Cornish Modellers take the prize at York!

[steve howe]

Cornish Modellers Take the Prize at York

Members of the Helston & Falmouth Model Railway Club collected another award for their layout 'Gweek North Quay' at the recent York Model Railway Show. The Mike Cook Memorial Cup is awarded to the layout that, in the organiser's view, would have been most enjoyed by the late Mike Cook who organised the York show from 1962 to just before his death in 2011.

 

 

The model represents the station and quayside at Gweek on the mythical narrow gauge ‘Helford Valley Railway’ which was proposed to link Helston and Penryn, but was never actually built.

 

 

Club member Steve Howe, one of the team behind the project, said “We were delighted to be asked to appear at the York Show which is one of the highlights of the railway modelling calendar, after our layout appeared in the ‘Hornby Magazine’ last year. It’s a real accolade to get this award and I’m pleased that it raises the profile of the Club and railway modelling as a creative and absorbing hobby.”

 

 

The Club, which has its Clubrooms at Gunwalloe just south of Helston is one of the longest established model railway clubs in the country, is holding its annual Spring Exhibition at Helston Community College on April 21 & 22.  Gweek North Quay is just one of several projects the group is working on and the Club always welcomes prospective members to its sessions on Wednesday and Friday evenings. More information can be found at www.hfmrc.com 

 

Club members  Tony Bates, Matt Stobie, Howard Ward-Ure,  Mike West & Steve Howe receive the award from Malcolm Scrimshaw, York Exhibition Manager

Photo: Steve Flint courtesy of Railway Modeller

[queensquare]

Congratulations to you and the team Steve, well deserved.

 

Jerry