Well, what can i say.
A great weekend at BRME
Parkstone had it's first outing at the exhibition. I don't think i have ever met so many people and heard so many stories of the goings on in Parkstone.
They vary from the happy ones to the, well, REALLY!
A lady said she use to get the train from Wimborne to Parkstone to go to school,(and kids these days moan about a half mile walk) use to sit and eat a lollipop while waiting for the train in the evening.
A gentleman told me, one day he was walking over the road bridge and heard something different coming up the bank, he said he had to wait to see what it was. He was shocked or should you say surprised to see Cock 'O' the North hauling Greasley stock the day after D-Day.
Another Lady to start with couldn't really remember much of what was there but on viewing the goods shed end of the layout suddenly seem to remember bits, she said, you know, i do remember that being there. On leaving she thanked me for bringing back some happy memories of her childhood.
One guy was certain that it was not Parkstone, he was quite adamant about it. said he lived in Parkstone and that ain't Parkstone, consequently stormed off. Ourselves and people viewing the layout around us found it quite amusing. I'm not sure if there is another Parkstone but he sure doesn't know his own area.
You can tell, i like these stories,
Bit like the Big Bang Theory, you watch one episode and another quickly follows. As they say,
so here's another one.
I had an interesting chat to a guy who new Quite a bit about George Jennings and had some photo's and drawings that i have never seen before. He also bought in a fabulous model of an O gauge "George Jennings" for us to see.
I also got to meet some friends of Colin Stone who wrote the book "Rails to Poole Harbour"
and am looking forward to meeting him.
These are just a few of the stories. I could go on but lets just say that i never dreamt that a layout i built could generate so much interest, nostalgia, memories, acquaintances and stories.
Even my Boss turned up
I hope everyone enjoyed the show, i certainly did.
It's only February but this has made my year.
Thankyou to everyone concerned
See you at WIMRAIL
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