Shows and Exhibitions

Event Information:

• Sat

  14

  May

  2022

  Sun

  15

  May

  2022

  expoEM Spring 2022

  10.30 - 17.30Bracknell Leisure Centre

  expoEM Spring
  Saturday 10.30am to 5.30pm 14th May
  Sunday 10.00am to 4.30pm 15th May
  Bracknell Leisure Centre
  BAGSHOT ROAD - BRACKNELL
  BERKSHIRE - RG12 9SE

  Members £8.00 Visitors £10.00
  (Ticket is valid for both days)

   

  Confirmed Layouts as of March 2022

  • Dewerstone (EM)  GWR 1930s - Steve Sims
  • Sidmouth (P4) BR (S) 1950s East Devon - Richard Harper
  • Kirkmellington (EM) Scottish Colliery Branch 1970s - Graham Bucknell
  • South Pelaw (EM)   BR North Eastern 1950s - The South Pelaw Group
  • Plumpton Green (P4)  LBSCR c.1910 - Barry Luck
  • Westcliff (EM)   GWR ‘what might have been’ 1920s - Richard Butler
  • Pwllheli (P4)   GWR Cambrian line terminus 2000 - 2012 era - Ian & Jonathan Buckie

  Plus

  The six finalists from the Chairman's Challenge

  Chitterne - Richard Simpson - Sarum Finescale Group
  Lochty - Andrew Cundick
  Quarry Lane - Gwynne Chivers
  Severn Lane - Alan Jones
  Stonehouse St James - Andrew Ullyott
  West End Drift - Graham Hudson

  Guest layout

  Foston Mills - 7mm  NER East Riding Yorkshire - Electric Loft Ladder Company

  Trade

  247 Developments           Alan Gibson
  Bill Hudson Transport Books           Branchlines               Brassmasters
  C & L Finescale Track Building Systems                         Dingo Servo Mounts
  Eileen’s Emporium           High Level Kits        Isinglass Models
  Judith Edge Kits     London Road Models    Mike King (Southern drawings)
  Model Railway Developments           Prickley Pear Products
  Roger Carpenter Photographs Roxey Mouldings Steam Age
  Stoneybridge Structures & Model Sounds      Suttons Locomotive Works
  Transport Treasury Publishing        Wild Swan Books Ltd

  (Ambis Engineering is unable to attend due to medical & logistical reasons)

  EMGS Trade Stand and Society Apparel

  Visiting Societies

  Great Western Study Group     -     MERG (Model Electronic Railway Group)     -     Missenden Railway Modellers

  Demonstrators

  Karl Crowther - Signal construction
  Tony Gee - EM the Manchester way (Featuring some of Sid Stubbs rolling stock)
  Vernon Harrod - Kit and scratch-built Coaches and other rolling stock
  Chris Hewitt - Resin Casting and Moulding
  Ray Hodson - Resistance Soldering
  Mick Moore Wagons - and their loads (See MRJ 238/39/241)
  Ian Rathbone - Painting & Lining
  Roger Sawyer - Soldering for beginners
  Phil Tattershall - Bull-head Trackwork construction
  Graham Vickery - Architectural Modelling
  Geoff Kent - Modelling in plasticard

  EMGS Test Track

  Members Sales stand

  Catering

  The Centre catering service will be offering sandwiches, paninis, tea, coffee etc. Regrettably there will be no hot food available as after privatisation the kitchen was closed down, as was the licensed bar.  As an alternative there is a Harvester pub, The Horse & Groom, by the roundabout at Devonshire Way. There is also a large Sainsbury’s Superstore on the A322 about 1/2 mile towards the M3 which has a Starbucks serving, we are told, their usual fare plus paninis, sandwiches, etc.  A short walk from the Centre is a petrol station which has a Waitrose shop attached stocking sandwiches, pies, confectionery etc.  A little further on there is KFC with upstairs seating available. The town centre has a number of eating places including The Old Manor, a Wetherspoons pub, although the town centre is quite a walk away.
  Failing that you could, of course, bring your own.

  Getting there

  By Car:
  M3 Junction 3 (5 miles) take the A322 - Bagshot and Bracknell direction.  M4 Junction 10 (4 miles) take the A329(M) and continue on A329 (Berkshire Way) to the “Twin Bridges Roundabout”. Take the A3095 exit (Devonshire Way) for 1/3 mile until the roundabout at Bagshot Road (A322). Follow the brown tourist signs to the “Sports Centre”. There is free car parking on site.
  By Train:
  The Sports & Leisure Centre is a short walk from Bracknell station (about 1/2 mile).  Direct services are provided by South Western Railways to/from London, Waterloo and Reading every 30 minutes during the weekend.  Connections at Reading for Cross Country and Great Western Railways services.
  It would be wise to check for engineering works especially for Sunday travel.
  By Bus:
  All routes operate from Bracknell Bus Station (adjacent to the railway station)  Saturday. Routes 4, 171 (return) 172 (out), 194 to and from the Sports/Leisure Centre: all routes operate every 20/30 minutes.  Sunday. Same routes operate to and from the Sports/Leisure Centre operating approximately hourly. Google Bracknell Bus Routes for more detail.
  Greenline Bus. Route 702 operates a direct service between London Victoria and Bracknell daily every hour. Check with Greenline Buses for times.