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Events Calendar 2010

The Association hosts several get-togethers at member's garden railways throughout the year, plus indoor exhibitions and other special events.
All events listed are held in the UK unless otherwise indicated.
Full details are available to members in the quarterly Association Newsletter & Journal.

 

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February
20 - The Salisbury & Stonehenge Group annual “Bacon Butty Bash” with their layout at Durrington Village Hall, High Street, Durrington, Salisbury, SP4 8AD from 10am – 5ish, contact Dicky Boast.
 

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March
20/21 - Large Scale Model Rail Exhibition, Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, Fosse Way, Nr Leamington Spa, CV31 1XN – Contact Jeff Towe.
27 - G1MRA Spring Meeting at Burleigh Community College, Thorpe Hill, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 4SQ. Contact Jeff Towe.
 

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April
3-5 - Gauge 1 live steam spectacle in Diehl’s Hotel, Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein celebrating with Deutsche Bahn 175 years of German Railways. G1MRA contact Peter Koch Tel. +49(0)2333/860 853 e-mail: PeterKoch2@gmx.de
 

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May
1 - Welling and District M.E.S. Get together and Open day. 10.00-17.00 Contact Bob Underwood (020 8859 6919) or John Shute.

Bank Holiday Package:
1 - Saturday - Gauge 1 layout at Hereford Society of Model Engineers, Broomy Hill, Hereford (Adjacent to water works pumping museum), from 11.00. Contact Richard Donovan.
2 - Sunday - Get Together – Richard Donovan – Burghill, Hereford – camping and picnics available in field. 12.00.


7- 9 - Harrogate Model Engineering Exhibition, North West Group's track "Withnell Junction". Contact Steve Foster.
8 - Large Scale Railway Modeller’s Show. Rivermead Centre Reading RG1 8EQ. 'Anglia Roads' Layout. Contact Jeff Brazier.
8 - Get Together - Bromsgrove Society of Model Engineers, Avoncroft, Museum of Buildings, Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove. Contact John Spooner on 0121 476 6866 or Brian Mould on 0121 453 5733.
15 - Harlington M.E. Open Day – 10.30 – Boiler certs required - Contact: Dave Brutnell 01784 482248.

WEEKEND PACKAGE
29 - Saturday - Get Together – Peter Wood – Southport – 11.30
30 - Sunday - Running session on Gauge 1 layout at Southport Model Engineering Club. Contact – Tom Wallbank
 

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June
2 - Get Together – Paul Abrams – Iden, East Sussex (Note Wednesday) – 10.00
5 - Get Together – John Moroney – Rowlands Castle, Hants – 13.00 – picnics welcome, no parking in drive please.
5 - Vintage Tinplate Group, Annual Show at Wythall Village Hall, near Alvechurch. 10am – 4pm. Contact: Dave Orchard, 01527 874988 

12 - Get Together – Robert Houghton – Whitesmith, East Sussex – 12.00 – Picnics welcome
19 - Get Together - Steve Edwards – Chesham, Bucks – 12.00 – Picnics welcome *Cancelled due to ill health
26 - Get Together – Adam Houghton – Staplehurst, Kent – 12.00 – Picnics welcome
26/27- Bekonscot Model Village – London portable layout from 9.30. Contact: Brian Newman-Smith
 

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July
3 - Get Together – Peter Howland – Woking, Surrey – 14.00 (No parking restrictions on Saturdays).
7 - G1MRA open day - North London SME Gauge One Group - Colney Heath, Hertfordshire - (Note Wednesday), 11.00. Contacts: Malcolm Read or Nick Rudoe
9/10 - New Get Together – Cliff Barker – Barling Magna, Southend – 11.00 (note Friday and Saturday). Picnics welcome. Contact Cliff for information concerning B & B or to order fish and chips.
17 - Gauge One North, Bakewell Agriculture and Business Centre, Haddon Road, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1AH, times to be confirmed. New Gauge One event, live steam permitted. Full details: http://www.gauge1north.org.uk or contact Peter Vincent.

WEEKEND PACKAGE
17 - Saturday – Get Together – Richard Harwood – Castle Cary, Somerset – 14.00.
18 - Sunday – Get Together – Bob Lock – Millbourne Port, Dorset – 12.00.
 

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August
6-8 - Bluebell 50th Anniversay - Invicta track at Sheffield Park. Contact: Jeff Brazier.
7 - Get Together - Bromsgrove Society of Model Engineers, Avoncroft, Museum of Buildings, Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove. Contact John Spooner on 0121 476 6866 or Brian Mould on 0121 453 5733.
7/8 - Woodvale International Rally. North West Group's track "Withnell Junction". Contact Tom Wallbank.
14 - Get Together – Sutton MEC - Sutton, Surrey – Starts 12.00 – Ploughman’s available – Contact: Paul Harding
14 - Get Together – Mervyn Myhill – East Dereham, Norfolk – 11.30
14 - Harlington M.E. Open Day – 10.30 – Boiler certs required - Contact: Dave Brutnell 01784 482248.
21/22 - Salisbury & Stonehenge Layout in The Swindon Steam Museum, SN2 2TA. Contact Dicky Boast.
29 - Get Together – John Judson – Little Bardfield, Essex – 11.00 – Picnics welcome
 

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September
4 - Get Together - Bob Symes – East Horsley, Surrey – 14.00
18 - Get Together - Bromsgrove Society of Model Engineers, Avoncroft, Museum of Buildings, Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove. Contact John Spooner on 0121 476 6866 or Brian Mould on 0121 453 5733.
 

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October
9 - Get Together and Open Day. Welling and District M.E.S. Contact Bob Underwood or John Shute.
2/3 - Anglia Roads layout at East Anglian Railway Museum Chappel and Wakes Colne Colchester. Contact: Keith Tomlinson 01787 223672

* Please note: Get-togethers start at 14.00 hrs unless stated otherwise above.

If you know of any other events that should be included, please contact the webmaster (webmaster@gaugeone.org)

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Use your Member's List to find the address for Get-Togethers, details above are deliberately vague.

Contact details and addresses for the G1MRA Spring Meeting, the AGM Meeting and G1MRA Get-Togethers are available to members and their guests only – see Newsletter & Journal.

Local groups all have their own schedules of additional events; ask the named contacts for details.

Event Calendar Swizerland = http://www.g1mra.ch/kalender.html 

Please observe the protocol for events – see NL&J page 65, Issue 190,  Summer 2001 It is important for spectators not to get in the way of drivers of trains. Drivers should not obstruct the tracks when stopping.

Remember to take your boiler certificates if you want to run live steam at any event.

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