George Woodcock

Hello On behalf of John, Richard, Paul and my self I would like to thank Ken and every-one else in MId Essex club for putting on such a fine show and looking after us so well. I apologise for the somewhat erratic performance of Georgemas Jct for the first couple of hours but we had an electrical problem which took a long while to diagnose. When we got it sorted the layout was a lot better behaved though we did have limited use of one track. I think you are right Steve, probably a case of mistaken identity but I am still sorry not to have spoken to you. However we are coming back in 2021 with our latest layout Framplington which is set in deepest, darkest Suffolk. Cheers George

Hello Steve Looking forward to seeing you old friend, bit of a long way for you for a day trip isn't it? Cheers George

Hello Looking forward to bringing Georgemas Jct down to Essex. As it is now in its declining years this is one of its last exhibitions so see it while you can. Cheers George

Hello You'll see him at Wigan John. Cheers George

Hello Look forward to seeing you there Mick. The Rabble Rousers will be there with Fenchurch St Peter. Cheers George

Hello One week to go my lovelies Cheers George

Hello Just two weeks to go to this small but beautiful event. Cheers George

Hello Clive has been promoted to Exhibition Manager then. Well done Clive. Cheers George

Hello Not only the same address but now they are one company. Just different names for different parts of the business. Cheers George

Hello For your delight and delectation the next layout is; Botterill St Yard by Mr Pete Rye And the next Demoer is; Mr Phil Eames doing things with wagons And the next Trader is; Keith's Model Railways with new and secondhand models Cheers George

Hello Thanks for the picture Carl, see you in June Cheers George

Hello Followed by Hither Green by Mr Carl White The next demoer is, Richard Dockerill with his outstanding O gauge creations And our second trader is; H&A Models with Cambrian, Peco/Parkside and Red Panda kits, and all the gubbins to make them plus much more. Cheers George

Hello Fenchurch St Peter is now safely back home after its trip to East Anglia. Its next outing will be to Wigan in October. Cheers George

Hello And the next one is; Reading Signal Works by the esteemed Mr Alan Monk And our first demoer is; Mick Bryan doing whatever he likes And our first trader is; Booklaw selling er books Cheers George

Hello Look forward to seeing you there. Cheers George

Hello Fenchurch is now loaded in the van ready for an early start tomorrow. I will think of the lads as I roll over and sleep on. Hope the day goes well for every-one. Cheers George

Hello We already have a layout based on Framlingham called Framplington. It is set in 1965 just before closure. Should be in Railway Modeller at some point in he future. Wickham Market looks very fine and I look forward to seeing it at some future date. Cheers George

Hello I hope to be able to visit Swad for one day, probably the Saturday. We should have been there with a layout but had to withdraw due to another commitment. Hope to be there with a layout next year. Loook forward to seeing you soon old friend. Cheers George

Hello Fenchurch St Peter will be at Preston and York next year which are pretty far north in my book. Hope to see you at one or the other of these excellent shows. Cheers George

Hello Fenchurch St Peter will be appearing at the Stowmarket exhibition next Sunday April 28th. Sadly I shall not be there due to my recent bout of illness and decrepitude though I will be there in spirit. The layout will be in the capable hands of John Norton and Richard Coleman and possibly A N Other. Cheers George

Hello I too was sorry that Fenchurch St Peter was unable to attend. I'm starting to feel a bit better and am going for a CT Scan tomorrow. Hopefully we can take up Geoff's kind offer and bring the layout next year. Glad the show is going so well. Cheers George

Hello Sadly Fenchurch St peter will be unable to attend Trainwest next weekend due to my current illness. Many apologies and hope to see you soon. Cheers GEorge

Hello Don't rush Steve you can't get in till 2 o'clock. See you tis afternoon. Cheers George

Hello I forgot to mention that there will be a new train running on Fenchurch St Peter at All Pally next weekend. A number of people have asked me, on here as well as at exhibitions if we run the sand train on the layout. The train they are referring to is the train from Middleton Towers to Doncaster train conveying sand for use in the manufacture of glass. Our version will not be an exact copy of the train in the 1960s but will consist of a mix of wagon types used at that time in different sand traffic flows in East Anglia using Brush type 2 haulage. I have no idea if the train ever ran on the Wisbech branch but in our world it does sometimes. I'm sure that a lot of you know that this traffic still runs most days using DBS and GBRF haulage and considerably larger wagons than we have. I hope you enjoy it. Cheers George

Hello Before that it will be at Ally Pally next weekend and we look forward to seeing every-one there. Cheers George