RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 4, 2010 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2010 Rev Peter Denny's funeral will take place on Thursday 14th January. There will be a Requiem Mass at St George's Church, Truro, at 11.00am. The main service will be at Newlyn East Parish Church at 2.00pm, followed by burial at Newlyn East. Stu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leander Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 I just hope that his creation Buckingham Great Central, will not be broken up, but preserved somewhere as his memorial. t-b-g may well be posting some news to this effect shortly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUTLER2579 Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 t-b-g may well be posting some news to this effect shortly. Is there anything Concrete on this. Perhaps you could SHED some light on it.Comments at present seem a little HARD CORE. Regards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Is there anything Concrete on this. Perhaps you could SHED some light on it..... Be patient, when the family are ready to announce the outcome of any move with the layout, I'm sure they will follow protocol and let those who have supported Peter over many years be aware of their intentions first, then it will be cascaded out to all and sundry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Now that Bachmann have done the GCR ROD 2-8-0 let's hope that either they or someone else will make a Director, Pom Pom, or ballet dancer then we can all remember this great character each time that we look at our own GCR locos. Because of him modelling the GCR I read all 3 books by George Dow on the history of the railway. We must thank him for making people think that there are other railways other than GWML, WCML and the ECML. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Be patient, when the family are ready to announce the outcome of any move with the layout, I'm sure they will follow protocol and let those who have supported Peter over many years be aware of their intentions first, then it will be cascaded out to all and sundry. I was at Midland Railex and had a long chat with the new owner who has it in a purpose built building and is a professional modeller so it's in good hands. I have forgotten his name but he was in league with Roy Jackson's Retford mob. If he sees this I would love to see some photos of Buckingham in its new home if he had time. Andrew Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekEm8 Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 The Rev Peter Denny's 'Leighton Buzzard Linslade' will be exhibited by it's new owner Tony Gee (and Ken Hill) at expoEM North at Slaithwaite over the weekend of the 10th and 11th September 2011 so if you missed it at expEM at Bracknell this is your chance to see it in all its glory . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I was at Midland Railex and had a long chat with the new owner who has it in a purpose built building and is a professional modeller so it's in good hands. I have forgotten his name but he was in league with Roy Jackson's Retford mob. If he sees this I would love to see some photos of Buckingham in its new home if he had time. Andrew An interesting aside to this is that the new building for it was designed by Crispin Denny! Saw LB at Bracknell - well worth the entrance fee for that one layout! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Colin Posted August 23, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 23, 2011 An interesting aside to this is that the new building for it was designed by Crispin Denny! I'm sure he was an automatic choice for the job....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted August 23, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 23, 2011 I'm sure he was an automatic choice for the job....... ROTFL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 An interesting aside to this is that the new building for it was designed by Crispin Denny! Saw LB at Bracknell - well worth the entrance fee for that one layout! At Bracknell, Crispin wore a name badge proudly proclaiming "The original Automatic Crispin!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I use to think the GC on Peter's stock meant 'Great Crispin' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium t-b-g Posted August 25, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 25, 2011 I am pleased to say that Crispin Denny will be along at EXPO North, as long as everything goes to plan! He will be helping me with Leighton Buzzard but is only there on the Saturday. As for the rest of the layout, it is slowly being reassembled in its new home. There is much to do as pretty much everything done to the layout since it moved to Truro was done with no provision for any future move! Sadly, a good deal of damage had to be done to track, scenery and wiring to get it apart and the story of the move is an interesting one! Work is under way to restore it to full working order but it may be a while before I get there. Leighton Buzzard was first to be tackled and I am now working on Grandborough Junction. I have been asked to write a piece for Railway Modeller about the transfer of Buckingham to its new home, which should be published in the next couple of months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Sounds excellent. I look forward to seeing the article and perhaps you can post a few pictures on here sometime (although I am sure you have got your hands full!). Thanks for taking the time to tell me so much about the layout and for showing me the drawings and other bits of the "archive" at MIdland Railex. Andrew (the guy from Germany) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted August 25, 2011 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 25, 2011 Tony, Congratulations on your taking over the care & maintenance of this most important layout! Hopefully I will get to see it again at some point, restored to it's former glory and impeccable operation. Stu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted August 25, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 25, 2011 Thats excellent news. I was lucky enough to visit Peter a couple of times in the 90's and operated Leighton Buzzard (its harder than you think!). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Colin Posted August 27, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 27, 2011 It's just a relief to read that this iconic layout hasn't been lost forever. Hopefully we'll continue to read about it in the press from time to time! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjh Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Good morning, The Automatic Crispin, non operating at present, will be available for inspection TODAY Sunday 15 May 2016 St expoEM,, Bracknelll Leisure Centre, Berks, RG12 9SE, open 1000-1630. on arrival contact me either at the rear of Stand 25 Metropolitan Junction layout, or by the Test Track. my thanks to Crispin Denny and Tony Gee for making the A.C. available. regards, Rodney Hills archivist@merg.org.uk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovex Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Perhaps it is about time that RM published a compendium of all his articles. Now I would buy that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific231G Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Good morning, The Automatic Crispin, non operating at present, will be available for inspection TODAY Sunday 15 May 2016 St expoEM,, Bracknelll Leisure Centre, Berks, RG12 9SE, open 1000-1630. on arrival contact me either at the rear of Stand 25 Metropolitan Junction layout, or by the Test Track. my thanks to Crispin Denny and Tony Gee for making the A.C. available. regards, Rodney Hills archivist@merg.org.uk I was there yesterday and it was fascinating to actually see the Automatic Crispin (as was the working Rollacontrola) I'm still not sure what everything did despite Peter Denny's articles about it but wasn't the the "pianola roll" sequencer based on something once used to route trains on the London Underground? Curiously I saw something not a million miles from the automatic bell code sender in the small museum at Le Crotoy station a few weeks ago. This thing sent the bell signals that used to be transmitted to the next station and to intermediate level crossings from French block stations. It wasn't a system of two way communication like British bell codes but mainly warned crossing keepers to close their gates. It did though also act as a back up. The bells were out in the open and if a crossing keeper or any other employee heard the emergency stop signal they were to signal any approaching train to stop. If they ever heard the bells for two trains coming from opposite directions on a single track or saw some other emergency they coud break a seal and send the energency stop signal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 15, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 15, 2016 I think you may mean the Programme Machine, which was used by LT to automate signalling and train running sequences on the Northern Line. 1960s technology, but based upon older principles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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