[modeleng] Re: exhibitions
- From: "Ron Head" <ron.head@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:21:39 +0100
Hi Brian
The ME exhibition at Sandown Park closes even earlier on the final day, at 3
p.m, presumably because the hall has to be cleared that night. I usually
avoid going to any exhibition on the final day for the very reasons that you
describe, it is very dispiriting to see the show folding up around you. As
for "last day" bargains - I can't remember the last time I saw any! And yet
folk still cling to the myth that there are bargains to be had on the last
day.
I think that if the organisers can't give us a full day's entertainment,
they should charge less on the final day.
Regards
Ron Head
Oxford
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Merrifield" <pprailway@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 10:11 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Donnington
> Hi Tony / Clif
>
> Can anyone let me have a date for next years Harrogate Show I am hoping to
> spend some time in Yorkshire next spring and it would be good to be able
> to
> take in the show while I'm there. I will be travelling up from Poole in
> Dorset and can confirm that it was a tad wet last week. While you were
> down
> here did you call in on the Bournemouth ME society track at Littledown?
>
> I am interested in the comments about the Donnington show, it is a long
> way
> to go from Dorset but three of us made the effort and enjoyed our day. I
> agree there seemed to be fewer models on display this year but I still
> found
> plenty to look at. We visited on the last day and the show closed at 4pm
> but by 3 O clock some of the stands were well on their way to being
> dismantled. I know many of the trades people have a lot of work to do
> before they are on their way home but as a member of the paying public I
> think it reasonable for the show to be fully open until the closing time.
>
> Brian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Tony Wells
> Sent: 25 October 2004 20:26
> To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Donnington
>
> Hello Clif,
>
> As I live only 25 miles from the Harrogate showground, I shall definitely
> be
> going there. You must let me know when you are going, so that I can look
> out
> for you! By the way, I have just come back (to Leeds) from a week in
> Dorset,
> and it rained like mad there too! My car did not exactly float away like
> those at Boscastle, but I am sure it tried once or twice!
>
> Tony Wells.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Clif Walker" <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 8:10 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Donnington
>
>
>> Hi All,
>> Having made the journey up from Penzance to the Donnington Show I must
>> say
>> that I was not impressed and in fact only spent just over three hours at
>> the show.
>> I thought that it was very "lack luster" and the £8.50 admission charge
>> way over the top.
>> Not a very interesting range of models which showed as I only took one
>> photo and that was of a loco under construction which was going to have a
>> very nice Backhead.
>> I heard on the grapevine that many larger models were not taken to the
>> show as for most people in meant taking a day off work and TEE would not
>> pay any expenses
>> I think that the high costs of trade stands also was obvious from the way
>> that on the machinery stands the equipment was crammed in.It was also
>> noticable that most companies that were there, had stands about a half of
>> their normal size.
>> The car park was exciting on Wednesday as because of the amount of rain
>> it
>> had turned into a sort of brown liquid swamp.
>> Met a few friends but had no contacts from my @ badge.
>> I will not bother again and shall stick to the Harrogate Show which I
>> think is still the best even if it is about 150 miles further on.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Clif
>>
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