Invicta Informant Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 (edited) The Erith Model Railway Society's January Exhibition, one of South East England's largest shows (and probably Kent's largest by stand numbers), will (hopefully) return to The Longfield Academy for our 6th show there (and our first since 2020). The show will continue to encompass at least 30 layouts, extensive trade and society support, demonstrators, static exhibits and charity raffle (in aid of the Association of Bexley Charities '78), making about 90 stands in total. Venue Address: The Longfield Academy, Main Road (B260), Longfield, Kent, DA3 7PH. Opening Times: Saturday 28th January 2023 - 10:00am to 5:00pm & Sunday 29th January 2023 - 10:00am to 4:00pm. Entry Prices: Adults - £9.00. Accompanied Children - £1.00. Entry price includes free exhibition guide. The venue can be reached by Longfield railway station (5-10 minute walk away), Arriva bus services 423 (from Dartford and Bluewater), 433 (from Bluewater, Sunday only) and 489 (from Gravesend), and Go-Coach bus services 474 and 475 (both from Bluewater). The buses stop within a 5-10 minute walk from the venue. Some services may stop at Longfield Academy itself, but ask the driver for the nearest stop to the venue. Please be aware that there are NO Sunday services for the 423, 474 and 475 routes. There is a sizeable free on-site car park, full disabled access (including toilets), a large refreshment area (200 seats) and an extensive range of hot and cold food and drinks at reasonable prices. There is some off-site parking available at a day nursery in Brickfield Farm just up the road from the venue (5 minute walk away), should we run out (and we usually do) of on-site parking. There will be a FREE Shuttle Bus service running between Longfield Railway Station and the Longfield Academy on BOTH days of the show. So if you cannot get parked at the venue or the day nursery in Brickfield Farm, you can park at Longfield Railway Station Car Park (88 spaces, Pay-and-Display - £2.80 all day Saturday, £1.00 all day Sunday) and catch the shuttle bus to the venue. List of Attendees (correct as of 21st January): Layouts: Back On The Buses Ballyconnell Road Bletchinghurst Browning Street Clayton West Crumbling Edge Deyton Yard/Deyton Heights Fawcett Street Feldspar Frittenden Road Garden Gateway Container Terminal Hallam Town Hoppers End Hornby Live Steam Lancaster Lane Lenham Long Sutton Junction Mertonford Summer '83 N E Where Oakbourne Padden Flats Quarry Falls Quevy Santa Maria (RhB) Sarre Scrapworth End Seaton Sheepcroft Slades Green Smallwald Valley Railway Somewhere In France St. Saviour Street Strood Dock Swanswell Vine Street Riverside Wilmington Other Exhibitors: Charity Raffle Double O Gauge Association East Kent O Gauge Group Gauge 1 Wagon Building Demonstration Orchards (Junior) Scale Model Club Display Trade Stands: 3mm Scale Model Railways All Wheels Andy Lynch Railways Brookes Models Ltd Cambrian Model Rail Limited Carriage & Wagon Models Coastal DCC Colin Penn David Wills Dixon Upcott Euroscale Models Falconwood Transport & Military Bookshop Heritage In Motion HobbyTools4U Invicta Model Rail JB Photocards Joe Lock Model Railways Kent Garden Railways Kent Model Exchange Layouts4U Michael Land Models U Drive Online Models On The Rails Plus Daughters Railway Memories Ray Morris Roxley Models Sudbury Model Railways Supercast The Wagon Yard Thunderbolt Models Trainsporters WM Collectables Society Stands: British 1:87 Scale Society Charity Transport Models & Books Class 47 Preservation Project EMRS Information Desk EMRS Members Sales Stand EPB Preservation Group Network SouthEast Society Railfuture South Eastern & Chatham Railway Society Southern Electric Group Spa Valley Railway Please check our website for further details (directions etc.). There is also an Access Statement available to view or download. https://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/erithmrs/exhibit_january.html Thank You. Access Statement for the EMRS Longfield Show.docx Edited January 21, 2023 by Invicta Informant One layout has had to withdraw from the show 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisr40 Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Really looking forward to this. Thanks for the update. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andrew Biro Posted November 5, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 5, 2022 looks really good!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinW Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 I will be there assisting on Strood Dock. Colin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 I can confirm that the Free Shuttle Bus for the exhibition will be a Routemaster. The service shall start from about 9:00am from Longfield Railway Station on both days of the show, and will run frequently throughout the weekend (depending of attendance, traffic, driver's breaks, etc.), with the last service of the day from The Longfield Academy not long after closing time for the exhibition (5:00pm on Saturday and 4:00pm on Sunday). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Roland Matthews Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 I look forward to attending with On The Rails - it will be the first time we have attended a Model Railway Exhibition and our first event of 2023! https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/NenesDesignStudio 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 The webpage for the Exhibition has been updated with the Stand Numbers and Locations within the Academy. On 10/11/2022 at 15:17, ColinW said: I will be there assisting on Strood Dock. Colin Strood Dock is Stand No. 62 in the Sports Hall. On 04/01/2023 at 11:46, Sir Roland Matthews said: I look forward to attending with On The Rails - it will be the first time we have attended a Model Railway Exhibition and our first event of 2023! On The Rails is Stand No. 41 also in the Sports Hall. