This page gives a summary in date order of events of many clubs and societies, exhibitions and other events of interest to the historical modeller: naturally our own Area Group meetings are included.
If the exhibitions, meetings or other events of your (model) railway club or society are open
to interested visitors, but are not included here please send us details so we may make
this page as comprehensive as possible.
The listing here is given in good faith, but the HMRS cannot be held
responsible for any errors or inaccuracies in information arising from outside
the Society.
July 2008 |
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Wed 9 Butterley |
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Steam in Spain - Part 2 |
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HMRS East Midlands Area Group | |
Fri 11 Harman’s Cross, Nr Corfe Castle |
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The Salisbury Accident of 1906 - Still an Enigma? |
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The Purbeck Railway Circle |  |
August 2008 |
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Sat 2 - Sun 3 Southwold |

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SOUTHWOLD MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION |
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Waveney Valley Model railway Club | |
Sat 9 - Sun 10 Wells |
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Railwells |
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Wells Railway Fraternity | |
Sat 9 - Sun 10 Llandudno, |
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Model Show Wales 2008 |
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Venue Cymru |  |
Wed 13 Butterley |
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The Midland Railway at Rowsley |
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HMRS East Midlands Area Group | |
Sat 23 Needham Market |
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Needham Market Model Railway Exhibition |
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One Model Railway Club | |
Sat 23 - Mon 25 Butterley |
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M&SC Extra Special Open Days |
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HMRS East Midlands Area Group |  |
September 2008 |
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Sat 6 - Sun 7 Telford |
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Guildex 2008 |
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Gauge 'O' Guild | |
Wed 10 Butterley |
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The East Midlands Area Group AGM and Modelling Evening |
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HMRS East Midlands Area Group | |
Thu 11 Brighton |
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Soldering in Locomotive Construction |
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HMRS Sussex Area Group | |
Sat 13 Butterley |

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Researching & Modelling the LMS and its Constituents |
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Historical Model Railway Society |  |
Fri 19 Swanage |
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Members' Short Contributions. |
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The Purbeck Railway Circle |  |
Fri 26 Great Baddow, Nr. Chelmsford |
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The Class 306 EMU |
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HMRS Essex Area Group | |
Sat 27 Butterley |
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M&SC Open Day |
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HMRS East Midlands Area Group |  |
Sat 27 Saltford |
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More Midland in Swansea Vale |
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HMRS Bristol Area Group | |
Sat 27 - Sun 28 Leatherhead |
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Scaleforum |
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Scalefour Society |  |
October 2008 |
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Fri 3 - Sun 5 Great Missendon |
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Locomotive Kit Construction |
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Missenden Abbey Railway Modellers Weekend |  |
Fri 3 - Sun 5 Great Missendon |
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The Craft of Scenery |
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Missenden Abbey Railway Modellers Weekend |  |
Sat 4 - Sun 5 Romford |
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53rd Annual Model Railway Exhibition |
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Ilford & West Essex Model Railway Club |  |
Wed 8 Butterley |
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to be confirmed |
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HMRS East Midlands Area Group | |
Thu 9 Brighton |
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to be confirmed |
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HMRS Sussex Area Group | |
Fri 17 Swanage |
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Joint Film Evening with the Purbeck Film Festival |
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The Purbeck Railway Circle |  |
Sat 25 - Sun 26 Glasgow |
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Cathcart Model Railway Exhibition |
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Glasgow & West of Scotland MRC, Clydeside MRC and Renfrewshire MRC. |  |
Sat 25 Linlithgow |
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Scottish GOG |
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Gauge 'O' Guild | |
Sat 25 - Sun 26 Cardiff |
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23rd Cardiff Model Railway Exhibition |
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Sat 25 Saltford |
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Maurice Deane Remembered - his slides |
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HMRS Bristol Area Group | |
Wed 29 Bletchley |
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Illustrated Talk |
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HMRS Bletchley Area Group | |
Fri 31 Great Baddow, Nr. Chelmsford |
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Driver - Manager , days in the life of . Peter Manley |
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HMRS Essex Area Group | |
November 2008 |
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Thu 13 Brighton |
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to be confirmed |
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HMRS Sussex Area Group | |
Fri 14 Swanage |
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The Southern: A Celebration |
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The Purbeck Railway Circle |  |
Sat 22 - Sun 23 Birmingham |
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National Model Railway Exhibition |
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Warley MRC | |
Sat 22 Saltford |
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Saltney Works, Chester by the author of the GWR Study Group book |
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HMRS Bristol Area Group | |
Wed 26 Bletchley |
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Steam Locomotives in the London area in the 1950s and 1960s. |
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HMRS Bletchley Area Group | |
Sun 30 Butterley |
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M&SC Open Day |
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HMRS East Midlands Area Group |  |
December 2008 |
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Wed 10 Butterley |
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Social Evening - Mince Pies and Models |
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HMRS East Midlands Area Group | |
Thu 11 Brighton |
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to be confirmed |
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HMRS Sussex Area Group | |
Sat 20 Saltford |
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Sheep Pasture |
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HMRS Bristol Area Group | |
January 2009 |
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Fri 16 Swanage |
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Swanage Railway .. to Wareham and the future |
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The Purbeck Railway Circle |  |
Sat 17 - Sun 18 Calne |
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Calne Model Railway Show 2009 |
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Bentley Model Railway Group |  |
Wed 28 Bletchley |
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Film Clips |
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HMRS Bletchley Area Group | |
February 2009 |
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Fri 20 Swanage |
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Repatriating Coaches to the Swanage Railway |
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The Purbeck Railway Circle |  |
Wed 25 Bletchley |
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Maintenance and Renewal of Permanent Way |
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HMRS Bletchley Area Group | |
March 2009 |
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Fri 6 - Sun 8 Great Missendon |
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The Railway Modellers’ Weekend |
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Missenden Abbey Railway Modellers Weekend |  |
Wed 25 Bletchley |
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50 Years of Railway Modelling |
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HMRS Bletchley Area Group | |
April 2009 |
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Fri 24 - Sun 26 Great Missendon |
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Electronics for Railway Modellers |
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Missenden Abbey Railway Modellers Weekend |  |
Sat 25 Bletchley |
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Cambrian Railways |
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HMRS Bletchley Area Group | |
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