Monthly Club News

June 2013: Saturday 1st June marked the 46th anniversary of the formation of the Club. The Club's Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 4th June once again provided few surprises and the Committee where re-elected without change for a further twelve months. We have started to lay track on our Smallwood layout.

May 2013: We have started track laying on our Smallwood layout. We had a successful weekend on the 25th and 26th May exhibiting our Arrowmouth layout at the New Forest Model Railway show at Brockenhurst.

April 2013: We started the month by exhibiting our Buckshee layout at the Cheltenham show over the weekend of the 8th and 9th April. We are continuing to work hard on both our Oakenshaw and Smallwood layouts. Virtually all of the building are now complete on Oakenshaw and

March 2013: We have spent this month continuing to work mainly on our Oakenshaw layout. However we have made a start in laying the cork track underlay on our Smallwood layout. Smallwood is going to feature scratch built track and virtually all of this has now been constructed.

February 2013: We started February by taking our Dagnell End layout to BRM Doncaster show over the weekend of the 9th and 10th February. We have continued to build our Oakenshaw layout which is now moved on considerably over the last few month

January 2013: We start 2013 on a low point after celebrating our 45th Anniversary during 2012 as our Club President (and founder Club Member) Mick Clements lost his wife of over 50 years Margaret Clements on 26th December 2012. We continuing to build our Oakenshaw layout which is now entering its 3rd year of construction and has moved on considerably over the last few months. In preparation for the Doncaster show we have been ensuring Dagnell End layout is ready. Our Club meeting on Thursday 24th January was cut short not by the snowy weather but the whole of the industrial estate we are based on was blacked out by a power cut.