Model Railway Shows

[TheQ]

If there is interest in Model railway shows here are a couple coming up in the area.

 Broadland Model Railway Club
  - Club Open Day

• Sun 7th August 2016

• Town Hall, High Street, Stalham, Norfolk NR12 9AH

• OPENING TIMES:  SUNDAY 10am-4pm
  ADMISSION:  Adults £2.00       

  This is the Broadland Model Railway Club's first Open Day. It is being held in the heart of the Norfolk Broads at the height of the holiday season to provide yet another attraction for both visitors and residents. This is in addition to our annual exhibition exhibition being held at Aylsham on Saturday 1st October

  
  CONTACT:     01692 403846

  		List of Layouts Attending :
  		The Following Are Club and Members Layouts. All Will be Running But Three Are at Different Levels of Construction and Or Renovation. Scarnish N Gauge BR Scotland Port St Arbor 00 BR(W)1970-80's Broadsea 00 Any Period We Choose! Formhill 00 BR 1950-1980 Broadfield TMD 00 BR 1970's Lower Woodend 00 BR(W)1960's There Will Also be A Club Sales Stand.

[TheQ]

And.

The J50 Group Model Railway Exhibition

• Sat 20th August 2016

• The New Victory Hall, Street Hill, Neatishead, Norfolk NR12 8AD

  
  OPENING TIMES:  10am - 4pm
  ADMISSION:  Adults £3.00  Concessions £2.50  Children £2.00   

  This is the First Model Railway Exhibition for the J50 New Build Steam Locomotive Group. All proceeds will go towards the group. Plenty of Layouts and Stands. With Refreshments Available! Plenty of Layouts and Stands Attending!

  		List of Layouts Attending :
  !		Peckston - N Gauge Terrier's Territory - 00 Gauge Gilling's Mill - 00 Gauge Iron Street Road - 00 Gauge St.Denzil Road - 00 Gauge More to be Announced!
  		List of Other Displays :
  		The J50 Group

[Viking23]

Where is a reasonable place to buy OO model cows ?

They seem so expensive.

[Bound2Please]

4 minutes ago, Viking23 said:

Where is a reasonable place to buy OO model cows ?

They seem so expensive.

an 00 model cow shop maybe??????

Charlie

[TheQ]

31 minutes ago, Viking23 said:

Where is a reasonable place to buy OO model cows ?

They seem so expensive.

 The Model shop, Autoloco, in Sheringham is rarely open and I've never seen model figure there,

The Model railway shop in GT Yarmouth Arcade has gone.

 The Model Shop in Cromer opposite the information centre is good has a great range of Items, and I do Buy from there, But they are alway full price.

 Great Eastern Models www.greateasternmodels.co.uk on Plumstead road, Norwich, will probably have some and do have discounts,

 The Model railway shop at Aysham Bure valley Railway http://www.bvrw.co.uk/shop/model-railway/, I've not seen figures there ( but I've not looked for them).

I hate to say it but the ever decreasing number of Model shops cannot compete with.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.XOO+gauge+cows.TRS0&_nkw=OO+gauge+cows&_sacat=0

or

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=OO+gauge++unpainted+animals&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.XOO+gauge++unpainted+cows.TRS0&_nkw=OO+gauge++unpainted+cows&_sacat=0

 

[Vaughan]

When I am in Norfolk I always "top up" my shopping with Great Eastern Models, who now specialise in railways. There is no doubt that model shops are the best way, as you can not only see the products but you can also get free advice on modelling! When in France I have to buy direct from the manufacturers, using their adverts in the Railway Modeller magazine.

I think the problem is that a modeller like me is not a good customer! I do not buy "out of the box" as I prefer to make my own models, from brass kits or from scratch. This is the fun of it! So when I go into a shop and spend 50 quid on a few parts, they won't see me again for 3 or 4 months, until I have made the model. I fear this may be the reason why so many shops have closed, or gone solely mail order.

As to cows, always try to buy ones that are just standing or lying down, but not walking. This looks more realistic, and the same applies to people : always have them in a stationary pose. The guard holding out his green flag is not going to be standing there all day like that in real life, so he looks silly on a model. Especially as the train then leaves the station without him!

[TheQ]

I'm modelliing the GWR / MSWJR in EM Gauge or will be when my shed is complete, When I scaled up the Plans, the station works out to be 34ft long!!! Hence the shed is 54Ft long, the interior is now 2/3 done but it's taking so long I'm having to maintain the outside already!!

