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  • Birthday 18/04/1949

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    Wychavon (South Worcestershire)

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    I am a 64 year old Englishman who has long found Irish railways fascinating because of both their similarity to and difference from the railways in the UK. Save for the fact that my younger son's father-in-law came from Dundalk, I have no connections with Ireland whatsoever. I do, however, have the same birthday as the republic. That's probably where my interest comes from!

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    Railways (full size and model), cats (Siamese and Bengal), American oval racing, Sunderland AFC

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    Retired Chartered Engineer

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  1. Warley at the NEC has re-invented itself as Warley at Statfold on 12th/13th October. That is excellent news. Stephen
  2. An interesting photo looking out of the GNR(I) passenger station rather than into it, if that makes sense. Stephen
  3. I know Guinness was mentioned in the first paragraph but I was simply pointing ou that it wasn’t on the list of industrial sites with their own locos. Stephen
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    Murphy Models Mk2d

    They’re on eBay already. Stephen
  5. It’s not the first and it won’t be the last. Some time ago Wyre Forest and more recently Leamington & Warwick have thrown in the towel because they couldn’t stage a show at the right price. Both were good shows and still missed. On the other hand there are plenty of good shows around, eg Cheltenham, Wells and Ross-on-Wye, the latter put together by the local Rotarians, not a railway modeller amongst the but a first rate show nonetheless. The point about volunteer run events is well made, never enough people coming forward to help. Stephen
  6. It would appear to be not just the UK government that is to blame for the decision to throw in the towel. A sad day indeed. Stephen
  7. We had to give Bayley renal medication by syringe every day and he played his part by co-operating and making it so easy for us to help him. No other one of our 12+ cats has been so good like that. Enough about our love for our feline friends, let’s get back to Irish railway modelling. Never before has there been so much support for such a small market. Long may it continue. Stephen
  8. Thanks for your thoughts on reducing the role of kidney failure in feline deaths, very interesting. We did something similar for our Bayley and managed to keep him alive and comfortable for a good few years. He was a lovely boy and we still miss him. His passing left a big hole in our lives. Stephen
  9. I take my hat off to you, sir, for your services to the felines of the Canaries. We had three Bengals, Lily will be 16 later this year, Bayley was 13 when we lost him to kidney failure two years ago, while Lucas will be 12 later this year. Stephen
  10. I like the cats. Are they orientals/foreigns? Stephen
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