Saturday 28th July 2018 - Sunday 29th July 2018
ADDRESS:
Craig Y Don Community Centre,
Queen's Road, Craig Y Don, Llandudno, Conwy LL30 1TE
OPENING TIMES: SAT 10am - 5pm, SUN 10am - 4pm
ADMISSION: Adults £4.00 Children £3.00
The annual exhibition, in this their 54th year as a club, has 15 layouts, many of which have a Welsh railway theme, both past and present. Expect to have a number of traders with a range of models and model accessories. The venue is a single story building with easy access, including disabled access. There is also ample free parking. There will be a range of hot and cold food. Craig y Don Community Centre is easy to find from the A470 (turn right at the roundabout signposted Craig y Don). There is easy access from Llandudno which itself is well worth a visit, stay a while and enjoy the Great Orme, the tramway that climbs it and of course the local hospitality and surrounding coastline too.
List of Layouts Attending :
Wynthorpe Magna 'O' Gauge (Clubs own layout)
Die Alte Muhle 'N' Gauge
Kirbythorpe 'OO9' Gauge
Amlwch 'N' Gauge
Beaumontville 'OO' Gauge
Llangurig 'OO' Gauge
Tiny Town 'Z' Gauge
Tan Y Bryn 'OO' Gauge (Above)
Rocky Ridge 'N' Gauge
New Pandors 7 Geirionydd Tramway
Maentwrog Road 'OO' Gauge
Letsby Central 'OO' Gauge (Below)
Lon Diesel 'G' Gauge
Crosville Garage Diarama.
Fantasy Land 'N' Gauge.
Nearest Railway Stations :
Llandudno [0.65 miles]
Llandudno Junction [2.33 miles]
Conwy [2.69 miles]
MAP
Mr Geoffrey Tyler
07-02-1934 -- 23-07-2012
Miss you loads Dad. Xx
No matter where I am or what I am doing my thoughts are always with you Dad x
No amount of time that passes will change the way I feel; I hurt, I love, I smile, I cry. It's not all about me, it's about what feelings that I've lost, and how much love I have for both you and Mum too. Dad you taught me to be strong, so am sorry that I am letting you down. I can never be strong enough to accept that you are no longer here.
I miss you so much xx
WESTWARD WHITE METAL KIT
4mm Scale "OO" GAUGE
CLASS 700 -- 0-6-0 -- No. 688
BUILT TO RUN ON THE SOUTHERN REGION
ONCE COMPLETED THE MODEL WAS PAINTED BLACK WITH A SOUTHERN GREEN LINING AND GOLD "SOUTHERN - No.688" ON THE TENDER. WHILE MANY MODELLERS I'M SURE WOULD PREFER TO WEATHER THEIR MODELS I DO ENJOY TO SEE THE DETAILED CAB INTERIOR INCLUDES DRIVER AND FIREMAN AND OTHER INTRICATE DETAILS WHICH WERE TYPICAL OF MY FATHERS WORK.
THE TENDER IS FULL OF COAL AND HAS HANDMADE TOOLS LAID OUT ON THE TOP TOO.
PREDOMINATELY A FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE THE 700 CLASS WAS BUILT IN GLASGOW FOR THE LSWR (SR), WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUND ON THE EXTENSIVE MARSHALLING YARDS OF EASTLEIGH AND FELTHAM (OUR HOMETOWN) AND THIS MODEL WAS THE FIRST OF THIS CLASS TO BE WITHDRAWN BY BR IN 1957 FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT AT STAINES.
"On 9 August 1957, locomotive No 30688 was in a head-on collision with a train formed of two electric multiple units at Staines, Middlesex after the latter departed against a danger signal".
The locomotive was the first of it's class to be withdrawn a month after it's accident. Sadly none of the class were saved for preservation and while Hornby made a version of this loco it's not a patch on the WESTWARD KIT version Dad built.
At this stage the model was in excellent condition despite being stored in its original box for the past 20+ years. I wish I could have kept them all he made some wonderful models and the lucky people who now have some of these I really hope they are enjoying them and giving them plenty of run time.
