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   03 December 2016      04 December 2016

   Event Name: THE Christmas Model Railway Show, Manchester 2016
   
   Classification: Exhibition
   
   Address: The Barnes Wallis Building, Altrincham Street, Manchester, between Oxford road & Picadilly station.Car park Postcode: M1 3BB
   
   Day 1: Saturday 3rd December 2016
   
   Opening times Day 1: 10:00 - 17:30 Advance ticket holders admitted at 09:45
   
   Day 2: Sunday 4th December 2016
   
   Opening times Day 2: 10:00 - 16:30 Advance ticket holders admitted at 09:45
   
   Prices: Adult: £8.00Advanceticket£7.00Children: FREE! Children under 5 free, children 5 - 16: two admitted free with each adult ticket, extra children £4. No unaccompanied children under 16.Wheelchair bound visitors may bring one carer free of charge.
   
   Disability access: Yes
   
   Car parking: Yes
   
   Website: http://mmrs.co.uk/exhibition/
   
   Organising body: Manchester Model Railway Society
   
   Organiser: Mr Phil [email protected]
   
   It’s back, it’s bigger, it’s better!
   More space! More layouts!
    
   Following the success of Manchester Model Railway Society’s relaunched city centre exhibition in 2015, the Society has today
   released details of the attractions at this year’s show. The exhibition will be on
    
   Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th December 2016,
    
   and will again be held in the Barnes Wallis building of the
   University of Manchester’s northern campus, a mere 250m from Piccadilly Station.
    
   Opening times are as follows;
   Saturday 10:00 - 17:30,
   Sunday 10:00 - 16:30.
   Advance ticket holders admitted at 09:45 each day.
   Adult price £8 on the door or £7 in advance (advance ticket includes a free exhibition guide.).
   Children under 5 free, children 5 - 16: two admitted free with each adult ticket, extra children £4. No unaccompanied children under 16.
   Wheelchair bound visitors may bring one carer free of charge.
   More exhibition space has been hired this year and, in addition, the catering area has been almost doubled in size and will
   open for longer, serving a much wider variety of food throughout the day. Exhibition coordinator, Philip Sweet, said:
   “We have listened carefully to the feedback from last year’s visitors
   and are acting on it to make the exhibition bigger and better than
   ever. In line with their wishes we have increased the exhibition
   space, improved the catering and have invited more layouts – there
   should be twenty this year, two more than in 2015. One thing which
   has not changed is the quality of the layouts; most of them have
   been featured in one or more of the national railway modelling
   magazines in the last 18 months. The variety of traders this year will
   be even greater and we are arranging a number of activities designed
   for families and children.
   With Manchester’s acclaimed Christmas street markets nearby, our
   show is the perfect destination for your Christmas shopping”
   The Society website contains details and pictures of all the layouts, and much
   more information about the exhibition. http://mmrs.co.uk/exhibition/
   To be kept informed of developments as the Exhibition takes shape, join
   our mailing list by emailing: [email protected]
    
   Layouts are as follows;
   Layout Name Scale/ Gauge Location Era Format
    
   Arigna Town Ob36.75 Ireland 1950s Fiddle-terminus
   Crimson Road OO Midlands 21st cent
   Dewsbury Midland OO Yorkshire continuous run
   Elcot Road P4 Croydon area 1988 fiddle-terminus
   Forthtal 3.5mm Hoe (9mm) Germany/Austria Modern Fiddle to terminus
   Grime Street 4mm tram Leeds 1948-54
   Heatherly N England 2000-2016 Continuous run.
   Kepier Colliery OO Durham 1960S Fiddle-works
   Llantwyn OO9 Wales 1930s Continuos
   Melton Mowbray (North) N Midlands 48-53 & 57-62 continuous run
   Murfitt TT East Scotland
   Museum of Transport OO/others England Present continuous
   Northern Vale OO England 2015 Fiddle terminus
   Portchllin P4 West Scotland 1974 fiddle-throughfiddle
   Salmon Pastures OO Sheffield 1930s Fiddle to MPD
   Seabury Town O (FS) England 1960s Fiddle -terminus
   Shasta Z USA 1990s continuous
   Sodor North Western OO Sodorish Continuous
   The End of the Line O/On14 Forest of Dean 1960s Fiddle-terminus
   The World's End OO Yorkshire Present day continuous run
   Water Street Sidings O NE England 1910 Fiddle -terminus
    
   Trade, Societies and more details to follow.
   

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