Aire Valley Railway
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Hi.
Bit of a change today.;I'm not sure if you will consider the ;items in this blog to come under models as we normally think of models or a touch of arts and crafts. Read on and see what you think. The items here were constructed between 1996 and 2007. They are miniature walls constructed from real Yorkshire stone. They were tailored for friends and relations who were to receive them. It started when Maudie and I were going to visit some American friends ;who we met up with while we were on a trip over the Settle Carlisle Line. They did a return trip to the UK the following year and stayed with us for several days. The trip we were doing was pay back time. What to take them as gifts? ;We remembered how they called our stone walls ;stone ";fences ". What could be more unique than a dry stone wall! The early ones were more or less identical except for the etched title plate on the front of the wood base. We took two to the States and over a period of time I made several more for friends. The Walls were built on a slight curve which we thought looked better than a straight wall ;In front of the wall was a couple of Britian's models, a shepherd holding a lamb and a sheepdog. ;The title plate reads ;Katie finds the stray The name of the dog was changed depending on the name of the dog.whose owner was to receive the model.
The family ones were a bit more varied.The Laurel and Hardy one was my eldest daughter's She and her husband had a restaurant in Ulverston called Laurel's.;The canal one was my youngest daughter's in Ellesmere. The golfer one is my son's he's a bit of a keen golfer. ;The one with Compo was made to remind my wife and I of Yorkshire when we deserted the County;The last stone wall I built was the milk tanker scene. This was for a very kind and helpful neighbour ;While stating the obvious Slater's bridge is made of slate . it is quite an iconic bridge. I only built the arched part of the bridge and not the clapper built part; I made two of these, One I gave to a director of the Burlington slate quarries as a thanks for a one man tour of the slate operation. ;If I remember I will mention this again regarding another model railway I never finished..
Having referred to these models as DRY stone walls, the individual stones were cemented together with PVA glue. The stone was cut using an ordinary pair of pincers, the stone being relatively soft
Next time, another real stone project which I think you will accept as a true model.
Will call that it for now. Cheers. ;Derek.
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