Cancelled due to vandalism- Stamford show 18th May

[Gilbert]

Major feature on Kay Burley on Sky News shortly

[Ravenser]

One aspect that hasn't really been touched on is the 4 trade stands also destroyed. We know P&D Marsh has been affected but there are two unidentified traders whose stands were also destroyed.

 

There may be an impact on them, too

[newbryford]

Sir Rod Stewart should be knighted for his generous donation...…...

 

 

ah - oops!

[cromptonnut]

3 minutes ago, Ravenser said:

One aspect that hasn't really been touched on is the 4 trade stands also destroyed. We know P&D Marsh has been affected but there are two unidentified traders whose stands were also destroyed.

 

There may be an impact on them, too

 

I'm assuming that the original idea of the GoFundMe was to cover the club's "losses" from income on the day through the door and to cover exhibitor's expenses, however now the pot has grown so huge I'm guessing there will be a divide out amongst those affected as appropriate towards costs, for traders being losses of stock and income, and for the layouts/stock damaged to help towards replacements?

[Phil Parker]

2 minutes ago, cromptonnut said:

 

I'm assuming that the original idea of the GoFundMe was to cover the club's "losses" from income on the day through the door and to cover exhibitor's expenses, however now the pot has grown so huge I'm guessing there will be a divide out amongst those affected as appropriate towards costs, for traders being losses of stock and income, and for the layouts/stock damaged to help towards replacements?

 

We'll leave that to the club to decide. With such a large pot of cash, there will be plenty to think about. For the moment, I suggest we don't start spending it for them on here!

[David Bigcheeseplant]

Maybe the publicity over the press and radio may get more people to find out more about the hobby and visiting shows or joining clubs.

 

David

[AY Mod]

8 minutes ago, David Bigcheeseplant said:

Maybe the publicity over the press and radio may get more people to find out more about the hobby and visiting shows or joining clubs.

 

I agree as a lot of donors obviously aren't modellers but may be more inclined to visit a local show to see how much work goes into exhibits. Local press and media coverage in advance and good signage would help support that.

[Trains4U]

21 minutes ago, Phil Parker said:

 

We'll leave that to the club to decide. With such a large pot of cash, there will be plenty to think about. For the moment, I suggest we don't start spending it for them on here!

 

Nor should we engage in any moralising about what should be done with the funds.

 

There is a tremendous weight of responsibility accompanying this money, on top of  having to manage what has been a difficult time.   

This money has been freely given to them, to do with as they see fit.

I know the members well, their hearts are in the right place and they will make appropriate use of the money to help those affected, but I'm hoping also (And rightly in my opinion) to bolster and build up the club and realise long-term plans that they could  previously have only wished for.

Edited May 20, 2019 by Trains4U

[Mallard60022]

Out of adversity can come some positives. 

Phil

[KDG]

Well done everyone for rallying round with words of kindness and support, of offers of physical and financial help..

 

Sadly this type of thing is everywhere.

 

It's the Heathfield Agricultural Show this Saturday, a great day out.   Sadly some b*ll-*nds got onto site over the weekend and slashed most of the large marquees. Thousands of pounds of damage.  Show will still go on in this case.

 

Support your local show, whether model railways, or agricultural. 

[Mike Storey]

They have raised over £61k now, and I see the target has been raised to £75k - I presume that is so it is not automatically shut down, because of reaching its original target? Seeing how quickly it is still rising, and following all the national news items, I suspect they are going to have to raise that target further!!

 

Most excellent!!

 

[Bulwell Hall]

55 minutes ago, David Bigcheeseplant said:

Maybe the publicity over the press and radio may get more people to find out more about the hobby and visiting shows or joining clubs.

 

David

 

You could very well be right David - perhaps you need to get ready to be even busier than usual at the weekend!

