Ok first news item is that Architectural Model Castings has now changed its name and is now trading as Pendlebury Model Buildings. They hope to have a new web site up and running very soon. I will update this news item with new web site address as soon as possible.

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Also some news for G Scale Society members the new G Scale Journal is now out and should be with you anytime soon.

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Volume two of Railways in your Garden has now been released. It can be ordered from Atlantic Publishers who can be contacted by email - atl@totalise.co.uk - or from Garden Railway Specialists in oxfordshire, website and address in links section.

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This is not a real news item as such but it has been brought to my attention that there is a small model railway shop in cookham selling L.G.B track at very competitve rates so they maybe worth a call before ordering large amounts of track to see what they can do price wise.

Marlow Donkey Railways The
Old Bank High St
Cookham
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 9SJ
UK
Tel: 01628 819262

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Ok then i now have a website address for Pendlebury model buildings. They can be found at www.pendleburymodelbuildings.com

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G-Rail is the convention and Annual General Meeting of the G Scale Society. It is held each Spring.

G-Rail 2003 will be held on Sunday 27th April 2003

10:00am to 5:00pm (AGM at 2:00pm)

and will again be at BLETCHLEY LEISURE CENTRE,
Princes Way, Milton Keynes, MK2 2HQ

Layouts and Full Trade Support

Area Groups

Members Sales Stand

Raffle and Members Sales

Members Area

Refreshments Available All Day

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Ok if are looking to add to your railway now that the better weather is here be sure to give Garden Railway Specialists a visit as they have a sale on all LGB track untill the 31 of March 2003. They all so have reductions on other items such as buildings and bridges untill the 30 of April 2003.
Tel - 01844 345158
Web site - www.grsuk.com

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Saturday 10th May 2003
The Association of Larger Scale Railway Modellers show. This covers all scales from O gauge upwards, which does include G scale (as well as the larger sit-on railways).
Rivermeed Leasure Center, Richfield Ave, Reading - 10am onwards.
(A small entrance fee will apply)
Our area group has a show stand at this show.
For a map, go to http://multimap.co.uk and enter RG1 8EQ