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    Hhmm, Jon, it's not the First of April, is it? Get your slide rule out. Take any of those prices. Divide by 1.20 And you get the price EX(clusive) of VAT?
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    Dear friends At the risk of blowing my own trumpet, the next meeting of the IRRS London Area (by ZOOM) is on Thursday 10 December at 7pm. With Lance King in Ulster 1957 - 65: Part One - The Great Northern I shall be showing over 150 photographs in colour taken by the late Lance King between 1957 and the end of the Derry Road / Warrenpoint Branch in February 1965. I shall take you on a journey from Belfast to Derry (not a huge amount on the Derry Road - Lance never seemed to get great light when visiting - about 30 slides in all), but then returning to Portadown for some very fine shots on the main line to the Border and the Warrenpoint branch in some detail. Mostly GNR steam - perhaps a dozen LMS locos to illustrate a particular theme. Even a few B Class diesels on passenger and goods. Lance was a superb photographer, so even if the commentary isn't great, the pictures will be! Simply apply to get on our e-mail list (via irrslondon@hotmail.com) which means you will get codes for all future online meetings unless you unsubscribe. We will then automatically send you the Zoom code for the meeting. To tempt you: UTA No.66 (GNR 201 Meath) near Scarva. Lance King Collection, copyright IRRS
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    I'm not sure if my Class WT can pull sixteen of these - but I'll have a go ........... Running out of siding space!
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    Great stuff, Fp7. Wonder where you got the wagons from - they look familiar!
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    Post UK to the Republic seems pretty variable. Two recent parcels from me to customers got there is a week or less, yet my letter and card of condolence to Glover's family never arrived. Thank goodness phones work!
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    Happy Birthday, Dave. I hope that you got lots of nice pressies of collectable models!
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    To help the waverers on this book - the full contents. Note the misprint page number, but Co Antrim seems to get a good slice?
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    Great stuff, Patrick, the vans look super in the fictional livery. BUT, the real treats are the buildings - I'm very envious of your stationmaster's house - just terrific. Richhill needs one for Mr McDonald and his family. The very clever gent who built my goods shed, cabin and station building was supposed to do the house as well - then he got caught up in modelling modern wagons 'n things ........... Looking forward to seeing it progress. Leslie
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    I suspect that there will be a lot of stuff seen before, I'll be able to tell when I see the book - due on 26 November, by the way. The two views on the publisher's website are one old, one new - to me at least! The big difference will be in the way they are printed. Lightmoor are right at the top of today's publishers for quality - the dull prints of yesteryear are a thing of the past - these will delight, if I'm any judge.
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    Patrick There is a chapter entitled Narrow Gauge Compounds so we can assume the Ballycastle; and The Boat Train - Ballymena and Larne. Hope that makes the content clearer? Leslie
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    OR, for your 20ft flats I'll sell my CIE 20ft container flat kit (easiest kit in my range) - see http://www.provincialwagons.com/cie-wagons/ send me a PM if you want more info.
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    Yes, I have to agree that their spelling of Carndonagh was entertaining - made more amusing today as I have a young man who went to school in Buncrana fitting my new heating boiler! The perils of modern spell-checkers are probably to blame, I suspect. AOL regularly changes PETTIGO FAIR (house name, remember) to Pettifog Fair
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    Patrick The description only mentions the GCT - I'll provide a lot more info when the book lands here. (from darkest Gloucestershire). Leslie
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    Ah, David, I had no idea that you were one of The Brethern - I'd have given you a much better deal on wagons ...... Now, to quote Dave, I know a man ........ (who has some of these under the layout somewhere!). And yes, you're right - I am a lot more than upset over Brexit - had to change my nationality .......
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    This new book has 224 pages. 275x215mm. Printed on gloss art paper, casebound with printed board covers. Unlike his previous two narrow gauge albums which covered the whole of the British Isles, this is solely IRISH NARROW GAUGE and of black and white photographs. So you can sit back and in the company of Michael Whitehouse, who has once again delved deep into the family archive established by his late father P.B. ‘Pat’ Whitehouse, which includes the work of many other well-known names such as W. ‘Cam’ Camwell, Henry Casserley, A.W. Croughton and Ron Jarvis, revel in the joys of a visit spanning the fifty year period from circa 1910 to around 1960 and mostly to the remoter parts of the country. The Syndicate will be selling this book by post, profits to Irish Preservation, as always (No.171's new tubes in particular). £25 UK only plus a token £1.50 for post and packing I'm sorry that I can't supply to the Republic, as the postage is almost as much as the book! I'm seeking a way round this impasse! I'll put up a sample page or two when they arrive. PM me, or e-mail me if interested. Leslie (Provincial Wagons and The Syndicate) Just a thought, if you're buying a pile of kits from me, I can put everything in the same box and save on the criminal postage!
