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This gallery gives a brief look at various aspects of Warley MRC from its inception to the present day

 

Warley Model Railway from Geoff Broadway on Vimeo.
An early meeting of Warley Model Railway Circle

Standing: Phil Phillips; Bob Mevis; ??; ??
Seated: Dennis King; ??; ??; Bob Gumery; ??; Dave Mee

 Bob Gumery, older & wiser than in the picture on left, but at the time a staunch supporter of our move to the NEC
The first railway built by members of Warley Model Railway Circle.  Photographed in 1968 prior to attending the Worcester MRC exhibition in September of that year. A younger Dave Edwards giving operating instructions for Halesowen to Mark Johnson & Ken Callaghan at the Harry Mitchell Centre
The year is 2000 & the team contemplate the long trek home from their hotel in Bremen after displaying Broom Junction and Vic Halliwell's "Hallbury"

John Davey; Dave Glascott; Mike Williams; Alf Fantham; Vic Halliwell; John Coulter 

 Dave Glascott contemplates Nancledre in 2004
The Warley Sunday Team celebrate the first trains to run in their new clubroom; 10 April 2005

Roger Horton; Alf Fantham; Phil Johnson; Dave Glascott; John Seward; Simon Stanley; Dave Hudson

 Pete Waterman unveils the commemorative plaque, while club president John Allison sits unaware that he is about to be honoured by having the new clubroom dedicated in his honour; 11 June 2005
July 2009 club running day and Ron Horton surveys a 00 layout, with Dewsbury behind him where student member gets to grips with the lever frame
July 2009 club running day with Alf Fantham & Dave Hudson carrying out DCC work in the modelling room On the road - members take the morning sun in Tremadog 2001
Dave Glascott and Ron James "on offer" - Tremadog 2001  
"But grand-dad I prefer the blue one!"  Malcolm Strong and Andrew Horton at 2010 running day, where the O gauge group discuss the merits or otherwise of a turquoise buffer stop.
whilst the scale7 group get to grips with the fiddle yard and the 00 boys debate whether Andrew Horton was correct or not.