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Our next
exhibition will be on 17th November 2012
at Admiral Lord Nelson School, Portsmouth
Previous Exhibitions
Nov 2011 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
The South Hants Model Railway Club was formed about forty years ago from the Portsmouth Circle and South Hants Railway MRC. The clubrooms are at Fort Widley, to the North of Portsmouth. Fort Widley is one of a line of red brick forts situated on Postsdown Hill built to defend the city from Napoleonic hordes arriving from the North (a line of forts in the Solent exist to defend it from the South). Deep within its bowels, near the entrance to one of its extensive underground passages, are our clubrooms.
Our club is a very active one with a continuing programme of layout construction, operating club layouts and demonstrating at exhibitions around the country and, of course, holding our own annual exhibition every March becoming November from 26/11/11.
The club currently has about thirty members from a wide geographic area with members from Romsey, Southampton and West Sussex, as well as the odd one or two from Portsmouth! We have two working exhibition layouts:
There are also three layouts under construction, in EM Gauge, Scalefour and O Gauge.
The normal club night is Thursday from about 8pm although the clubrooms, where we have exclusive use of two large rooms, are available for members to use at other times. The club is very friendly and we like to feel it is easy for new members to quickly "feel at home". There is the chance to contribute to any project (or projects if you wish) and the opportunity to learn (or to teach!) and to exchange ideas with other members. Club meetings usually end with a visit to a local pub for those who are that way inclined - generally most of us!
We feel our club is something special. We don't expect all our members to be expert modellers (although some certainly are) but we constantly strive to improve our own standards and try to encourage everyone to "have a go".
If you think our club would suit you, why not come up and see us one Thursday evening. We are always quite happy to entertain guests and prospective members.
If you would like more information about us please contact our Secretary:
We look forward to seeing you.
If you have any comments or suggestions about the Web site please contact web@shmrc.co.uk
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Last updated: 08 January, 2012