Wherry Lines Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Hi all. Slightly surprised to see that nobody has mentioned that the Southward exhibition is nearly upon us once again. It's at its usual venue of St Felix school on the 1st and 2nd August. http://www.waveneyvalleymrc.150m.com/page3.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixerbob Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Oh yes ! Thurston's last outing - come and see it while you can. Number six will be there too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andykwilkinson Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Yep, our very last outing with our beloved Thurston after 15 years exhibiting it all over the UK. Last chance for anyone to buy a Thurston DVD as a souvenir too! (Only £5 and all money goes to the Club). Surprised there is not more discussion about this show as it's always a great show. Southwold here we come! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moggs Eye Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I'm taking Cottleston and looking forward to a weekend in Suffolk. See you there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardS Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Southwold probably the premier exhibition in Norfolk and Suffolk. But we're a long way from anywhere else so suppose people less inclined to visit - you can't go much further East! Seriously though it's 100 miles from Norwich to London, Milton Keynes and Newark only then do you start to get anywhere (no offence to places in between but you now what I mean). It's always a good show. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold kipford Posted August 1, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 1, 2015 Yes great show. Our treasurer has a second home in Reydon so we have a standing invitation for a layout every year because we only charge transport costs. This year Lee-on-the-Solent is going. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stivesnick Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Went to the show today. Agree with the above comments, great layouts and a wide range of trade stands. Being able to sit outside in the marquee having a drink and watch the gauge 1 live steam is a bonus. As noted previously, it is a bit out of the way, a good two hour drive from Cambridge, longer as the A1120 was closed and I got stuck behind a large farm vehicle for several miles. There appeared more families than some other shows, so perhaps getting a few holiday makers in. What they make of some of the specialist trade stalls is anyone's guess. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardS Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 As usual I went on the Saturday, I found it to be quieter than usual and a stall holder who I know agreed. Didn't even have to queue for a cuppa. The car park was packed but there was also a craft fair and air ambulance on site so some folk probably went there. Didn't seem to be so many society stalls so fewer boxes of second hand books to search through. In fact I bought nothing at all! Perhaps Sunday was busier. Excellent show guide, full colour glossy paper included in admission (£7) but is it necessary really? How many get thrown away within hours? With apologies to earlier contributors on this thread highlight layouts for me were: The Great Train Robbery, Lee on the Solent (P4), Borchester Market (40 yrs old) and Tintagel Road (30 yrs old.) Although there were a few running 'issues' with the last mentioned while I watched it didn't matter. I wasn't sure but some of the layouts on show didn't seem to me to be finished. Enjoyable as always. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixerbob Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 thanks all round to all at Waveney Valley for putting on a spiffing weekend, especially a big shout out for the ladies in the refreshment room ! both the we and the layout behaved impeccably and even the weather was grand ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 May I offer my most grateful thanks to all the members of the Waveney Valley Club (and its associates and helpers) for putting on such a superb show over the weekend at Southwold? There was a grand mix of layouts, demonstrators, traders, societies, etc. Definitely one not to miss. My highlight? Other than probably distracting the splendid operators on Borchester (my apologies chaps, but thanks for running one or two of my locos), it was watching the live steam Pickersgill 4-6-0 romp round the Gauge 1 test track. One of the finest locos I've ever seen! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglian Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Argh, I missed the show thinking it would be this coming weekend as I'm sure its usual 'slot' is, or at least was, the second weekend of August. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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