A reasonably good weekend at this years Diesel weekend. The sales and information stand was out and set up close to the wheels and frames of the loco. It was no worse as far as fund raising was concerned being just a few pounds down on last years event. This was partly due to the location of the stand. Those that found us had a good selection of items to choose from and there were also plenty of interest in the new 75H Sheffield Park Loco Shed badge!
On Sunday Matt Holloway spent the afternoon grinding high spots on the front left wheel and then filling the low spots. His aim is to have a locomotive in a finish that we can all be proud of! Some of the smaller pieces he has painted are magnificent, and I believe that the locomotive as a whole will be equally as good!
We are now gearing up for 4 days at the Flying Scotsman event, I am sure it will be a lot of hard work, but hopefully rewarding and lucrative for the fund! Below is the list of events we are aiming to be present at in one form or another.
April 14th to 17th - Flying Scotsman event - Sheffield Park
April 22nd - Wealden Railways Group exhibition - Steyning, West Sussex (http://wealden.weebly.com/)
May 13/14th - Branch Line Weekend - Sheffield Park
May 27/28th - Lego Weekend - Sheffield Park
June 24/25th - Model Railway Weekend - Sheffield Park
July 1st/2nd - Food Fare - Sheffield Park
August 19/20th - Seaside Weekend - TBA
September 23rd/24th - Steam through the Ages - Sheffield Park
September 23rd/24th - Worthing Model Railway Exhibition - Durrington (http://www.worthingmrc.co.uk/mrc/annual-exhibition/)
October 6th/8th - Deltic Weekend - Sheffield Park
October 14/15th - Shareholders Weekend
November 4/5th - West Sussex N Gauge Model Railway Exhibition - Angmering (http://www.wsng.co.uk/Show%20details.htm)
There may be some of these dates, mainly in italics that we will not be at, but we do aim to hit all on the above list.
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| Yours Truly getting his hands dirty a couple of weeks ago! |
Chairman - The Fenchurch Fund
Project Manager - PROJECT 27
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