 

Gerry

[CF MRC]

Well that was a morning I didn’t expect. Following the terrible vandalism at the Market Deeping Model Railway Show over the weekend, there has been a great deal of media coverage.  So I appeared on the Jeremy Vine show at 1235, having been first contacted at 0851.   The railway bit is 39 minutes in.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000585t 

Vandalism is always senseless, but this has really struck a chord with many of us and people outside the hobby.  The Market Deeping Just Giving page is amazing and shows just how good people can be.
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/market-deeping-mrc

 

Tim

Edited May 20, 2019 by CF MRC
Wrong time

[Liam]

If anyone couldn’t watch the interview, you can scroll back on the video here to see it, though it won’t be available for any longer than a few hours. I thought both Peter and Kay Burley handled the interview well, especially as most people who watch Sky News won’t have an in-depth knowledge of railway modelling.

 

https://news.sky.com/watch-live

[Steamport Southport]

9 minutes ago, SVRlad said:

If anyone couldn’t watch the interview, you can scroll back on the video here to see it, though it won’t be available for any longer than a few hours. I thought both Peter and Kay Burley handled the interview well, especially as most people who watch Sky News won’t have an in-depth knowledge of railway modelling.

 

https://news.sky.com/watch-live

 

I thought he did very well. Kay Burley scares the life out of me! 

 

 

Jason

[Gilbert]

6 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said:

 

I thought he did very well. Kay Burley scares the life out of me! 

 

 

Jason

I'm sure she has a soft side - and I agree I thought she did very well without any of the old cliches etc..

[Colin_McLeod]

1 hour ago, Mike Storey said:

They have raised over £61k now, and I see the target has been raised to £75k - I presume that is so it is not automatically shut down, because of reaching its original target? Seeing how quickly it is still rising, and following all the national news items, I suspect they are going to have to raise that target further!!

 

Most excellent!!

 

 

The original £500 target was woefully inadequate.  A symptom perhaps of railway modellers' modestly undervaluing their work.

 

Thankfully the donations have been coming in thick and fast reaching sums of money that will be useful.

 

Sympathies to all concerned and the losses that money alone cannot replace.

 

 

[cromptonnut]

11 minutes ago, Colin_McLeod said:

 

The original £500 target was woefully inadequate.  A symptom perhaps of railway modellers' modestly undervaluing their work.

 

 

 

Perhaps that was the expected amount of profit from the show, in order to keep going for another year as many small clubs operate?

[Steamport Southport]

40 minutes ago, Gilbert said:

I'm sure she has a soft side - and I agree I thought she did very well without any of the old cliches etc..

 

She does when it comes to animals and children.

 

 

 

Jason

[AY Mod]

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My suggestion for a suitable punishment for the perpetrators would be....

 

Post deleted.

 

Can we please stop these sorts of posts?

[gwrrob]

52 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said:

 

I thought he did very well. Kay Burley scares the life out of me! 

 

 

Jason

 

Considering what he's had to endure the last few days I thought he was a credit to our hobby. A class act.

[Gilbert]

Just now, gwrrob said:

 

Considering what he's had to endure the last few days I thought he was a credit to our hobby. A class act.

Absolutely.

[Liam]

53 minutes ago, Gilbert said:

I'm sure she has a soft side - and I agree I thought she did very well without any of the old cliches etc..

 

Well, she certainly puts interviewees in their place, though she was very polite to a small boy she walked past in London while on Celebrity Hunted last year....

Edited May 20, 2019 by SVRlad

[Captain Kernow]

How very heartening to see the response to the appeal, just fantastic levels of support and sympathy. The high news profile should hopefully prove to be a net positive for the hobby in the longer term.

 

I am also wondering if some of the 'non-hobby' support and interest stems from the fact that the Channel 5 'Great Model Railway Challenge' really raised the profile of the hobby last year? I hope so, as this further underlines the potential for good that positive mainstream media coverage can give.

 

[polybear]

1 hour ago, SVRlad said:

If anyone couldn’t watch the interview, you can scroll back on the video here to see it, though it won’t be available for any longer than a few hours. I thought both Peter and Kay Burley handled the interview well, especially as most people who watch Sky News won’t have an in-depth knowledge of railway modelling.

 

https://news.sky.com/watch-live

 

The interview is at approximately -1:47.  Excellent coverage

HTH