009 Society AGM & Narrow Gauge Show Saturday 30th March 2019.

[Stan Williams]

009 Society AGM and Narrow Gauge Show,  Saturday  30th March  2019.

Venue,   All Saints Parish Hall, Church Road,  Rainford,  Nr St Helens  WA11 8HB
open  10am  to  4.30pm
Refreshments available all day, including the famous cakes !
Free off road Parking at the Hall and the overflow carparks.
Bacon butties available on arrival for a small charge !
The Hall is wheelchair friendly and all on one level.

Usual format,  Layouts,  Trade,  Demos,  Society Stands including the 009 Society Sales Stand.

The AGM will take place in a different Hall during the afternoon, time to be arranged.

Put it in your diary and come along for a great day out.

Stan.

[Stan Williams]

The Transport Museum of St Helens have kindly agreed to supply a Vintage Bus for the day.

The bus will give free trips around the Village and enable visitors a chance to have a ride on a Vintage Bus.

Timetables will be available on the day.

Stan.

[Stan Williams]

Just giving you a glimpse of what to expect next year.

There will be some layouts that have not been exhibited before mixed in with some of your old favourites.

A wide range of Trade Stands along with the 009 Society Sales Stand and some interesting Society Stands.

The AGM will be held in a seperate Hall and arrangements will be added closer to the time.

Refreshments all day including the famous cakes.

Free off road parking at the hall and the overflow carparks.

Early birds get the best parking spots, but the doors will not open till 10am. show closes at  4.30pm.

There will be a showcase for members to show off their latest models.

Stan.

[Stan Williams]

Although sometime off, here is a little info of what can be seen on Saturday 30th March 2019.

These layouts are all award winning layouts.

Rothampton   009

Crummack Valley    009.

Loch Ewe      009.


Traders for you to spend your hard earned money.

Dundas Models.
A1 Models.
Worsley Works.
John Sutton Books.
Todmorden Model Supplies.
FR/WHR  Shop & Stand.

Plus more to come.

Put the date in your diaries or on your calender.

Get there at opening time and enjoy a bacon buttie and a cuppa !
Refreshments available all day including the Famous Cakes !

Stan.

[Stan Williams]

Just reminding you what you will be able to see on the  30th March  2019.

Three award winning layouts from the Merseyside Narrow gauge Stable of Roger Christian & Stan Williams.

Crummack Valley,  Loch Ewe Harbour,  Rothampton.

Ably assisted by,
Ulvaryd,  Costaguana,  Newby Conor,  Axbridge Quay,  Martini  along with 3 other layouts still under construction, names to follow.

Trade.
Dundas Models,  A1 Models,  Worsley Works,  John Sutton Books,  Elmet Images,  Todmorden Model Supplies, Neville Kent,

009 Society Sales Stand.

Plus other Society Stands and  Demo Stands.

Refreshments available all day,  early bird bacon toasties,  light lunches  and the Famous Rainford Cakes.
Free Car Parking at the Hall and the overflow parking areas.

A Vintage Bus will be doing tours around Rainford, timetable at the Hall entrance.
009 Society AGM will take place during the afternoon in a seperate Hall, time to be announced.

Put the date in your diaries and come and spend a few hours with like minded NG modellers.
See you there.

Stan.

[Stan Williams]

WE have decided to put   Tan Yr Allt/Dwffyr Uchaf  into the show as a tribute to Roger Christians brilliant modelling skills and this layout can be seen

alongside some other layouts he was involved in.

We will also have  Paul Towers with his Llandyrau layout at Rainford.

All we need to do now is push out those walls to make extra space ?

Stan.

[Stan Williams]

Just a bump for you to put the date in your diaries,   Saturday  30th  March.

open  10am  to  4.30pm

Free Parking.

Refreshments all day,  with  bacon butties,  sandwiches  and the Famous Cakes   !!

We will have an extra layout joining us,   Corris Rly  with  Rod Allcock.

Stan.

[Stan Williams]

The Society  AGM  will be held in the  Rainford  Scout  Hall,  off Church Road, Rainford.

This is a white building behind the Guide Hall which is next to the Church Yard.

THis Hall is only a short walk from the NG Show and the meeting will take place in the early afternoon.

Stan.

[Stan Williams]

There will be two show you how stands taking part at Rainford on  30th March.

Les Nehrlich (Preston MRC) will be showing how to weather stock, if you would like to bring an item along please do and have it weathered.

Brian Davis  (Rainhill MRC) will be showing how to make wagon loads, there should be some available to purchase.


Carparking.

There will be parking in the hall carpark, if full, you can park behind the Church via a roadway between the church yard and the pub.
There is another carpark close to Guide Hall & Scout Hall (white buildings next to the church yard and opposite the Village Hall ).

Stan.

[Stefan Krebs]

Thanks Stan, for considering and mentioning disabled!  8)

Unfortunately way out of my range, my mobility scooter does only 20imi.  ;D

Good luck anyway
Waldschrat

[Stan Williams]

At Rainford on Saturday  30th March we intend showing Roger Christians fleet of locos and rolling stock.

Tan Y Allt/ Dwffyr Uchaf,    Rothampton  and  Loch Ewe will be having stock from the above working all day.

The remainder of the stock will be on display in the showcases.

It is our way of paying tribute to a superb modeller.

Do come along and admire his work.

Stan.

[Stan Williams]

Please Note.
The Society AGM Meeting will now take place in the Rainford  Guide Hall in the early afternoon.

This is the first White Building next to the Church yard and an overflow carpark.

If you are unsure ask one of the stewards on the front desk at the Parish Hall.

Stan.

[Stan Williams]

Early Warning.

THe ongoing roadworks at the junction of the East Lancs Road, A580 and the Rainford by Pass will still be causing trouble at the March.

Please  allow  extra time if you plan to use the above or better take an alternative route into Rainford.

Free Parking at the hall and the overflow carparks.

THis one is not to be missed.

Stan.

[Stan Williams]

Something of interest for the early birds,

Look out for the unused Peco points  left hand,  right hand and Y points  @ 

[Stan Williams]

Good news on the refreshment front.

We have the lovely ladies who over the past years have baked the finest cakes returning to help us out.

There will be two people dealing with the bacon toasties, two ladies sorting the drinks and another two sorting the sandwiches and cakes.

Well worth coming for the cakes, forget about the trains !!

Doors open at  10am

Stan.