PatC Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 As part of the 2014 Romsey Festival, Romsey & District Railway Modellers Society are holding an exhibition at the United Reformed Church Hall, just off the market Place in Romsey town centre on Saturday 5th July from 10.30 to 4.30. Around 8 layouts from the club and its members will be on display in a range of scales and gauges including N, OO, P4, HOe and 009. Admission is free (voluntary donations to URC church funds). This small show should not be confused with the Society's annual exhibition held each March. There are plenty of other things happening in Romsey on the day and throughout the Festival. Details of the exhibition and the rest of the Festival may be found on the official website at: http://www.romseyfestival.org/events/romsey-and-district-railway-modellers-society-exhibition/ Regards, Patrick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Link goes to 404 error try this one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted June 24, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 24, 2014 Ah! Beggars' Fair Day and the day before my birthday. Looks like a day out with music, beer, model railways and a pub dinner. What more could a boy want? Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRAS Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 More details can be found here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatC Posted June 25, 2014 Author Share Posted June 25, 2014 Thanks for correcting that Kenton. Sorry Pete, I think Beggars Far is the following Saturday, the 12th. Mind you, there's plenty of watering holes in Romsey anyway. Plenty of other things happening in town on the 5th, including an open day at Romsey Signal Box. Patrick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Plenty of other things happening in town on the 5th including a quilting expo - that gives me a pass and chance to visit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRAS Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Only one day to go now. Look out, or should that be listen, for the experimental non-DCC sound system that we hope to have on Melcombe Abbas again. Also, two of the layouts are having their first outing - Milton Monachorum and Pendavey Dries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Very parochial and despite a lot of effort put in by those exhibiting very low attendance (at least while I was there). The exhibits outnumbered the public by some margin (at one point I was alone in the hall with them all to myself). A bit sad really. But it did take some finding and parking in town was horrendous. Not too familiar with Romsey I had good directions from one of the ladies at the quilting exhibition. (which, I am informed, was worth the journey) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivemedic Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 This show isn't even listed on this site under events, so maybe that is why the poor attendance. Has it actually been advertised in the industry press? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium eldavo Posted July 5, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 5, 2014 Ah, missed it! Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 This show isn't even listed on this site under events, so maybe that is why the poor attendance.   Has it actually been advertised in the industry press?It is listed under exhibitions - isn't that what it is? actually it was hardly what I'd call an exhibition, more of a public display of the local club's layouts and it was "Free" so I don't think they were aiming particularly high. No trade and in context it was a passing interest only. Full marks for the effort put in. My expectations didn't start out very high but was happy enough to go along and be entertained* for the price of a couple of brass washers in the bucket. I did hear some muttering that it was in the press somewhere and on some other forum that I have nothing to do with. * certainly more entertaining than folk knocking a ball about, or trying to bicycle their way up and down dales, playing chase round and round some tarmac or sticking their oar in some minor river. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRAS Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Ah, missed it! Cheers Dave Here is a taste of what you missed - Ryedown Lane. To see more click here. Kenton hit the nail on the head when stating it was 'more of a public display of the local club's layouts'. Members of the public of all ages were invited to have a go and it made one particular lady's day. Three new layouts were run for the first time under exhibition conditions giving their operators valuable insights. It was also an opportunity for members to try out new stock that would otherwise be out of place, with a Garratt just out of the box running on Melcombe Abbas. Also of interest was an experimental sound system for use on non-DCC layouts which is being developed by a sound engineer who is also interested in organ music. Its first outing was at our annual exhibition last March. This time it was running on a laptop. Our plans are to add more sounds from various locomotive types and host the system on an inexpensive Raspberry Pi. The speakers will be placed at each end of the layout and the electronics will make the sounds appear to emanate from any desired point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted July 6, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 6, 2014 We went in the afternoon. I particularly liked Ryedown Lane, Pendavey Dries, and the P4 work in progress, Milton Monachorum. I also managed to buy a bagful of books at the remainder shop in The Hundred (Superbooks?); much better than The Works. Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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