Geoff Endacott

Die. Geoff Endacott

I always used to take a changing bag with me. That way you could load the film without exposing any of it, giving an extra frame (or two) at the beginning. It also meant you could be sure that the sprockets had engaged. Geoff Endacott

However, I think I've solved it. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/139518-calne-model-rail-show-19-20-january-2019/ Geoff Endacott

The 25th Anniversary Calne Model Rail Show TheCalne Leisure Centre, White Horse Way, Calne, Wilts., SN11 0SP. Saturday 19th January 10.00 am - 5.00 pm Sunday 20th January 10.00 am - 4.30 pm The layouts booked to attend are: Atherley Narrows (HO): Chris Round Chilcompton Tunnel (OO): Steve Jones City Basin Goods (N): Steve Dance Earl's Court (OO): Terry Tew GLB Bitterfeld (HO): Eric Bird Haverfordwest (N): Paul Gandy Hillbrow (OO9): Steve Fackrell Isbury Road (O): David Stevens Kayreuth (N): Ian Hogben Loddon Road (OO): Loddon Vale MRC Newport Maesglas (N): Jo Alder Pengwynn Crossing (OO): Bentley MRG Pixash Lane (OO): Bentley MRG Project Iraq 2003 (1:35): Tony Bennett Somewhere in France (OO9): Peter Capon Treloar Sidings (O): Luton MRC Zevendaal (HO): Tom Nicholls Trade: Andy Lynch Aspire Gifts & Models Attwood Aggregates Brunswick Railways David Smith Books Frome Model Centre Modelmania P G Models Ray Heard Model Railways Richard's Spares Ron Lines Squires Model & Craft Tools The Trainman Others: Medway Queen Preservation Society N Gauge Society Royal United Hospital Cancer Centre Appeal Scleroderma & Reynaud's UK Charity T-Trak Demonstration Adult: £5.00, Child: £3.00, Group (2+2): £12.00. www.calnemrs.org.uk Advance tickets at: www.wegotickets.com/event/455102 Geoff Endacott

They don't. Geoff Endacott

Insert glue, push together, hold, stick. Geoff Endacott

Q: Why is a smart meter like a Class 800? A: There are so many about now that someone will have to make them work properly. Geoff Endacott

The railway is fine. It's the sea that's in the wrong place. Geoff Endacott

We now have a new address: Bentley Model Railway Group, The Chris Young Clubroom, Unit 15 Harris Road, Calne, SN11 9PT. Geoff Endacott

Just as well you weren't there on a Wednesday. Geoff Endacott

As a post script to this, Chris has left the Tesla to his brother, Jeremy. Jeremy hopes to be offering people rides in the Tesla at the Calne Model Rail Show on 19th & 20th January, as his brother had hoped to do. Passengers will be asked to contribute towards the cost of the new Cancer Centre at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. Geoff Endacott

Trainwest 2020? Geoff Endacott

I am sorry to report the death of Chris Young, a long-standing member of Bentley MRG and our current Chairman. Chris and I were at school together so we go back a long way. It is the Bentley Grammar School which gives its name to our club as that is where the founder members met in the 1970s. Chris was an active member of the club until very recently. Those of you who attended the Calne Show in January or Trainwest in April will probably remember his cheerful presence on the door, in the car park, or just generally helping out. It was behind the scenes where Chris really made his presence felt. When the club was facing the loss of its premises three years ago, Chris was instrumental in helping to raise more than £100,000 to buy our new clubrooms. We owe him a lot, in more ways than one. It was at Trainwest in April that Chris first showed signs of the cancer that was to claim his life. The diagnosis was confirmed in July when he was given six months to live. He responded to the news by buying a Tesla Model X. That was Chris - live life to the full. He had hoped to make it to the Calne Show in January where no doubt he would have been giving people rides around the car park in the Tesla. Sadly that was not to be. He died in the Royal United Hospital, Bath, in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The funeral will take place at the West Wiltshire Crematorium, Semington, next Thursday 8th November at 3.15pm. Donations in memory of Chris can be made to MacMillan Cancer Support www.macmillan.org.uk or to the RUH Cancer Centre www.foreverfriendsappeal.org.uk/ruhcancercentre. Geoff Endacott

They must have run out. Geoff Endacott

They will keep leaving the gravity switch in the "on" position. Geoff Endacott

My copy of the guide says October. Geoff Endacott

I expect a lot of the staff at Honda in Swindon had grandparents who worked for the GWR. It must be something in the genes. Geoff Endacott

I didn't get as far as the adverts before I switched off. Geoff Endacott

Yesterday was today and today is tomorrow. You seem to be a day out Dave. Geoff Endacott

You seem to be extremely good at creating planetary surfaces. Are you a Magrathean? Geoff Endacott

I am concerned that if safety regulations make the railways more expensive then people will choose to travel by road instead and that is much more dangerous. Which is safer for the population as a whole, the IET with its suspect connector cables or a replacement bus service? Geoff Endacott

In that case, coat the cables with superglue. That will work. Geoff Endacott

Why not coat the cables with a slippery substance so that anyone who tried to climb them would fall off? Geoff Endacott

Very small model railway layouts. Geoff Endacott

But not quite as many as there were before yesterday evening. Geoff Endacott