Quarterly Report

Sarum Finescale were thrilled by the appearance of our layout Navigation Road in the September issue of British Railway Modelling. It is some months since Jamie Warne came to photograph and video the layout and we have been eagerly anticipating the results. We were most impressed with what he and… Read More »September 2023 Report

In pre-Covid times, the ‘Merry Month of May’ contained two of the best exhibitions in the south of England: expoEM Spring and Railex Aylesbury. This year, Group members were able to go to both – and we were not disappointed. In addition to viewing some excellent layouts, there is always… Read More »June 2023 Report

The first meeting of the New Year saw the welcome return of Richard P to Group meetings, bringing with him his Finney T9 which he has built to P4 standards. Painted in Drummond LSWR livery, the lining has occupied him for many, many hours. His patience has been rewarded and we… Read More »March 2023 Report

During the Autumn, the test track has been brought back into use and seen a large variety of locomotives and stock running in both 2 mm and the three 4 mm gauges. We have been impressed by a number of the new locomotives produced by the major manufacturers, especially when comparing their… Read More »December 2022 Report

Group meetings this summer have seen lower attendances. One reason is that a number of us caught Covid, although always from sources other than club nights. Mercifully, none of us has been badly affected but it is a reminder to be careful. The other factor has been the high temperatures… Read More »September 2022 Report

May seemed like a return to former times with Group members exhibiting at two shows on successive weekends – Chitterne went to Bracknell and Navigation Road (MRJ 266) was reinvigorated for the Salisbury and South Wilts RS’s exhibition the following weekend. Both received many positive comments. How great it was… Read More »June 2022 Report

The American writer Damon Runyon’s character Feet Samuels had ‘feet as large as violin cases’ which ‘go off at different directions under him’. When he stood on a street corner guys would ‘make bets on the proposition as to which way Feet is headed when he is standing still.’ Club… Read More »March 2022 Report

We have continued to meet fortnightly apart from the evening of Monday 1 November when the village in which our clubroom is located was without power following high winds and power cables down. At least, unlike the aftermath of Storm Arwen, power was restored to the village within a day.… Read More »December 2021 Report

Following the easing of Government restrictions we have returned to our (more or less) fortnightly meetings. Most members have attended at some stage and there has been much catching up of personal experiences in recent months. The test track has been brought back to life and has seen a variety… Read More »September 2021 Report

Step 3 of the Government’s road map, Monday 17 May, coincided with a possible Group meeting. Mike H checked that we could gain access to our club rooms, and eleven members duly gathered. Although it was about a year since most of us had met, we carried on where we… Read More »June 2021 Report