Hull Miniature Railway Society

Summer Show

 

 

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The Show will be held on Saturday

8th June 2019

 

At :

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Walton Street Leisure Centre

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Hull Mimiature Railway Society,
West Hull Amateur Boxing Club,

Halls/rooms for hire.

Details:- Tel: (01482) 573338

Walton Street Leisure Centre

 

The Walton Street Leisure Centre, Goathland Close, Walton Street,

Hull HU3 6JB;

open from 10.30am until 4.00pm.

 

Admission*: Adults (16 years +) £2.50; Child (5-15) £1.00.

 

Free off street parking is available, plus plenty of room for parking in the adjacent shopper's car park and on the local streets. see maps below; (please note that the organisers have no control over the parking facilities and will not be supervising the car park). All vehicles will be parked at the owner's risk.

Good public transport links, see details below.

Disabled access: exhibition is mainly on the ground floor of the venue .

Light refreshments will be available:

 

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Show Organiser:

Ken Gibbons

Tel: 07563777100

Email:Ken

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We look forward to seeing you at the Summer Show in June 2019

 

Details of layouts at the 2019 Show:

Aldergrove: 2mm/ft 'N' (Martin Austin) BR Diesel - layouts debut.

Basin Street: 4mm/ft '00' (Bridlingtom MRS) Leeds in Late 1940s.

Bodelva Road: 4mm/ft '00' (Steve Routledge) Cornwall early to mid 1960s.

Boston Frodsham: 4mm/ft 'S4' (Mike Knowles) BR Blue Era in South Lincolnshire.

Chester Road: 4mm/ft '00' (Robert Denton) British Rail depicted.

Cressington Light Railway: 4mm/ft '009' (Peter Leadley) Present day narrow gauge somewhere in England.

Driffield: 4mm/ft '00' (Hull MRS) BR 60s/70s East Yorkshire.

Duncrieve Fuelling Point: 4mm/ft 'EM' (Adrian Walby) Scotland circa 2000s.

East End: 7mm/ft '0' (Hull MRS) Derbyshire 1930s/40s.

Hoglington: 2mm/ft 'N' (Ray Hogben) East Coast of England 1960s.

Hornsea New Town: 4mm/ft '00' (John Robinson) East Yorks 1990s.

Hornby Doublo 3 rail: 4mm/ft '00' (Hull MRS) Childhood Memories.

Un-named: 3mm/ft FS (East Yorks 3mm Society).

Plus our 'hands on' children's' layouts so that children both young and old can have a go at operating model railway layouts. Also for the very young our range of Brio railway for them to play with.

We are again providing step stools that can be borrowed (against a returnable deposit), so that children can better see the model railway layouts that are at the Show.

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Trade support at the 2019 Show:

Caistor Loco: All your model railway needs from a full set to a track pin.

CM3M Models: Specialist electrical and modelling products.

Hull MRS Second Hand Sales: The Society's sales stand has a large variety of second hand model railway and other items being sold by members.

Odbitz: Second hand books and selected scenic material.

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Demonstrations at the 2019 Show:

The 'Cullingdon Team' - keen to answer your questions on Layout Building.

Roja Jackson - modellling Glasgow's electrics.

Mick Nicholson - marking out and cutting

Societies:

None booked as yet.

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Getting to the Show

By car. Using a Sat Nav or the AA route finder use HU3 6JB; Walton Street is off Anlaby Road near to the KC Stadium. Please see the map below.

By Public Transport. The nearest railway and bus station is Hull Paragon Interchange. A number of buses will take you along Anlaby Road from the Interchange. You should alight at Walton Street.

A bus service is available from North Lincolnshire. the '350' Humber FastCat runs from Scunthorpe via Barton, where it meets trains from Grimsby, to Hull. A 30 minute service leaving Scunthorpe at 15 and 45 minutes past the hour from 0815 and from Barton Interchange 00 and 30 mins. The return from East Yorkshire Motor Services Bus Garage on Anlaby Road, is at 18mins and 48 minutes past the hour.There is also a bus service from Cleethorpes via Humberside Airport, 'The Humber Flyer'. Full details can be found at EYMS and Stage Coach Bus.

The train service is every 2 hours from Grimsby arriving at Barton Interchange at approximately 10 mins to the even hour. Full details of times can be found at the National Rail web site.

Please note that these are details as currently known. You are advised to check with the bus and train operators before travelling.

 

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