Found in a recent second-hand book purchase was this coach window destination slip. Obviously post-’48 but still quite old. A nice find which once would have graced a carriage window on the site where the LC now stands.
COMMENT
Holidays and other matters have conspired to make this an extremely brief newsletter this month and it will stick mostly to forthcoming dates and events. There are a couple of important club matters also however and I’ll start with them.
RECYCLING OF RUBBISH
Because of changes regarding the Council’s collection of waste from the Foyd building, and penalties now applying for the misuse of bins, we are no longer under any circumstances allowed to use the exterior bins to dispose of our rubbish. Please ensure that you either confine your disposal of waste to the correct bins in the club’s tea rooms or take the waste home with you to dispose of through your own domestic collection or via one of the council’s sites. Many thanks for your co-operation and we have promised Foyd that we will not misuse their own facility.
THE LIBRARY
A quite note to advise of some recent accessions which may be of interest to modellers of the LMS scene in South Wales. The three volume set of HN Twells’ ‘LMS Miscellany’ has recently been donated to the club’s library along with an interesting pictorial record of the LMS works at Crewe. Both provide fascinating detail into this company, one which gets so
often forgotten in this Great Western heartland. These donations will be catalogued soon and placed on the shelves for your use.
THE FORTHCOMING SHOW
With just about everything now booked or in place, the hotel accommodation for exhibitors, the venue and its ancillaries, the programmes and fliers, just about everything and most of our volunteers now identified, the club is now in the final stages of preparation for what we are certain will be another excellent and memorable event.
Our website provides full details of the layouts, groups and traders present and if you have not yet looked at it, do take some time to do so. Being our own show, the club will also take the opportunity to promote itself actively through a members’ stand, sell stock through our stock sale collection and also promote this year’s private owner wagon commission [or what is left of it!]. There will also be space for a display of models built by club members, not diorama however as insufficient room is available for those. The show raffle will be in aid of Foyd and, hopefully, this will also raise some funds for them.
Members to act as volunteers have identified themselves but should any who have not and yet still wish to help at times over the weekend, please contact Paul Dally at the club directly.
For your diaries, note that the 2025 show will take place on the 13th and 14th September and the 2026 event on the 19th and 20th. September. Believe it or not, some layouts have already been pencilled in for those events.
Finally, if all members who use Facebook or other widely-used messaging apps could share information about the show, we would be hugely grateful. Similarly, help with distributing fliers is always appreciated. There may still be some in the club by the library and do take some for your car window, local library or newsagent notice boards. Thank you.
PLANNED EVENTS
Quite apart from or own show, there is quite a lot taking place during the rest of the year….
The Derwen Fawr Miniature Railway has its last open days of the year on the 25th. and 26th. August. I’m told that there will be plenty of locos in steam offering rides and their location is Gwerneinon Road, Sketty SA2 8EN. They have a Facebook presence and further details should be found there.
The Lydney Model Railway Show takes place on the 28th and 29th of September. Their location is the Dean Academy, Church Road, Lydney, Gloucestershire GL15 5DZ. A quick ‘google’ will provide further details.
Our trip to the Severn Valley Railway takes place on Sunday the 6th October. This will be their heritage diesel event and full details will appear in our September newsletter.
That’s your lot this month!
Best wishes