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History of a town
close to llangollen in North Wales a canal passes through the little village of Vivor-fan and is then carried South over the River dee by an astonishing aqueduct. Just walking along the towpath along that half mile is a challenging experience. One dares to look over the handrail and instinctively feels to make sure it is secure, the view is awesome because the river is 100 feet below. but i did dare and then back to the village end. at that spot is a fine restaurant and pub. it is quite properly called The Telford arms.
(Newport Pagnell)
and of a man
NeWPORT PagNell iS most reasonably proud of its ever lively history and of the imprint of that history. a great fuss is made as the visitor is shown the iron bridge but i think a little more fuss is called for. i am showing two pieces of one man’s work. The particular photo of Newport Pagnell’s favourite bridge was taken in 2002 and for some time it fronted the town’s official guide; thanks to subsequent developments that particular view is no longer possible.
May i suggest the town of Newport Pagnell owes a little extra recognition to Telford. it is a sad fact of english history that we are quick off the mark to erect statues of monarchs, politicians and other nonentities but we are slow to recognise the engineers and thinkers who actively improve our lives. GB
Olney Model Railway Club News
The club had another successful exhibition in early September. With eight layouts on show together with several trade stands where visitors could purchase models or take an interest in the full size railways. as usual refreshments were available with the stand manned by club members and supporters. The photos show club members running the oo fine scale layout, a view of the goods yard, and a close up of the terminal building
Notable this year were the number of “o” gauge layouts with some including sound. Proving that model railways are not always so serious was the layout depicting one of Suffolks best kept secrets, the FFodos Treacle Mine, where a seam of black treacle was found on the first of april 1901. The club exhibited its bridge end layout designed to show what a modeller could easily build in limited space at home. For those with even less space, The Fishley light Railway was built in 009 narrow gauge by Jack our youngest active member. This was Jacks first exhibition and he appeared to enjoy it.
On club nights work is progressing on the “home sized” n gauge layout. an interesting project in its early days is a layout based on american railways from the 1960s. You can read more
about it on our website “www.olneymrc.org.uk” .
Several new
members have joined
recently but we are
still seeking more
members of any level
of skill and
experience, from
beginners to experts,
to assist in building
the exhibition layouts,
to develop their model
making skills or just to run their trains on a much larger track than most people have available at home.
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The club meets every Thursday from 7.30 in the permanent club room behind the carlton club. Members have a wide range of interests from live steam models to n gauge. Just come along and join in or phone 01234 241686 for more details.