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinW Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 On 05/01/2023 at 14:22, Invicta Informant said: The webpage for the Exhibition has been updated with the Stand Numbers and Locations within the Academy. Strood Dock is Stand No. 62 in the Sports Hall. On The Rails is Stand No. 41 also in the Sports Hall. Thanks for the information Colin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 The layout Trinity Dock Bridge Street, which would have been Stand No. 22, has had to withdraw from the exhibition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 All set to go for the weekend. Hopefully it will be a good turnout, bearing in mind our last show was three years ago. We are the only event happening on-site for the weekend. I and the club's Secretary, Clive, shall be marshalling the car park along with a few members of the Dartford Cambria Sea Scouts. A few of our members are exhibiting their own layouts (Bletchinghurst, Crumbling Edge, Quarry Falls, and Scrapworth End), plus our new under construction American HO club layout, Vine Street Riverside, is making its debut. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted January 27, 2023 Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 Just a reminder, that we cannot accept card payments on the entry desk. The nearest ATM is at the Waitrose in Longfield itself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warbonnetuk Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Santa Maria (RhB) loaded up to travel early tomorrow AM. Looking forward to a great show 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted January 27, 2023 Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 1 hour ago, warbonnetuk said: Santa Maria (RhB) loaded up to travel early tomorrow AM. Looking forward to a great show Santa Maria (RhB) will be Stand No. 51 in the Sports Hall. Set up this afternoon and evening has gone well. Hopefully we will get a decent turnout for the weekend. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisr40 Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Thanks for an excellent show, had a great day out and was lovely to be back after the covid hiatus. Busy enough not to be too crowded and some really good layouts, particularly liked Strood Dock being a Strood resident. Came away with lots of bargains so will be in the loft after tea unboxing them. Chris 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinW Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 2 hours ago, Chrisr40 said: Thanks for an excellent show, had a great day out and was lovely to be back after the covid hiatus. Busy enough not to be too crowded and some really good layouts, particularly liked Strood Dock being a Strood resident. Came away with lots of bargains so will be in the loft after tea unboxing them. Chris As one of the operators on Strood Dock, I will pass on your compliments to the owner. The gremlins had appeared first thing, but the layout was working better throughout the day, and we had a lot of compliments from people Standing and watching. I will be back behind the layout tomorrow. Colin 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 (edited) Today has gone better than I thought it would, despite one or two other things happening on-site today that we were not told until Friday once we were there. A modern single decker bus, provided by Go Coach, replaced the Routemaster we were meant to have, as it had broken down. It still nonetheless gave a useful link to and from Longfield station. I was not sure what visitors numbers would be like after the Covid-enforced absence, but today they were quite solid. Hopefully it will still be pretty decent tomorrow (weather and visitor attendance). Edited January 28, 2023 by Invicta Informant Forgot to mention something 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 I say the weekend was a success. Thank you very much to everyone who attended. Peter Capon's WW1-themed OO9 layout Somewhere in France won the Bill Murphy Memorial Shield for Best in Show, and Steve Moor's Irish 3mm scale layout Ballyconnell Road won the John Muskett Memorial Shield for Visitors' Choice. Please leave any feedback about the show on this thread, and we will see what we can improve for next time (provisional date being the weekend of 27th & 28th January 2024). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted January 29, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 29, 2023 My son has started my granddaughter early. a 3 year old looking intently at a layout at Longfield. She is keeping up a tradition that started with my dad taking me to York exhibition. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted January 30, 2023 Author Share Posted January 30, 2023 (edited) SP Rail has uploaded his footage of the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO-Psy3peLU And so too has ba14eagle over two parts: Edited January 31, 2023 by Invicta Informant One of the links was no longer working 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman7 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 I went with my 14 year old son on Sunday and we really enjoyed it. The canteen is great too, one of the best show catering offers. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wainwright1 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 (edited) We had a good weekend with Fawcett Street and our club fund raising sales stand. Edited January 31, 2023 by wainwright1 spelling 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinW Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 22 hours ago, Invicta Informant said: SP Rail has uploaded his footage of the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO-Psy3peLU And so too has ba14eagle over two parts: Some great footage of Strood Dock in action. the team had a very enjoyable weekend operating the layout. Colin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 I ventured out of Essex on Sunday to the show and well done to all involved in what was a very nice exhibition. The first one I've been to for a while, it's a nice a spacious venue and had a good mix of layouts and trade, plenty of 2nd hand bargains too. I had the pleasure of assisting with Sheepcroft and it was good to see Lancaster lane in the flesh as well, all in all a very good day. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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