road from M1

Take M1 junction 15 and follow signs for A508. Follow this road all the way into Roade. Enter Roade through a S bend and then take the first turning on the right BAILEY BROOKS LANE. This turning is signposted Village Hall / Tennis Club.

By road from A5
At the Old Stratford roundabout take the A508 signposted Northampton. Follow this road all the way into Roade. Drive through Roade, past the speed camera, and at the mini roundabout take the first exit (A508). Proceed along A508 until you see signpost Village Hall / Tennis Club. Turn left here into BAILEY BROOKS LANE.

Nearest Railway Stations:
Northampton [5.22 miles]
Wolverton [7.91 miles]
Milton Keynes Central [10.93 miles]