Model Rail show at Severn Valleys Highley Engine House,

What a perfect setting for a model rail show, The Engine House at Severn Valley in Highley.

Transcript

00:00so we've got wire forest display Kidderminstern what's your name sir

00:07my name's Owen Jenkins and you were saying Owen this layout is nearly as old as you

00:12yes the basis of the layout is 50 years old yeah it was a previous member and he originally had

00:22it as a layout called loose chippings oh okay unfortunately about 12 years ago he passed away

00:29a couple years later his widow asked the club to clear out the shed and we rediscovered the

00:40layouts in the back of the shed so you've brought it you've brought it back to life yes yes so brought

00:46it back to life a simple restoration rather than a full restoration yeah because I wanted to keep

00:55Roy's original layout intact as what was he so it's Roy what was his last name Roy Edgington yeah

01:01of course Edgington on the sign there yeah yeah so once I'd done the sympathetic restoration yeah

01:07um I decided to rename the layout after Roy oh that's a lovely little touch yeah I renamed the

01:14layout Edgington yeah yeah and got it back into the the public um perception sort of thing for all of

01:23us to enjoy well fair play to you sir well done hopefully it will go on for at least another 20-30

01:29years before I have to step up to a bigger gauge because I can't see what I'm doing

01:35so here with 32 foot of track is the Sussex club hello sir hello what's your name boss Ian Redmond so you've

01:42been so highly before Ian yes we have we came last year with my colleagues layout uh hillside park

01:47and we've been asked to come back again this year with castle rice you've gone super sized haven't

01:51you this year with 32 foot of track that's right yes it is yes and what do you think of it down here

01:56have you had a chance to kind of explore the area and the seven valley and and stuff previously

02:00back last year on the uh we invited back to go down the seven valley railway last year yeah so my colleague

02:05came back in august last year did the railway we we walked down to the uh the ship which we're staying at

02:11this weekend yeah uh we haven't done a lot of errands falling around here but uh you know we come back

02:16again another year perfect setting for this kind of event isn't it yeah anything like that well we

02:21want to see if you know um i deal with the bluebell railway so yeah i want to show up through our way in

02:26the carriage so yeah i think the railway with railway inside is always nice to have awesome well

02:33enjoy the rest of your day and safe trip back sir thank you thank you

02:46thank you

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