WC&P Railway Anniversary Exhibition 22 Oct, Portishead

[ullypug]

WC&P Railway Anniversary Exhibition
Celebrating the 120th Anniversary of the original opening of the Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Light Railway
Sun 22 October 2017 10:00 to 4:00 pm
Parish Wharf Leisure Centre, Harbour Road,
Portishead, BS20 7DD

A unique one-off event

Top class layouts:
▪ WC&PR – Andrew Ullyott’s Ashcombe Road – EM gauge and

▪ WC&PR – Andrew Ullyott’s Clevedon – EM gauge
▪ Bleadon – fictitious WC&PR extension – O gauge
▪ Rolvenden – Col Stephens’ K&ESR - P4 scale
▪ Rye Town – fictitious K&ESR extension – EM gauge
▪ Severn Mill – fictitious light railway from Thornbury – O gauge
▪ Corris Station – narrow gauge Welsh – 009
▪ Portisend – layout from Germany inspired by Portishead – OO gauge ▪ River Yeo – WC&PR with bridge and wharf – N gauge
▪ Canterbury Gate – East Kent Railway station – O gauge
Original WC&PR Artefacts on display
Displays of WC&PR Models – various scales ● Historic photos slide show
Demonstrations – model painting
Trade stands:
▪ Art in Motion – Stuart Booth

▪Aspire Gifts & Models
▪ Mainline & Maritime
▪ Antics Models
▪ Lester Harrison memorabilia

Societies including:
▪ Colonel Stephens Society
▪ Portishead Railway Group
▪ Sandford Station Railway Heritage Centre ▪ Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
▪ Festiniog & Welsh Highland Railways
▪ Gordano Civic Society
▪ The Mendip Society

Light Refreshments – Free parking

Alongside Portishead Marina – attractive location. Not to be missed !

 

Adults £4. Children £2. (under 6 free)
 
Details subject to change
For the latest info see www.wcprgroup.org.uk

[ullypug]

It's just over a week to go. Eeeek!

[ullypug]

Hope to see some of you on Sunday.

I'm really looking forward to the show.

Do come and say hello.

[ullypug]

Right. We're all set up and ready for tomorrow. I'm not doing this again!!!

Slight problem with the drapes. Wonder what time Dunelm stays open until?

 

[burgundy]

An excellent show. Well done to all involved.

Best wishes 

Eric

[leavesontheline]

A great little show which I only just found out about in time! Glad I did!

 

Do we have to wait 30 years for the next one? (150 year anniversary!)

 

It was great to see Ullypug's two WC&PR layouts together. The possibilities are endless for building up the rest of the line in modular form!!

[Corbs]

It was a smashing little show, I abandoned my friends in Devon and left early just to see it! It looked well patronised and I met some familiar faces.

 

The main reason I went was to see Andrew's 'Weston' and 'Clevedon' layouts together. Superb modelling and good to see Weston for the first time, for a layout that's been in storage for so long it's really good!

 

Bob was on the WC&PRG stand and we talked about his efforts to make replicas of plates for the WC&P locos. Really nice work.

 

This is an original sleeper, my friend has one of these in his sawmill yard, we use it to keep the gate open (apologies for the sideways photos).

 

Note that the large brass nameplate worn by the original 'Clevedon', the ex-Furness replacement, and the Dübs 2-4-0T, has a full stop cast in to it.

Bob thinks this might be a trademark of Walker Bros. locos. Does anyone have any photos or information on this?

 

A few more photos to come...

[Corbs]

A layout I'd wanted to see for ages was 'Corris 1930' by Rod Allcock. Sublime. I love the depth both horizontally and vertically, and the way the train snakes through. Rod showed me some of his locomotive creations which are masterpieces in miniature. 

 

The Colonel Stephens theme was strong with a very high standard of modelling on the layouts.

 

I liked this one as it's the same 'bash' I want to do to a Bachmann Wild West coach to make a light railway coach.

 

Robin's K&ESR layout was a joy to see again, although I only took two photos of it.

 

This 7mm light railway was very impressive (again apologies for sideways photo)

 

All in all a really nice way to spend a few hours. Well done to the organisers and exhibitors who made it possible.

 

 

 

[DLT]

Doh!  Why didn't I know about this show?  What a cracker!

So sorry to have missed it.

Dave.

 

PS  When's the next anniversary?