AV News 182 - November 2010
Wilmslow Guild AV Group - Outing
Howard Gregory
There is a tendency to talk only about audio-visual matters at AV meetings, so
each year we end the season with a social outing. This gives an opportunity for
members to get to know each other better in a 'non-AV' context. The better that
members know each other, the more honest and receptive they will be when
discussing each other's work. Everyone benefits from that.
We try to visit somewhere with a photographic/AV interest and include
something which would be difficult to do as
an individual. This year Jack Heathcote
organised a visit to the East Lancashire
Railway, north of Manchester on Sunday
25th July.
Early starts were the order of the day for
members travelling from a distance, as the
visit started at 9.30 am. There were
numerous photographic opportunities in
the workshops where Flying Scotsman,
amongst others, was stripped down for a
(very) major overhaul. In the busy signal
box the crash of shutters almost drowned
the crash of levers. Repairs in the carriage shed brought back memories of
repairing old car bodywork - steadily stripping back the rust in the hope that
there was sound metal somewhere.....
Lunch in the excellent station buffet - where else would you get a
ploughman's lunch including 3 cheeses, a substantial salad, ham, turkey,
pickle, pickled onions and a large fresh roll for £2-95 - and there was just time
to visit the transport museum before boarding the 2 pm train. For reasons
beyond our control, all services were 'heritage' (ie obsolete) diesel hauled. A
slight disappointment though no one seemed to mind too much - I think we
were all glad of the opportunity to sit down. I was able to add to my (for some
reason fairly small) collection of Class 37 recordings.
It was getting on towards 5 pm when we disbanded - many thanks to Jack
for his excellent organisation and to the extremely welcoming staff of the East
Lancashire Railway for a really enjoyable day out.
Anybody making a sequence about it? (Howard Bagshaw did! Eds)
Great Northern Festival
3rd to 5th December 2010
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Closing Date for Entries 13th November 2010
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