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And there is my Own Club, Broadland Model railway Club. This will hold it's own club open day on August the 13th in Stalham town hall. And it's Annual show in Alysham Jubilee Hall Saturday October the 7th 2017 many more detail to come when we've worked it all out,,, That's it Folks....

Annual Show Day 2017 Norfolk Railway Society, United Reformed Church Halls, Eaton Rise, Ipswich Road, Norwich NR4 6QR on Saturday 11th February from 12.00 - 17.00. More details to follow When I get them .

One Model Railway Club - Needham Market Model Railway Exhibition 2017 Sun 24th September 2017 Needham Market Community Centre, School Street, Needham Market, Suffolk IP6 8BB OPENING TIMES: 10.30am - 4pm ADMISSION: Adults £4.00 Concessions £3.00 This will be our 10th Exhibition, and this year alongside our layouts in various gauges, trade stands selling new and second hand rolling stock and scenics, we have two Societies in attendance and hands on modelling demonstrations. We are a friendly show suitable for train enthusiasts and families alike. Free car park available, however, the show is also easily accessible by public transport. Refreshments, light lunches and homemade cake will be served throughout the day. As this will be our 10th Anniversary Exhibition we are running a competition that any MRC can enter, and will be judged by the public on the day of the show, for more details or a booking form please see our website. NEW FOR 2017: FREE ADMISSION for accompanied children. We have test tracks for both 00 gauge and N gauge, so you can test any purchases before you go home. We look forward to seeing you! CONTACT: 07900 983508 List of Traders Attending : List of Layouts Attending : TBC TBC List of Other Displays : Railway Correspondence and Travel Society Mid Suffolk Railway

Bury St Edmunds Model Railway Club - Bury St. Edmunds Model Railway Exhibition Sat 9th September 2017 Thurston Sixth, Beyton Campus, Drinkstone Road, Beyton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 9AA OPENING TIMES: 10am to 4pm (LAST ADMISSION 3:30 pm List of Traders Attending : List of Layouts Attending : Keith Hadley - New and Pre-Owned Locomotives, Rolling Stock and Accessories Coastal DCC - Decoders, Systems and All Things DCC Bob Pearman - Books, Magazines and DVD's Layouts 4 U - Lighting and Electrical Specialists Dave King - New and Pre-Owned Locomotives, Rolling Stock and Accessories Janet Bull - Railway and Wildlife Artist Great Eastern Models - New, Rolling Stock and Accessories Fine Scale Buildings - Designed to be Used on Model Railway Layouts and Model Street and Town Scenes As Well As in Military Dioramas Train-Tech - Easy to Use Electronic Product For Both DC and DCC Model Railways Model Scenery Supplies - Specialising in Individuality Made Models Scograil - New, Rolling Stock and Accessories Mid Suffolk Light Railway Museum Layouts Confirmed to Date (More to Follow) Are: Morelock Heath The Wagon Works ?warren Hill Airfix Oakham Obervaz ?oldshaw Chaam Terminus All Change Orchard Road List of Demonstrations : Fine Scale Buildings

Waveney Valley Model Railway Club - Southwold Model Railway Exhibition Sat 5th August 2017 - Sun 6th August 2017 Saint Felix School, Halesworth Road (A1095), Southwold, Suffolk IP18 6SD OPENING TIMES: SAT 1000-1700, SUN 1000-1630 ADMISSION: Adults £7.00 Children £3.00 East Anglia's biggest and only two-day, club organised, model railway exhibition! Southwold is a multiscale and gauge event with around 20 layouts with demonstrations, traders and society stands. Charity raffle suppporting East Anglian Air ambulance and East Anglian Children's Hospices. Light Refreshments available; Wheelchair access to all exhibits; Free car park. CONTACT: 01502 514776 List of Traders Attending : List of Layouts Attending : BH Enterprises/ Buzz Models Coastal DCC - Connoisseur Models - Duncan Models - Freestone Model Accessories - Great Eastern Models - Hobby Holidays - Ian Kirk Kits - Joe Lock - Bob Pearman Books - Phoenix Precision Paints - Railway Photo Man - Rural Railways - Scograil - Squires Tools - Train Tech - Wizard/mse Provisional Bookings Include- Avyn-A-Llyin (Narrow Gauge) Caradon Junction Gresley Beat (Large 00 LNER Layout) North Foreland (Gauge0, Southern Railway) Sandford That Dam Railway (009 Contractors Light Railway) World's End Further Layouts and Information Them Tba List of Demonstrations : List of Other Displays : Tba Anglia Roads Gauge 1 Live Steam, Halesworth Model Engineering Society - Miniature Live Steam Train and Traction Engine Rides.

