September 2023 Meeting
Report from our Winter 2024 Newsletter
Sunday 10 September 2023
Falconwood Community Centre
Falconwood
This was one of our informal quarterly meetings where our members showed off their latest Meccano creations.
At around 2:30pm we had a short committee meeting, followed by the Model Tour in which members were invited to give a short talk about their models — in particular their entries for the Secretary’s Challenge!
At around 3:30pm Brian Leach gave a talk on electric cars.
The Railway Anniversary Models Secretary’s Challenge
This Challenge celebrated a couple of railway anniversaries:
- In January 1863 the first underground railway in the world opened between Paddington and Farringdon. It’s now part of London Underground’s Metropolitan Line.
- On 1st January 1923 the majority of railways in Britain were grouped into four companies, known as the ‘Big Four’.
The idea then was for our members to build a railway model of some type, ideally from either era mentioned above.