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Would anybody be able to tell me whether its worth a trip to Banbury for N gauge stock when I'm down Towcester way in a couple of weeks time? I went a few years ago and seem to remember they had a fair bit of railways items, but I was an 00'er then and didn't pay any attention to the smaller scale.

 

If not, I guess the Northampton Model Centre is the nearest alternative?

 

Cheers for any advice!

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They had a reasonable amount when I visited them last Autumn - picked up some new Farish Mk3 at a good price which have subsequently been stripped and Electra graphice sides for Chiltern Mainline added to them. A fair amount of sundry bits and pieces so not just ready to run. the railways bit is upstairs. Its not your big model railways shop type place though.

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Just a brief note that Trinders in Banbury closed a couple of weeks ago. The owners retired and could not find anyone to take it on as a going concern.

Unless anyone knows any different then Oxfordshire is a complete desert when it comes to Model Shops. I was in Kidlington the other week and couldn’t find the Howes shop. The Industrial Unit, where the shop was, now looks to have been completely taken over by a plant hire company.

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Would anybody be able to tell me whether its worth a trip to Banbury for N gauge stock when I'm down Towcester way in a couple of weeks time? I went a few years ago and seem to remember they had a fair bit of railways items, but I was an 00'er then and didn't pay any attention to the smaller scale.

 

If not, I guess the Northampton Model Centre is the nearest alternative?

 

Cheers for any advice!

Trinders have moved to a smaller shop in Banbury in the same street.

There's the Railway Conductor at the Old dairy farm at Upper Stowe between Towcester and Weedon, there is a railway shop in Wellingborough

 

Mike

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Unless anyone knows any different then Oxfordshire is a complete desert when it comes to Model Shops. I was in Kidlington the other week and couldn’t find the Howes shop. The Industrial Unit, where the shop was, now looks to have been completely taken over by a plant hire company.

 

Still trading but from a different unit on the same estate I understand.

 

I know Trinders HAD moved down the street, but have also heard they closed. Can anyone confirm?

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I was in Kidlington the other week and couldn’t find the Howes shop. The Industrial Unit, where the shop was, now looks to have been completely taken over by a plant hire company.

As said they have moved around the corner. But now very poor for railway products.

From my dashcam the unit with the yellow sign

Howes.jpg

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