darren chpamn Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Hi everyone I was wondering if anyone knows of any clubs that are open in day times, its question thats been brought up in our club so would like to here if any other club has tried it or even do open in day times Kind regards daz 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Simpson Posted February 16, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 16, 2019 I don't know of any clubs, I'm afraid. But what a good idea! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cravensdmufan Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Spalding Model Railway club is open Tuesdays and Thursdays during the daytime, and Wednesday and Friday evenings as well I believe. https://www.spaldingmodelrailwayclub.org.uk/contact/ (It says on the website page that the daytime opening is just Tuesdays, but I understand that has now been extended to Thursdays as well just recently.) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham456 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 (edited) Not quite the same thing I think but Taunton Model Railway Group open during the day during some of the operating days as they can be found on Bishops Lydeard Station as any on who goes to the Saturday SWAG day will know Edited February 16, 2019 by Graham456 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Sounds like an outstanding idea for clubs that have the membership base to do it - definitely a horses for courses situation. I'm not anti-family or anything but some people are better during the day than at night, folks who work shifts etc, and of course if you have a big project its easier to have an entire afternoon rather than try and cram it into 2 1/2 hours of an evening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Star Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 (edited) My local club is Basingstoke MRS and the opening hours are:- Monday 7.45pm onwards; Wednesday 7.45pm onwards; Thursday 7.45pm onwards; and... Friday 1.30ish pm to about 4.30pm. The times above are the "standard" openings... when there is a need, for example the pre-amble to the March show or Spring/Autumn open days, then some of us are likely to be at our Club Hut during other evenings or during the daytime on other days than Friday. regards, Graham Edited February 16, 2019 by Western Star 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrymx5 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Shepton and District Model Railway Society (S&DMRS) has Club evenings for all members but individual layout teams often arrange daytime meetings. The 5 members of one team starting a new layout have met every Monday morning for the last 15 months for example. Another team worked 2 or 3 days each week for a couple of months to prepare a layout for a major exhibition. Hope that helps Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 The Mendip Model Railway Group has 7 day access to their rented premises. A number of retired members normally meet one day time a week, while all members meet one night a week. All full members have 7 day / night access. Gordon A 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren chpamn Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 Thanks for all the responses I can pass this information to the rest of the committee . Daz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted February 17, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 17, 2019 Not many people venture as far as west Wales but our local O Gauge club started this just over a year ago. We meet in Pencader on alt Tuesday evenings and it was becoming clear we needed to do some sig work on the layout before we exhibited again. However, if we took the layout 'out of service' on a normal running night then many people would be standing around with nothing to do/run. We tested the waters with some afternoon working sessions and found 10-12 people turned up for these working parties. On those days we run from 1pm-10pm as not everyone can attend and in any case around 4pm-5pm we put the layout up for normal use. It seemed to be win-win as the local village hall got another 30 quid for each extra afternoon session at times they would never nomrally get a booking. The club had sufficient funds so it was no financial stretch and some of the older gents much preferred this in winter as driving to/from the club could be in daylight if they chose not to stay after teatime. The freqeuncy has varied 4/6/8 weeks depending on what work needed doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 5944 Posted February 22, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2019 Stevenage and District club are open a couple of days a week, 10.00 - 13.00, as well as a couple of evenings. Having your own premises is handy. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted February 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2019 The model club at the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway has a Tuesday daytime opening, and a Friday night meeting. Most of the club members are also heavily involved in running the P&B society shop, as well as the model shop proper. Some of the members get very little modelling time, due to handling phones, customer enquiries, and all of the things that go towards the days proceedings. Very busy indeed. Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted February 23, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 23, 2019 Broadland model railway club http://broadlandmodelrailwayclub.co.uk is open any time you want as we all have keys. We rent an industrial unit.. Our main meetings are Tuesday and Friday from 18:30 The groups working on various railways choose their own times, I think we have a regular Wednesday group who model in the morning, stop for lunch at the pub round the corner, then continue for the rest of the day.. I'm still working so my visit times are limited . In 4years when I retire, I'll do at least 1 daytime meeting a week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pendlerail Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Preston club open on Wednesday afternoon, as well as Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 12 hours ago, 5944 said: Stevenage and District club are open a couple of days a week, 10.00 - 13.00, as well as a couple of evenings. Having your own premises is handy. Plus we are 'polling' members for another opening session, with a choice of 'another morning', 'another evening' or daytime Sunday. Also, we do the occasional working session 'out of hours' as needed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Manchester Model Railway Society , Mon 2pm to 4.30 http://www.mmrs.co.uk/about/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Brady Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 We have Mondays at Alsager when the club is on open during the day. Again this is mainly for working on projects but there is always some running of the o gauge. Friday afternoon the club is also open but our main club night is Friday evening. Benjamin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Our clubhouse (Merseyside Model Railway Society) is now open every Tuesday morning from 9.00am til 1.30pm so few members come and work on layout or major clubhouse repairs ect... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 The MRC has an afternoon meeting on the second Thursday of the month from about 2.30 at Keen House. That complements the traditional weekly Thursday evening meetings from 7 onwards. We also tend to have a Sunday daytime meeting - although officially for layout group working session, because of the crossover between groups it is almost a club meeting although best to check before turning up that the groups are in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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