Pennine MC Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Sorry, not sure about this one (good though) The 7mm blue era colliery would be Simon Thompson's Y Cae. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Thanks for the link Andy... http://www.gtbuildin...o.uk/page3.html The buildings are so reminiscent of structures I saw many years ago as a young man. The industrial areas of Lancashire and Yorkshire are barely flat anywhere and this is well depicted in the Dewsbury Midland buildings. What a job the brickies and stone masons had designing and building culverts, bridges into the sub-structure even before actual construction of the buildings took place. Looking at the afore-mentioned link, I can imagine standing on many of those lanes and streets, sunlight rarely penetrated some areas. Dank walls lining inky black rivers threading their way under buildings and footways looked very threatening. That much I remember. Any of those buildings would not be out of place in a northern based museum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted October 4, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2010 The 7mm blue era colliery would be Simon Thompson's Y Cae. Ah, yes that's it, ta. What is it about photos showing up faults on layouts!!!!! Not only did you manage to pick up a droopy signal arm before I re-programmed it. (Merg system) But it seems the operator at the time (me) didn't return the points and signals fully after the previous move..................... Well, surely by this time the signal mechs would be getting a bit worn... (if it was in steam days though...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy G Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Some shots from the gallery (perks of being 'staff'). Taken on Saturday. In addition to the main hall there was also a smaller upper hall which I think worked very well. I'd had reservations that it wouldn't get visited but it worked very well and had an atmosphere similar to those of the specialist shows. Required additional signage to and from the upper hall has been noted and will be provided for next year. Andy G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted October 4, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2010 Just a quick note to add my thanks (on behalf of the SRC New Haden crew) to all the Manchester MRS team for organising such a great show and to all the other exhibitors for the top quality layouts. Pleased to say our layout behaved itself (well most of the time anyway) and we didn't forget anything! Cheers, looking forward to visiting your 75th show next year! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lswtom Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Hi Just wanted to say, a great show. Wanted to do the show in the old hall many times, never made it there but this one is deffo on the list for next year Tom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Looking at the photo's of the venue, what was behind the green door curtains (that shows how old I am - a pop song!!) at the far end..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Grant 4472 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Thanks to all involved in the Manchester show for a great weekend, my operators and I had a reaqlly good time. The rain even held off for the whole journey home. Special thanks to the ladies on the tea/coffee stand for keeping us watered I did however spend far too much at International Models and Green Scene getting tree-making materials for the new layout Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy C Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 Looking at the photo's of the venue, what was behind the green door curtains (that shows how old I am - a pop song!!) at the far end..... Chairs, the foldaway staging and a very large roller shutter door which made setting up and stripping down very easy indeed Penlan Thank god not some faded pop star coming out singing a hit we'd rather not remember - mind you, Pete Waterman was wandering around the show on Sunday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 just a big thanks for everyone that made the show, only the second one ive been to, but really enjoyed it, although i did spend far to much money!!! just glad my other half wasnt with me! took my son,, only 4,, he was glued to watching the oldham king street parcels layout upstairs, we must av spent an hour up there watching the layout at work,all the layouts were awesome,, roll on next year, cracking venue, thanks again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Was a bit weird being in a sports hall for the Manchester show, felt like a little Wigan or comparable with Wakefield. The upper hall I felt was out of the way and lacked custom, I would suggest next year mixing it up more with at least one larger layout up there to get people up there. One thing I did like - the dead end alley with the chairs, felt it created a flow to move around the exhibition and utilised more space for layouts. Overall a good show and I spent a good 3 hours wandering around on the Sunday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefreight Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Liked the show a great deal - excellent layouts and the new venue is good. Minor gripe but a second refreshment outlet would have been nice, perhaps just serving tea, coffee and soft drinks for those who only wanted a beverage. Perhaps there was one but if so I missed it. Already looking forward to next year. David R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Thanks to all involved in the Manchester show for a great weekend, my operators and I had a reaqlly good time. The rain even held off for the whole journey home. Special thanks to the ladies on the tea/coffee stand for keeping us watered I did however spend far too much at International Models and Green Scene getting tree-making materials for the new layout Jon To all involved with Manchester show. WELL DONE. A cracking high quality show. Charlie P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
