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Hello Derek i remember the AVR from the Railway Modeller, would love to hear about it !

I'll add a me too! I'm far younger than the layout , but have read my father's back catalogue of Railway Modellers, and your articles are among those that have stuck in my mind for the last 25 years

Some of the first Railway Modeller magazines that I purchased featured the AVR. I would love to hear more about it. It was very inspirational.

Hello Derek,

I've always found the AVR and it's successor the Semerdale Railway a great inspiration. I would be very interested to hear what you've been doing since.

Wonderful to hear from you Derek, the AVR has been a huge influence on my modelling, and I still go back and the Aire Valley Adventure series from time to time.

I would love to hear more about it.

my best wishes,

Dave.T

I think you may be getting the drift of opinion now, Derek.

I'm another AVR fan from the early days so would be delighted to read "the odd blog or two"!

 

David

Now we might find out what happened to c-oil!1 I loved the AVR articles and the railway so it's great to see you on here.

I can only echo the above comments! I'd love to find out more about the AVR, definitely a inspiration to this 1970s teenager!

Crikey! What a nice surprise - a delightful blast from our past! Yes, anything about the AVR would be of interest - one of the influential models of its era, surely. Oh, and, at 84, you are a bit of a leveller to those of us convinced we are old in our 60s!

It is an honour to be able to thank you for the Aire Valley. Along with episodes from Craigshire, the articles in the old Railway Modellers were my modelling inspiration all those years ago.  This resulted in my own modest Isle of Dhoon Railway (Rly Modeller last year) which has been evolving over the last 30+ years.  Thank you and more stories from the AVR please!!

Hello Derek, of course I remember the Aire Valley Railway, it was a great source of ideas and inspiration back in the day when I was just getting started with a layout.   I'd love to hear more of the story.

Jimbo

Hello Derek, the A.V.R. articles in the RM inspired me into having a go way back in the early 70s...even if I was only 10...I came across one a couple of months back when looking for something else...and it took me right back.  Cheers Derek 

Here's a photo of Port Maud.

 

Paul.

I'm another great fan of the Aire Valley Railway, in fact I was one of the people who wrote to you when you where selling it. I was very tempted to buy it, but eventually decided not to.

 

I'm glad at least some parts of it have survived - it's been an inspiration for many of us over the years.

 

Tom