Many of my models will have to be scratch built. Modelling the GWR period is OK, But when I back date the line pre-1923, other than a couple of models almost everything locos, Carriages and Wagons will have to be Scratch built or heavily modified from something. Luckily the only thing on the station which changed was, GWR got rid of the Gas Lamps and Put in Oil Lamps on the platforms, As I'm not going to keep changing the lamps over I'll Keep the gas ones they look better.

I think animals and Humans are the most difficult thing to get right, most of the humans will be sat on the various benches.

[TheQ]

Just a little bump as the first show is tomorrow...

[BroadScot]

21 minutes ago, TheQ said:

Just a little bump as the first show is tomorrow...

I hope its well supported, knowing all the work involved in setting up one of these shows !

Iain

[TheQ]

It was better supported than expected, the whole idea of this show, was it was a club Open day, to get new members. We have recently, sadly lost some members, to ill health, deaths and moving away. Since the idea for this only came about a couple of months ago, we could only get a booking for this hall, for today. We'd have preferred a Saturday with much more passing trade.

So we have 8 prospective members booked to visit in the next couple of weeks, with over a hundred more leaflets handed out.  We have made more than enough to cover our costs, which important as we rent a small industrial unit for the model railway club which isn't cheap....

I was wearing a kilt for the occasion, because I was operating a layout built on the Island of Tiree, named after the island, with stations called Scarnish and Balinoe, after villages on the island. Although of course really the island never had a railway.

When the builder died, it came here to his sister who lives near here, in norfolk, who sold it ( very cheaply) to her neighbour, who is a member of the club. I've been repairing and simplifying the electronics  for him, while he and his wife are going to restore the scenery. The builders sister and husband came today and were very happy to see the layout running for the first time in 3 years and she brought some carriages that were left over, as a gift to the new owner.

SWMBO took some pictures so when I've had time to download them, I'll post a few.

[BroadScot]

Thank you TheQ for a report. I often wonder just how many electricians or engineers have been involved in Model Railways. So many things you can do or not as the case may bewith model making.

I had the pleasure of going to the Peco factory at Beer Heights. A VERY steep car park next to it, and amazingly they had one of the Pullman Coaches there, how they managed that up the steep gradient god only knows!

Iain

[TheQ]

And it's time for another bump for the second show, so if you're hiding from the forecast rain on Saturday, why not come along to the Show in Neatishead details up above....

[TheQ]

Time for a couple more Local shows to be notified to you.

Norfolk & Suffolk Narrow Gauge Modellers
  - Running Day Model Railway Exhibition

• Sat 3rd September 2016

• Barsham Village Hall, B1062 Beccles to Bungay Road, Barsham Near Beccles, Suffolk NR34 8HA

  OPENING TIMES:  10.30 am - 4.00 pm
  ADMISSION:  Adults £2.00  Concessions £2.00    Family £4.00 

  We are holding a small exhibition of our group member's layouts at Barsham Village Hall on Saturday 3rd September 2016. Money raised will be donated to the village hall improvements fund.

  CONTACT:     01502471760

  QUICKINFO:

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  List of Traders Attending :		List of Layouts Attending :
  		Hubbards Halt - OO9 Hawkins Tower - OO9 Nibley Koll - OO9 Chapel Mills - OO9 Ashfield Green - OO9 Shipmeadow - OO9 La Garita Hills Railroad - On30 Watts Mine - Gn15
  List of Demonstrations :		List of Other Displays :
  009 Modelling Demonstration		1/16th Inch Railway Models Display 7 1/4 Inch Railway Display

  HOW TO GET THERE:
  If you are Travelling by Car :		Nearest Railway Stations :
  Check here for Parking Options.		Beccles [1.97 miles] Brampton (Suffolk) [3.98 miles] Somerleyton [6.79 miles] Haddiscoe [6.8 miles]

[TheQ]

• Sun 4th September 2016

• Bressingham Steam Museum, Low Road, Bressingham, Diss, Norfolk IP22 2AA

  
  OPENING TIMES:  1030-5:00
  ADMISSION:  Adults £5.00  Concessions £5.00  Children £5.00   

  Model Railway Show at Bressingham Steam Museum. A variety of visiting layouts our varying gauges and scales. There will also be a good selection of trade stalls. The £5 entrance price entitles visitors access to all of the museum and 17 acres of Gardens. Live steam Narrow Gauge railways will be running all day long (extra cost to ride on the Railways if you buy the £5 ticket).