87023Velocity Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Unfortunately I was not able to attend this year due to family commitments Sat & Sun daytime (Including sat in car for 4 hours crawling through Blackpool Illuminations on Saturday night). Looks like I missed a very good show from the comments posted and the pictures aswell. Will have to make sure I attend next year and will pencil it in my diary! Looking at those pictures further up the thread, seems to be a very busy with a large number of 'punters' in attendance which is always a good sign! Well done Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigwelsh Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Was a bit weird being in a sports hall for the Manchester show, felt like a little Wigan or comparable with Wakefield. The upper hall I felt was out of the way and lacked custom, I would suggest next year mixing it up more with at least one larger layout up there to get people up there. On Saturday and earlier on the Sunday the upper hall was actually very busy indeed. There were perhaps more demos going on this year than normal which skewed the content of the room a bit but I certainly wouldn't agree that over the whole weekend it didn't get enough custom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 I was unable to make it as I was at a Wedding in Kings Lynn, although a move to a new venue is always a gamble espessily is you move to an out of town location, as you need to attact people who make the effort to attend rather than picking up passing trade. Andy how did attendence compaire to the previous venue, I know when we moved Railex seven years ago it was a gamble for us but with hindsight we made the right choice, also roughly what is the square footage of the show. Once you have done one show at a new venue the following years you will get eaiser as you improve the way you do things and start to bolt on new features, normally catering is the biggest headache as how ever much you tell the venue what to expect they never belive you. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike Bellamy Posted October 6, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 6, 2010 normally catering is the biggest headache as how ever much you tell the venue what to expect they never belive you. That's what we found the first year that the Derby show moved from the Assembly Rooms to Moorways Sports Centre. Their bar area started with 200 ham/cheese rolls and they were all gone by 11.30 We were directing people to the cafe at the swimming pool where meals were cooked to order and that created a wait of over an hour. We had a few rolls left from exhibitors lunches that we sold to those who wanted them. That night the manager went to Asda on his way home and bought what ever he could get hold of and Sunday wasn't a problem. Pleased to say they learnt from this mistake and we weren't aware of any issues with catering for the public this year. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Grant 4472 Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Just uploaded some video of Sweethome Chicago at the show last weekend Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 this was another awesome layout,,could have spent hours watching this in operation,,the more you looked at it,the more detail you found,, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigwelsh Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Someone did mention putting the Banjo where all Bachmann DCC sound class 20s should go though on the Sunday and it wasn't polite . I missed spending much time with quite a few layouts this year it seems, so many,so little time . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 had an enjoyable show operating Liverpool lime st thanks to everyone involved Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Hi Guys Cant wait to be at this show with Peter Midwinter and his Great Tunsley Dale Layout, so looking forward to seeing you all at the show and all the other Layouts that will be attending. Regards Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trains12 Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Hi Guys Cant wait to be at this show with Peter Midwinter and his Great Tunsley Dale Layout, so looking forward to seeing you all at the show and all the other Layouts that will be attending. Regards Jamie Hi Jamie I think that you have posted this on the wrong thread. It should be on the Merseyside Model Railway Exhibition site Not Manchester. I know layouts I have built for Martin Jones have gone to the show but to date I have not had an invite to it. Always hoping as they most like what i do. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Hi Jamie I think that you have posted this on the wrong thread. It should be on the Merseyside Model Railway Exhibition site Not Manchester. I know layouts I have built for Martin Jones have gone to the show but to date I have not had an invite to it. Always hoping as they most like what i do. Peter Doh...! Sorry guys, but as Peter said above, Lets hope we get to see more Layouts in the future from you guys, an Invite would be brrrriilllll....! Thanks Peter for seeing the error....! Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted October 11, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 11, 2010 Just a quick belated message to say thanks to Andy C and MMRS team for their welcome (including latex gloves...don't ask...I dindt really have any allen keys on me honest) and the hospitailty over the weekend. The new venue certainly makes unloading and loading much easier and quicker. Had a 'orrible journey up the M6 on the Friday but the rain had stopped by the time I arrived, thankfully. I know the organising team realise that the catering needs a little tweaking for next year (a separate serving area for the exibitors would ceretainly help) thses are minor things associated with any change of venue. The main hall is a good size and well lit but did get somewhat warm in the afternoons. Fisherton Sarum behaved, in my eyes, like a bag of bolts foir the first hour or so on the Saturday morning but things soon settled (helped by a couple of tweaks to baseboard joins) down and behaved its self for the rest of the weekend. Did have one heart stopping moment when a young lad being held in his father arms leaned forward and had a go at rotating my turntable by hand which didnt do the conection between the deck and and its drive shaft much good! All in all a good show with as ever an excellent standard of layouts and traders. Was nice to be located next to Andy and the RMweb stand but despite this didnt manage to natter to him much all weekend! Thansk also to my operating team of my Mum and Dad and fellow members of the High Wycombe and District MRS Roger, Mark (GWMark) and Daniel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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