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200 Club – Q4 winners
We’re delighted to announce that the Q4 2020 draw took place on Sunday 10th January 2021, and the results are as follows: 1st prize – Tom Cunnington – £153 2nd prize – Mrs A Blackburn – £51 3rd prize – Chris Ibbotson and Ian Strugnall – £25.50 each Congratulations to our four winners. If you …read more.
Jan 10, 2021
Bulletin 518 – Out now!
Edition 518 (Jan-Feb 2021) of the Club’s bi-monthly Bulletin is now available online in the members’ area of the website, with posted and email copies on their way over the next few days. It’s another 16 page edition – with space for Barry Witham to tell us why Sierra Leone is a paradise for modellers, …read more.
Jan 1, 2021
Done Any Modelling Lately?
MRC President Tim Watson takes a look back at 2020 2020 didn’t start like any other in the Watson household. We had almost completed a four month massive rebuild of the back of the house to make it wheelchair-friendly for Cecily: family Christmas dinner was achieved with some ingenuity laced with dust, but it took …read more.
Dec 29, 2020
AGM 2020 – Report
The 2020 AGM took place on 3rd December, by Zoom call. This gave the opportunity for several people who wouldn’t normally be able to attend to join the call. The formal minutes and summary of the issues discussed in the informal section will be issued in 2021, but here is a quick summary. Voting The …read more.
Dec 6, 2020
“Trains Around the World” – now on line to watch
In a brief window between lockdowns, we were delighted to welcome Chris Jackson, the Editor in Chief of the Railway Gazette Group to Keen House to present “Trains Around the World” – The travels of an international railway journalist. We recorded the talk, and you can view it here: Please subscribe to the channel when …read more.
Nov 28, 2020
AGM – Thursday 3rd December 2020
The Annual General Meeting will take place as traditional on the first Thursday in December – but this year will be entirely on Zoom. There will be nobody at Keen House. The paperwork has been sent by post, but is attached below as well. The formal meeting starts at 7.30pm, and after the formal AGM …read more.
Nov 10, 2020
LFORM – 2021 Update
The uncertainty caused by the ongoing Covid-19 virus situation has led to the reluctant decision to cancel this exhibition, planned for 20/21 March 2021. We are in the process of telling the 40 layouts we had all lined up, and it will become more well known in the next few days. Until then please don’t …read more.
Nov 6, 2020
Chairman’s Update – 18th Oct 2020
Dear Member As many of you will realise, London is now on a tier 2 Government alert for COVID. The Club started to meet again in person in July when previous restrictions were lifted; with many thanks to Hugh Smith and others who have helped to keep us within the rules. It is obviously problematic …read more.
Oct 18, 2020
St Ives – In OO gauge
MRC member Paul Frabricius’s layout “St Ives” features in the November 2020 British Railway Modelling magazine – here’s a bit more about the inspiration, and a link to a video of it OO Gauge. Approx 10ft x 3ft. Fiddle Yard 8ft x 1.5ft BR Mid 1950-60s As a child I spent summer holidays on the …read more.
Oct 18, 2020
200 Club – Q3 winners
We’re delighted to announce that the Q3 2020 draw took place on Friday 9th October, and the results are as follows: 1st prize – Steve Gadzio – £153 2nd prize – Rob Noble – £51 3rd prize – Mrs A Blackburn and Rob Noble – £25.50 each Congratulations to our three winners. Rob proves that …read more.
Oct 11, 2020
Club Nights restart from 30th July – but with restrictions
We’re delighted to confirm that following changes in the rules and a thorough consideration by the Committee, we are able to start to reopen Keen House. This follows a meeting on site at the weekend to run through the plans and check they could work, as shown above. This will be under fairly stringent conditions… …read more.
Jul 27, 2020
200 Club – Q2 winners
We’ve drawn the results of the Q2 2020 200 Club – congratulations to our four winners: 1st Prize £156 Mike Pugh 2nd Prize £52 John Jesson (yes, again!) 3rd Prizes £26 Pete Colton and Alan Treacher As cheques are more problematic at the moment, if the Treasurer hasn’t got your bank account details, please get in …read more.
Jul 18, 2020