The Festival of British Railway Modelling 2024

The Festival of British Railway Modelling, held at Doncaster Racecourse

Transcript

00:00 [Background noise]

00:09 My name's Phil Parker and I am the features writer for British Rail Modelling Magazine,

00:14 the organisers of the Doncaster Model Railway Show.

00:17 Now this show has been going on for, getting on for 30 years.

00:21 It takes place here at the Doncaster Racecourse every year.

00:24 Incredibly popular, queues round the block.

00:28 We bring you at least 30 model railway layouts from around the country every year,

00:33 plus 60 of the best traders, because everybody likes a bit of retail therapy.

00:38 And we bring them all into one place this weekend every year.

00:44 It's very much not a dying hobby. Ignore all the dooms that they do to people.

00:49 There are people coming in, there are more people coming into shows,

00:52 there are more people spending money, there are more manufacturers coming into the hobby as well,

00:57 they wouldn't be coming into the hobby if it was a dying hobby.

01:00 But the most important thing is, if you look at these people, they're here, they're having fun,

01:04 they're building their model railways, this is a real source of pleasure for people.

01:10 And their passion and enthusiasm is what's driving this forward,

01:14 and why it's very much not a dying hobby.

01:17 [crowd noise]

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