WC&PR Group Exhibition, Portishead 2 October

[ullypug]

WC&P Railway Anniversary Exhibition

Details of show here

 

To celebrate the 125th Anniversary year of the original opening of the Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Railway 

 

Sunday 2 October 2022 

Parish Wharf Leisure Centre, Portishead, BS20 7DD

10.00 until 16.00

 

A special one-day event which we hope will be as good as our first one in 2017 which was a great success.

 

There will be 14 top class layouts in a variety of scales/gauges, original artefacts, static models, historic photos, railway fine art, trade and society stands, and light refreshments.  

Free 8-page visitors' guide to exhibition.

Venue alongside the Marina. Level access. 

Free nearby parking.

 

Not to be missed!

 

 

Adults: £5  ●  Children 6-16: £2  ●  Age under 6: free

Family ticket – 2 adults and up to 3 children: £12 

We accept cash or credit/debit cards

 

Layouts:

  

Ashcombe Road, WC&PR – Andrew Ullyott – EM gauge 

Clevedon, WC&PR – Andrew Ullyott – EM gauge

 Rolvenden – Col Stephens’ K&ESR – Robin Gay – P4 gauge

 River Yeo – WC&PR with bridge and wharf – Stephen Ash – N gauge

 Portishead – WC&PR – David Taylor – OO gauge  (new layout)

Ripple Road – Imaginary Col Stephens Light Railway – OO gauge

Leysdown – Col Stephens’ Sheppey Light Railway – P4 gauge

Bwthyn y Rhosod – Radio-controlled layout – O gauge finescale

Seeohtoo Recycling Plant – Recycling carbon footprints! – 1:48 scale On30 (new layout)

Wild Goose and Riddon – Small narrow gauge tramway – OO9

Holmeshurst – Col Stephens-style Light Railway – O gauge

Arcadia – Inspired by the Rother Valley Railway – 1:64 scale – S gauge

Ewe – Inspired by the Wisbech and Upwell tramway – OO gauge (new layout)

Snowdon (NWNGR) – Narrow gauge railway at Rhyd Ddu – 1:38 16mm gauge

  

Society stands:

  

  WC&P Railway Group – WC&PR models, original artefacts and items for sale

  Colonel Stephens Society

  Lynton & Barnstaple Railway

  Portishead Railway Group – campaign to reopen Portishead to Bristol branch

  Railfuture – campaigning for a bigger better railway

  Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways

  Vale of Berkeley Railway

  RNLI, Portishead

 

Trade Stands:

 

  Art in Motion – original fine art by motoring and transport artist Stuart Booth

  Mainline & Maritime – large selection of railway and maritime publications

  Antics Models – stockist of popular scales plus WC&PR special additions

  'Bits for Layouts' – second-hand N gauge

  Lester Harrison – memorabilia

  Lord & Butler Model Railways – stockist of leading brands 

 

Demonstrations:

  

  Kit building demos – Ian Roll

 

Other Displays:

 

  Display on employees of WC&PR and other Col. Stephens railways

  Historic WC&PR photos slide show – Ian Bennett

  Static O gauge WC&PR models – Clive Thompson

 

Light Refreshments

 

[NHY 581]

Ewe will feature in BRM's  October issue. 

 

This is the layout's first exhibition outing before a paying audience. It will be good to see you. 

 

A few photos...........

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rob 

 

 

[adrianmc]

 

Leysdown (P4) will also be there.

 

[ullypug]

Just a reminder about the WCPR show this Sunday in Portishead.

Looks like a great line up

 

[ullypug]

Home from a really enjoyable day at Portishead. Hall was busy all day, over 800 through the door. Quality layouts everywhere, no filler and so nice to catch up with so many friends, old and new. It’s been tiring taking two layouts but the lovely comments I’ve had all day have really given me a boost. 
I can’t thank my co-operators enough. Currently sitting with my feet up and a glass of fermented apple juice.

Hope everyone has a great time and got home safely.

 

and I only turned my back for one second!!

Edited October 2, 2022 by ullypug
Photo added

[NHY 581]

An absolute nugget of a show. 

See more photos by tapping the below..

 

Rob. 
 
https://www.rmweb.co.uk/topic/94613-the-sheep-chronicles-these-are-the-continuing-adventures-of-a-sheep-the-works-forecat-george-the-mischievous-apprenticeand-their-official-photographer-norman-lockhart-connoisseur-of-traditional-british-breakfasts-and-well-filled-baps/?do=findComment&comment=4943855

Edited October 2, 2022 by NHY 581

[leavesontheline]

What a great show it was! I can't believe it was as long ago as 2017 that the last one was held - seems like yesterday!

 

It would be unfair and untrue to say that "I only had eyes for Ewe" but having seen it on here and having just read about it in BRM the morning before the show it was too good an opportunity to miss! It did not disappoint,  looking even better in the flesh than in the magazine/on the screen! It was like meeting a 'celebrity' in the street just after you have watched them in a film!

 

Thanks for chatting Rob and further explaining some of your techniques - you make it sound and look so easy!

 

As I say though, the 'excitement' of seeing Ewe after having just read about it in a magazine is not to detract from the other superb layouts on display, some of which I have seen a few times over the years in other local shows (but would never tire of seeing again) and some I had never seen before - Leysdown and Rolvenden were standouts for me in this respect.

 

Will we have to wait another 5 years until the next one I wonder? Hopefully not!