7mmNGA AGM & Exhibition - 9th June 2018

[NeilHB]

The 7mmNGA's 39th AGM & Exhibition will take place on Saturday 9th June, 2018, at the usual venue of Burton on Trent Town Hall - King Edward Place, Burton upon Trent, Staffs. DE14 2EB. The doors are open from 10.30 am till 4.30 pm. There is limited on site pay and display car parking, but there are other car parks located nearby, including a large pay and display car park at the railway station, which is located a short walk away from the Town Hall. There is a licensed bar on site, and refreshments will be available.

 

Entry costs £5 for adults, £3 for members of the Association - partners and children get in for free.

 

Confirmed (so far) to be attending this year are:

 

Layouts:
Mers Les Bains, 1:32, Peter Smith
Gamle Carlsbeg, 1:45, Tony Bennett
Questa, 0n30, Andrew Jones
Bryn Llwyd, 0-16.5, Bernard Morgan
Abbey Light Railway, 0-14, David Malton
Pentewan Quarry, 0-14, John Clutterbuck
Bunny Mine, 0-14, David Rae
Ashcroft Industrial Museum, 0-16.5, Robin Edwards
Pyn Valley Railway, 09, Christopher Payne
Ramma Woods, 09, Simon Andrews
Redwood Lumber, 0n30, Charles Oldroyd
St Laurs, 1:45, John Green

Trent Valley Builder's Yard (WIP), 0-16.5, Alex Bingley

 

Traders: 
Mercian Models
S&D Models
Port Wynnstay Models
Minimum Gauge Models
Grainge and Hodder Baseboards
EDM Models
Locos n Stuff
James Corsi
Andrew Neale Books
A1 Models
PLM Cast-a-ways
Avalon Line
N-Drive Productions
Severn Models
Skytrex (2013) Ltd.
MyNGR.com

 

Demonstrators: 
David Wright - Model Buildings
Paul Holmes - 0-14 demonstration

West Midlands Area Group – display

 

Societies: 
Slim Gauge Circle

Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society

 

More details will be added when confirmed.

The Trent Valley Area Group are looking forward to seeing you all on the day!

 

Abbey Light Railway

 

Mers Les Bains

 

Questa

 

Redwood Lumber

 

[NeilHB]

Just a small bump as it’s really not long to go now!

 

Couple of small changes:

 

Severn Models won’t be there (that’s my fault as Andy had already told me he couldn’t make it)

Blackham Transfers will be there, and bringing the 5.5mm Society/Area Group demonstration with them

 

Looking forward to seeing you all in 11 days time - can I start to panic slightly now?!

[NeilHB]

Another quick update -

 

Black Dog models won’t now be there as Steve Bennett is currently not very well. Howard Martin hopes to have some Black Dog items on his Avalon Line stand, subject to confirmation.

 

Just over a week to go now!

[Mike Bellamy]

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Not long to go now . . . . . . . . . 

 

I see from the DEMU thread that they suffered from too much heat last weekend and as we use the same building I wanted to reassure everyone that we have ordered average weather for the weekend instead of exceptional weather - and although there will be a lot of hot air (it's also the AGM!) we don't anticipate the problems DEMU faced !!

 

Although the venue is very close to the station, there will be those who wish to drive - free on road parking is available nearby but please read the signs carefully as some have limit restrictions. There are two pay and display car parks near the station but make sure you get the ticket from the correct machine depending on where you have parked.

 

For those who don't know the area, please do not follow signs to the town centre as the Town Hall is not in the centre!! Follow signs to the station and look out for the yellow direction signs which I'll put up Thursday (unless it's pi$$ing down in which case i'll either get very wet or go out very early on Saturday !)

 

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[NeilHB]

Just over 24hours to go now folks!

 

Mike was out last night in Burton putting up the yellow road signs between the rain showers - so follow them and not the directions to the town centre or you’ll end up nowhere near the Town Hall!

 

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow

[Mike Bellamy]

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TODAY !

[NeilHB]

We are well underway with the show! Lots of good layouts and even more importantly the bacon butties are on and selling well! Pop on down if you are free!