Kings Lynn Model railway club, first ever show 24th Jun 2016 Gaywood Community Centre, PE30 4EL Adult 5 pounds Children 2 pounds. (under 5 free) Various layouts trade stands and refreshments.

- Felixstowe N Gauge Model Railway Show Sat 10th June 2017 Trinity Methodist Church, Orwell Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk IP11 7AN OPENING TIMES: SAT 10am-4.pm ADMISSION: Adults £4.00 Concessions £3.00 The Felixstowe N Gauge Model Railway Show is probably the largest all N Gauge show in East Anglia. Layouts will be provided by various N Gauge Society Area Groups as well as other local model raiway clubs. There is street parking available as well as a nearby long stay car park. Refreshments will be available. This event aims to provide some new layouts each year. We will also be running a Tombola and Group Information Stand. Felixstowe is well served by train from Ipswich Station with trains from London Liverpool Street.and lots of other main line services feeding into Ipswich and by bus from Ipswich Old Cattlemarket Bus Station which is a terminus for serveral National Express Coach Services. CONTACT: 01394 277211 List of Traders Attending : List of Layouts Attending : Scograil/coastal DCC Wookery Nook Scenic Second Hand Stall The Mid Suffolk Light Railway Fund Raising Sales Stand Details of Layouts Attending Will be added When Finalised. List of Other Displays : Tombola Felixstowe N Gauge Group Information

Diss & District Model Railway Society - Rickinghall Model Railway Show Sat 6th May 2017 Rickinghall Village Hall, Hinderclay Road, Rickinghall, Diss, Norfolk IP22 1HD OPENING TIMES: 10am-4pm ADMISSION: Adults £5.00 Children £1.00 Our 2017 Show will feature sixteen layouts from modellers all over East Anglia, almost all new to Rickinghall. We will again feature a 60 foot marquee attached to the Hall, to ensure plenty of space for both people and exhibits. There will also be model traction engine trailer rides, to add to our appeal as an enjoyable Show and a day out for all the family, and not just one for enthusiasts. We're easy to get to, easy for parking on site, and offer lots to see and do. Rickinghall Village Hall, just off the A143 between Bury St Edmunds & Diss, is a particularly good venue for this Show, which is run jointly by Diss & District Model Railway Society and the Village Hall. Rickinghall is an attractive and historic village, and the venue offers ample free parking, good disabled access, all-day refreshments, a proper children's playground outside and, if the weather is kind, even an ice cream van! A really good family day out in a really good and interesting location! CONTACT: 07930 18847 List of Traders Attending : List of Layouts Attending : Train-Tech - Providing Easy to Use Electronic Products For Both Conventional DC & Digital DCC, For Both 00 and N Gauge Model Railways. Winners of the Model Rail Innovation of the Year Award 2013 For Their Plug in DCC Fitted Signals. Bure Valley Railway Model Shop - With A Good Range of Model Railway Items in 'N' and '00' Gauges, Featuring Both New Releases and Bargain Buys Model Scenery Supplies - Selling the Items You Need to Build Realistic Terrains and Landscapes, With Miniature Scale Model Trees A Speciality Bob Pearman Books - For A Wide Range of New Books, DVDS and Magazines Janet Bull - Watercolours and Prints, Cards, Coasters, Mugs Etc - La Garita Hills Railroad: 30mm Scale on 16.5mm Track, Late 1940s Colorado Mountains - Aldwych: 00 Diorama, London Transport - Fullers Wharf: Finescale 0 Gauge With 0/16.5 Narrow Gauge, 1930s - Helendale: N Gauge, Continuous Run B.R. - Weihnachtsstadt (Christmas Town): HO German Tramway - Broadfield TMD: 00 Scale DCC Modern Image - Basildon Recycling: 00 Shunting Puzzle. Have A Go! - Alsop-En-Le-Dale: N Scale, B.R.1950s - St Denzil Road: 00 B.R. Southern - 30 De Septiembre (Cuban Sugar Mill): HO 3.5mm - Watts' Mine: Gn15 Industrial Narrow Gauge - Tireggub Hill: OO9 Scale - Foxhollow: N Gauge Modern Image - Grange West: 4mm Scale GWR - Hadderton: N Gauge Continuous Run, Current UK Scene - Thomas 2 : 00 Layout For the Children to Control List of Demonstrations : List of Other Displays : Demo of Building in 3mm Scale The Historical Model Railway Society