  
  CONTACT:     01379686900

  QUICKINFO:

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  List of Traders Attending :		List of Layouts Attending :
  Model Scenery Supplies B & E Model Railways Bob Pearman Books Layouts4u Wookery Nook Scenics Joe Lock Model Railways Scograil Great Eastern Models		Winsford Hill (N-Gauge): Ipswich Railways Modellers Society Hindenbach (Swiss N-Gauge): Felixstowe N-Gauge Group Binns Road (HOrnby Dublo) Helendale (N Gauge): Diss Model Railway Club Nightlayer's Drove (00 Gauge): 31a (Cambridge) Model Railway Club Tobyham (00 Gauge): 32a Model Railway Club Fen Lane (00 Gauge): Thetford and District Model Railway Society Marsh Lane (00 Gauge) Torrecastle Viaduct (N-Gauge): 31b March and District Model Railway Club Peckston (N-Gauge): Bury St Edmunds Model Railway Club Butler Central (N-Gauge): Mid Essex Model Railway Club Small Swiss Layout (Associated With Scograil) Lydgate (00 Gauge): Mid Essex Model Railway Club N-Gauge Layout from the Advent Modellers Tri-Ang: My First Trains Set (00 Gauge) Nibley Knoll (009 Scale) Midsummer End (N-Gauge) Wadham Yard (0 Gauge)
  		List of Other Displays :
  		Bressingham Steam Society

   

  HOW TO GET THERE:
  If you are Travelling by Car :		Nearest Railway Stations :
  Check here for Parking Options.		Diss [3.01 miles] Harling Road [7.76 miles] Eccles Road [7.82 miles]

[TheQ]

Broadland Model Railway Club
  - Aylsham Model Railway Exhibition

• Sat 1st October 2016

• The Jubilee Centre, Norwich Road, Aylsham, Norfolk NR11 6JG

  
  OPENING TIMES:  10am-4pm
  ADMISSION:  Adults £4.00  Concessions £3.00  Children £3.00   

  There will be a classic coach service to and from the BVR station (NR11 6BW)and the Jubilee Centre. Anyone with a valid return ticket on a Bure Vally Railway train from Wroxham BVR Station (NR12 8UU) is entitled to free admission. This is an ideal way to travel to the exhibition for anyone living East of Wroxham as there is an excellent book shop and free parking at the BVR station.

  
  CONTACT:      01493 700226

  QUICKINFO:

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  HOW TO GET THERE:
  If you are Travelling by Car :		Nearest Railway Stations :
  Check here for Parking Options.		Worstead [6.3 miles] North Walsham [6.51 miles] Gunton [6.73 miles] Hoveton and Wroxham [8.14 miles]

Edited August 23, 2016 by TheQ
Public parking is at the BVR the free coach take you to the show

[BroadScot]

Thanks for the info TheQ, I hope they are all well supported,

Iain

[TheQ]

Since Vaughan was away to talk Model railways  on the St Benets thread It reminded  me to give this a little bump, our Broadland Model railway Club Show is due October the First.

 More details below.

Broadland Model Railway Club's Aylsham Model Railway Exhibition

Jubilee Family Centre Aylsham North Norfolk.NR11 6JG
Day 1: 1st October 2016 opening 10:00 closing 16:00
 
Prices: Adults £4.00 Concessions £3.00 Children £3.00

Website: broadlandmodelrailwayclub.co.uk
Disability access:  Yes parking at the Jubilee Centre
Car parking for everyone else:  BVR station Aylsham, free historic bus to the Exhibition and back

2016 EXHIBITORS confirmed so far are: 
Upton Junction OO
Summer Springs OO
Tubular Belles OO
Potterborne OO
Broadsea OO 
East Dunnet O 16.5
Margaret's Mill O
Gneiss Cider Gn15
Obertonberg N
Rosebud City N
Bentwater N 
Grandads Trains Tinplate 
Hornby Dublo 3-rail
DEMONSTRATIONS
Advent Modellers
Norfolk Mardlers 
SOCIETIES
Friends of the BVR
Norfolk Railway Society
TRADERS
Bure Valley Railway Model Shop
Friends BVR Books
Bob Perman Books
Joe Lock 2nd Hand Items
Train Terrain
Woonough
Railway Memories
Railway Photo Man
BMRC 2nd Hand Stall

 In conjunction with the Bure Valley Railway.
Get a return trip from Wroxham and Hoveton Station on the BVR, get free entry to the show.
 
Refreshments courtesy of the Royal British Legion Aylsham.


 

[TheQ]

A final bump for the Alysham show on Saturday if you want to go and hide from the forecast wind and rain.

 I can't post this tomorrow as I'm moving layouts to the show, followed  by 10 hours on my feet at the show on Saturday, Sunday will definitely be my day of rest!!!

[TheQ]

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

[TheQ]

 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.

[TheQ]

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.

 

[TheQ]

 

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

[TheQ]

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

[TheQ]

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

[TheQ]

  - 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