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    Yes, I wish I hadn't sold mine - it would pay for more steam locos!
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    Robert Yes, their works are indeed a work of art. When I first saw No.22 on their stand at Scaleforum North in Wakefield he had a completed model of North Eastern Railway 2-Co-2 No.13 built for the NER York - Newcastle electrification. We'll have to get Mike to produce an electric as designed by HENRY EOGHAN O'BRIEN for the LNWR? Leslie
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    Robert I showed the prototype, in brass, at Bangor in 2019. My description used then follows - Mike and Judith Edge are noted for their etched brass kits of unusual diesel and electric locos and one of their latest is this little locomotive built by Harland & Wolff for the LMS in 1934. After working as No.7057 in the Chester and Heysham areas, she was returned to Belfast in 1944. Re-engined with a larger 225hp engine, she became NCC No.22 and continued to shunt at York Road until the early 1960s. She was scrapped in 1965. The kit requires wheels, buffers, a gearbox and motor. See the built loco on my stand and a sample kit, which should be fairly easy to construct. If you give me your e-mail address, I will send it to Judith who can then deal with your order. From Robert's comment above, it didn't evoke many sales, although I know two - I'm waiting for Richard McLachlan to build mine (alongside his own). Leslie
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    Airfixman, You won't be seeing a Vol 2, I'm afraid, as this was pretty well the lot. As GMore says, he probably took several views of the same thing. Certainly Henry Casserley did, which explains why he took over 500 photos in the same week. However, patience, patience - you never know what will turn up .......
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    No, NOT about Riley cars, but DICK RILEY a famous English photographer whose photographs have adorned many books in the past. In this new volume, Michael has selected about 80 photographs (published one per page) taken by Dick Riley during a single, busy, week-long visit to Ireland in May 1950. It was the only visit Riley made to Ireland and he made very good use of his time. The photographs are from the Transport Library collection and are well reproduced in this small hardback landscape book. Riley journied from Belfast (BCDR, NCC and GNR) through Dundalk, touching the DN&GR, the three main sheds in Dublin, Bray, the Cavan and Leitrim, Clones, Enniskillen, Sligo, Strabane, Co Donegal, the Swilly, the NCC lines from Derry and finished in Ballycastle with a couple of nice photos taken six months before the end of that narrow gauge line. Michael has provided an informative, readable caption for every photograph, full of technical, historical detail with a fair sprinkling of anecdotes. Only available directly from the publisher - https://totempublishing.co.uk/product/riley-in-ireland-by-michael-mcmahon/ Highly recommended. Leslie
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    It is with great regret that I have to pass on the news of our friend Glover passing “to his reward”. Behind the pseudonym was a quiet, much-loved family man – Aidan Dunne. I received a letter from his wife Barbara yesterday, telling me that he had passed away in early August. I had been in touch with her, after Aidan expressed a desire to see his work retained in some way. I made some progress with that back on August. I last met Aidan exactly a year ago, at Blackrock, when he bought the CIE Cattle kits which you can see, superbly built and finished, in an earlier post on the Glover’s Workbench thread. Take a look at that thread and the Pettigo Co Donegal thread to see some very fine scratch-building – what we modellers of an earlier era have to do. He showed great ingenuity and skill to produce just the coaches and other rolling stock which he wanted. Please join me in passing on condolences to Aidan’s wife Barbara, daughter Paula and the rest of the family circle. May he Rest In Peace. Leslie
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    Very sorry not to be at Raheny this weekend both to sell kits and drawings, but also to meet our customers face to face. As you go into Lockdown, we wish you all well. Stay at home and show me up with your modelling efforts! Most of all - Keep well. Regards Leslie (Provincial Wagons) and Richard (IRRS Drawings) PS Thanks to the wonders of technology, I WAS in Dublin tonight, courtesy of IRRS to see Ciaran present Joe St Ledger's films. Well done Ciaran, Shane and team.
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    Hi all OPEN FOR BUSINESS AGAIN - ORDER NOW Now that my arm has got most of its functions back - well enough to drive my Smart Car again - it's time to get to work. I have quite a backlog of orders for kits and so I am visiting my home, after three months away, to collect things I need to fulfil the existing orders. I'll be in Frimley until Saturday, so if you want anything, NOW is the time to shout! Thanks to several of you for your patience! Regards Leslie PS, I assume the the Post office is still delivery at home?
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    Ah, my faux pas has resulted in your super piccie of this delightful Ivatt (?) creation. Could a C Class really have replaced such a splendid loco? They certainly didn't give as many miles / years of useful service!
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