Stowmarket Railway Club - Model Railway Exhibition Sun 23rd April 2017 Midsuffolk Leisure Centre, Gainsborough Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 1LH OPENING TIMES: 10:30am - 5pm ADMISSION: Adults £4.00 Concessions £3.00 Children £2.00 A warm family friendly event where the exhibition committee have sought a selection of first class layouts, covering various localities, real and imaginary, modelled in different eras and scales. CONTACT: 01449 771360 List of Traders Attending : List of Layouts Attending : John Dutfield Model Railways Coastal DCC Bob Pearman Books Layouts 4 U Make Your Mark Models Scale Scenery Supplies Mid Suffolk Light Railway Scograil Wookery Nook Scenics RCTS B & E Models Railway Memories Michael Boakes Oakley Green - OO - 15' X 3' - Blue BR Era SR Daconby Town - 3mm - 10 6' X 1' - Lincolnshire C 1961 Wendsleydale - O:16.5 - 8'8' X 4' - East Midlands Industrial Coronado Shortline - O/on30 - 26'6' X 4' - Arizona USA 1960s Eastbourne Remembered - OO9 - 3' X 1' - Eastbourne Tramway 1969 Peak Forest - OO - 10' X 2' - Peak Forest Current Modern Image St Niklaus - N Gauge - 6' X 3' - Germany Watford Clarendon Road - OO - 9' X1' - 1920-2020 Lowe Street - OO - 4' X 2' - Sleeper Depot 1950s Stratford Road - OO - 26'10' X 1'10' - BR Eastern Region 1960s (Era5) Scole - O - 4' X 15' - Agricultural Mid 1930s Ebridge - OO - 10' X 2' - Diesel 1966 Abbey Street - EM - 4' X 1' - West Yorkshire Goods Yard 1986 List of Demonstrations : Modelling Demonstration/loco Clinic

Norwich Ralway Heritage and Model Society - Norwich Model Railway Exhibition Sat 8th April 2017 Hellesdon High School, Middletons Lane, Norwich, Norfolk NR6 5SB OPENING TIMES: 10.00am to 4.30pm ADMISSION: Adults £5.00 17 Layouts, including our 10 road, multi gauge, test track. and 14 Traders confirmed together with 2 demonstrations and 5 other societies CONTACT: 01508 492917 List of Traders Attending : List of Layouts Attending : Great Eastern Models Squires Tools Bure Valley Sales Caister Loco Terry Durrant Bob Pearman Books Railway Photoman Great Eastern Transport Films Train Tech David Rowland Art Layouts For You Model Scenery Supplies Tain Terrain Joe Lock Bastogne Rue De Clervaux HO The Worlds End 00 War & Peace 00 Shepherds Mine N Bssington Garden N Club Test Track Multi-Gauge Tolzdorf N Brankstone JCN N Horndale 00 Roydon Road 00 Thomas & Friends Various That Dam Railway OO9 Bedford Road 0 Charlston N Blackshaw Road/coopers End 0 Sefton Yard 0 North Norfolk Model Engineers List of Demonstrations : List of Other Displays : Advent Modellers Norfolk Mardlers Friends of Bure Valley Society Norfolk Railway Society M & GN JNT Rly Society Barton House Railway M & GN Rly Circle Historical Model Railway Society

Bawdeswell Model Railway Exhibition, 32A model railway club and Whitwell Model railway club Show. Saturday 18th March Bawdeswell Village hall, NR20 4RU. 10:00 to 16:00 Adults 4 pounds Concessions 3 pounds juniors 2 pounds. numerous layouts, trade and demonstration stands plus refreshments.

Norfolk and Sufolk Narrow Gauge Modellers - St John ambulance Hall, Blyburgate, Beccles, Suffolk NR34 9TF Norfolk and Suffolk Narrow Gauge Modellers - 3rd Open Day Exhibition Sat 4th March 2017 St John ambulance Hall, Blyburgate, Beccles, Suffolk NR34 9TF OPENING TIMES: SAT 10.00am - 4.00pm ADMISSION: Adults £3.00 Family £6.00 This will be the groups 3rd open day/exhibition with thirteen layouts. There will be guest layouts as well as some of the groups own member's layouts. The OO9 Society sales stand will be present again. Refreshments will be available. There is only disabled parking at the hall, please use the car park along road next to Roys. We are using a third room for the first time and I'm afraid its Not Wheelchair accessable CONTACT: 01502471760 List of Traders Attending : List of Layouts Attending : 009 Society Sales Stand. Narrow Planet Southwold Railway Trust First - OO9 - Stephen Clulow Green End - OO9 - David Gander Kaprun (SLB) - HOe - John Atkinson Appleton Dene - O-16.5 - Royston & District MRC Compass Point - OO9 - Chris O'donoghue Knights Yard - 1/16 - Bill Knight The Ship Inn - 1/24 - Barry Weston Hawkins Tower - OO9 - Phillip Moore Placerville - HOn3 - Neville Doe Lester Tin Mine Engine House - OO9 - Richard Doe Priory Waterworks - OO9 - Chris Seago Ellerbank - OO9 - Graham Watling Hubbards Halt - OO9 - Jim Bamber List of Other Displays : Langley School Will be Displaying Their 7 1/4 Inch Gauge Brake Van.

