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Epping Railway Circle will be holding its annual exhibition on Saturday 11th November from 10.00 - 16.20 at The Village Hall, Coppice Row, Theydon Bois, Essex CM16 7ER Admission : Adults £5.00, Child (11-18) £3.00, under 11's free 10 + Layouts in various scales, trade stands and refreshments 5 minutes from Theydon Bois station (LUL Central Line), free parking, wheelchair access. Contact: John Woods Tel: 020 8508 1764 Email: isambard6@ntlworld.com Web: www.eppingrailwaycircle.com Layouts confirmed are (with more to follow): White Bell (00) 4x4 Rixworth Green (EM) 9x3 Seaton (P4) 14x1'8” Rainbow Railway (00) 4x1 Carlton Vale (00) 22x7 Madaford (00) 9x1'6” Tawney Halt (0) 20x1 Dead Tree Manor (N) 4x2 Six Trade Stands Club Stand

Many years ago, I worked occasionally with a fireman, when tailgating was a regular event in our traffic locked town. He drove a pump escape (the ones with the big-wheeled ladders) and one day on a call, weaving his way through traffic when someone stepped off the pavement. He hit the brakes and stopped, but was immediately pushed forward . The officer and the rest of the crew got down to investigate and found an expensive car with two large semi-circular grooves in the front end and water and oil pouring out underneath. While he called back to HQ to ask for another appliance to be sent to the call, the rest of the crew discussed the matter and summed it up as "You've got a problem mate". John

When I became involved with a case of low level fraud in work, the policeman handling the investigation told me that the first move was to look at the person's travel and meals claims as that was where the first fraud usually occurred. The case ended up with trigamy (?) - three wives between London and the West Country, a fake suicide, and wide-scale theft. The last time I met the policeman, he told me that next time I suspected something similar that I should keep quiet, as they didn't have enough staff to handle an investigation which had eventually involved four forces

As might be expected in the present circumstances, there have been a number of changes to the list of layouts and traders. Our exhibition manager has been working hard and although one layout cannot attend, we are now up to 12 layouts and 9 traders. The layouts which have been booked are White Bell (00), Ousewell St Juude (EM), London New Street (00), Rossiter Rise (00), Prospect Wharf and Yard (EM), Triang Transcontinental (00), Reich Brewery 1946 (HO) , Soller (Z), Maddaford (00), Tawney Halt (0), Douglas Fields (N) and ERC's Tanglewood Common (00). The traders are Cadogan Hobbies, Round in Circles, Reg Henderson, AE Millson Books, Past & Present Toys, Dave's Books and Models, the BR Standard Group, Epping & Ongar Railway and the club's S/H stand. We hope that this will be the list 'on the day' and we will welcome all to what has been called "a small but friendly show" John

Thanks Deltic ! For El Tel and sb67 - the layouts which have been booked are White Bell (00), Ousewell St Juude (EM), London New Street (00), Batcombe (00), Prospect Wharf and Yard (EM), Triang Transcontinental (00), Reich Brewery 1946 (HO) , Soller (Z) and ERC's Tanglewood Common (00). The traders are Round in Circles, Reg Henderson, AE Millson Books, Past & Present Toys, the BR Standard Group, Epping & Ongar Railway and the club's S/H stand. We have invited a number of other layouts, but cannot be certain of the full list until we receive confirmation, which I hope will be by next weekend. John

Epping Railway Circle will be presenting its annual model railway exhibition on Saturday 13 November at Theydon Bois Village Hall, Coppice Row, Theydon Bois, Essex CM16 7ER. There will be 12 layouts, including 'Z', 'HO', 'OO' and 'EM', together with traders and societies. The Exhibition is open from 10.00 am to 4.30 pm, admission is £5.00 for adults and £3.00 for children (11-18), under 11's free The Hall is wheelchair accessible, and is 10 minutes from J26 of the M25, (car parking is free), or it is a short walk from Theydon Bois (Central Line) Station. Light refreshments will be available. While we intend to operate the exhibition in as normal a manner as possible, for safety's sake, we would ask everyone to follow guidance from the Stewards by observing any Covid restrictions which are in force on the date https://www.eppingrailwaycircle.com/

On 27/09/2020 at 23:55, Compound2632 said: In Saltley Firing Days, Terry Essery tells a similar tale involving the partial demolition of a platelayers' hut. So I suspect this is an oft-repeated enginemen's folk-tale. Good physics lesson nevertheless! Back in the 1950's I would go with my Grandmother to visit her birthplace in the Sirhowy Valley, including a pair of elderly sisters who were level crossing keepers on a line to Markham Colliery. On one visit, the kitchen door had just been stoved in by a HUGE lump of coal which had "fallen" off a loco, bounced on the yard and crashed through the closed door. When we left, they were still trying to work out a suitable explanation for the local BR Estates office John

According to my home produced index to my now dispersed magazine collection, the article titled "Dean 4-4-0 from a Triang Single" was published in the Modeller of Sept 1973, pages 208-210 John

The Epping Railway Circle regrets that its 2020 exhibition, due to be held at Theydon Bois Village Halls on 7 November has had to be cancelled for obvious reasons. We hope to return in 2021 John Woods Secretary ERC

Thanks for the reminder pb_devon, I have a copy but it has slid down the 'to do' list - so many books, too little time ! John

The sources used to produce the list (which now runs to some 5000 entries) are varied, including British and US Official Histories, Army Council Instructions and Admiralty Fleet Orders, Railway Clearing House Handbook of Stations 1938, 1949,. 1956 and 1962, Parliamentary Debates and Reports, publications of the Industrial Railway Society and others The availability of material on the Internet has provided many references, from republished original documents to the websites of local historical societies. All references have, wherever possible, been crossmatched

About 20 years ago, I began to compile a list as an attempt to identify, initially from published accounts, those wartime depots (excluding operational bases such as barracks, airfields, radar stations and dockyards),which were rail served (these are underlined in the atached list). However the sources used revealed so many service establishments that it was decided to list all those which may have generated or received rail traffic, and to try to identify, and separate out, those with rail access later. The dates given are those where the site was first mentioned John Devon Depots.doc

When I left Wales to start work at the Ministry of Defence in 19.. , I was living in a bedsit and normally wore a West Mon (Pontypool) school tie to work, as its blue, green, red and yellow stripes went with any colour shirt. I was waiting in the lift to go to the fourth floor when an elderly gentleman dived in, and as the lift began its upward journey, he carefully looked me up and down and as we passed the second floor, eventually asked "young man, when did you serve with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders ?" I pondered for a moment, then told him that while to A&SH were raised in 1794, West Mon was a Haberdashers School which had its origins in the 17th Century, so why were they wearing 'my' tie. He immediately pressed the button to stop the lift at the next floor - and I never saw him again. I often wore the tie in later years, but never got a reaction at meetings John

There is also the Epping Railway Circle, which meets at Theydon Bois on the third Monday of each month to run its 00 layout (and on the first Monday in the pub) - see info@eppingrailwaycircle.com John

There is also the Epping Railway Circle's show at Theydon Bois TOMORROW - see https://www.eppingrailwaycircle.com/exhibition John