Ok folks here is a list of Shows in the next few posts, That I Know of in Norfolk and Suffolk so far for 2017, The old GT Yarmouth Show in Early January in no longer on... Model Railway Exhibitions Calendar: Mid-Norfolk Railway - Dereham Model Railway Exhibition Sat 25th February 2017 Dereham Memorial Hall, Norwich Street, Dereham, Norfolk NR19 1AD OPENING TIMES: 10am - 4pm ADMISSION: Adults £5.00 The exhibition has a varied range of layouts. Accompanied children FREE. Refreshments will be available on site. It is understood the Mid-Norfolk Railway will be running trains between Dereham & Wymondham Abbey Halt. See their web site for train times. CONTACT: 01362 697628 List of Traders Attending : List of Layouts Attending : Bob Pearman Books Coastal DCC Ger Joe Lock Model Railways Keith's Model Railways Model Scenery Supplies Railway Memories The Railway Photoman Tim Horn Lasercut Boards Blackhall Sidings & P.G. Woodhouse Clone Line Cottleston Ellerbank Foxbile Brewery Just A Bit MPD Merlin's Lane Musberry Obertonberg Reeds Beck Waterworks Stodden Hundred L.R. Stratfield Wensleydale Advent Modellers' New Layout List of Demonstrations : List of Other Displays : Norfolk Mardlers Mid-Norfolk Railway Ashmanhaugh Light Railway B17 Group

Sadly no longer with us, in the order we had them Duke, a farm bred border collie Baron, a blue merle rough collie, Registered name, Baron Blue Moon. Odin, a shaded sable rough collie, Registerd name, Samberry Sinclair at Sheque Amber, a golden sable Rough collie, Registered name, Hazelside Sanderling at Sheque. Glenn, A golden sable rough collie, Registered name, SheQue Amber Glenn. Crystal, A golden sable rough collie, Registered Name, SheQue Amber Crystal. Twix, an honorary Dog, AKA the Cat.

Quote" Firstly, I'd recommend that there is NO LIMIT to either the number of pictures any one member submits, and that when the pics are being voted for, the photographer remains anonymous. It doesn't matter if one photographer has several pics voted for, It just means he's good at it ! " Are ladies allowed to enter as well??

I did have a lady stop outside our house and ask where pleasurewood hills was. ( About 40 miles away). When recommended a more sensible route than single track roads. She said "oh no I don't want to use motorways."..!!!! What she meant was she wouldn't drive on motorways or dual carriageways.

Now Timbo you know they have changed the alphabet, we are missing for instance the letters ETH, THORN, and WYNN. ( I've got no chance of displaying the correct letter shapes on this tablet) And it's the reason he correct pronounciation of Menzies is roughly meng-is because the old letter for the ng sound was not in the new imported printed alphabet set, the nearest shape was the z. Well that's roughly the idea, I'm sure you have a more accurate reply than what I've just said.

Barbara is on the edge of arriving here on the broads looking at Xcweather, but we should only get just under 50mph winds. Weybourne is gusting 33mph at the moment.

Zulu Time? You'd have to ex miltary to know what that means..

I've been watching the weather for several days as I've a lot of driving to do over the next few days, I also looked up some of My old Haunts on XCweather, that puts AVERAGE windspeeds on Benbecula at some times over 70MPH, that means the gusts will be over 100. I was there once when the met office there recorded 126mph. The steel framed building was swaying....I was on the third floor.

So did I, no windows in this lab....

and the Coltishall one

I drove on a bit of the NDR last week.... well across a roundabout at Horsford. The holes and ditches dried out on the Coltishall road last week quite quickly. There is now TARMAC!! proceeding across the countryside between the Wroxham road and Coltishall road but not joined at either end just yet.

SWMBO just says she's National spirtualist and for some reason they do a runner.. she's not though but her mother was...

The wiring on that telegraph pole looks like many of the undersides of model railway layouts too....