Forthcoming exhibitions:
Tony’s Forest is due to appear at the following shows. Some of these are provisional and subject to confirmation. Details will be loaded as they become available. I get quite a few enquiries at shows but sometimes the follow-up is delayed and there have been a couple of instances where I have had to decline invitations due to conflicting arrangements like holidays.
I will try to keep this list as up to date as possible.
2025:
29th and 30th March 2025 – Nailsea Model Railway Exhibition Nailsea School, Mizzymead Rd, Nailsea, Bristol BS48 2LE
7th June 2025 – Milton Keynes Model Railway Exhibition?
21st and 22nd June 2025 – Exeter?
26th June – Bridport Model Railway Show?
5th, 6th and 7th September 2025 – Welshpool?
11th October 2025 – ScaleSeven Group’s National Show, at Mark Village Hall, Mark, Somerset TA9 4NY.
18th and 19th October 2025 – Cardiff Model Railway Show, Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground, Sophia Walk, Pontcanna, Cardiff CF11 9XR
25th October 2025 – Narrow Gauge Now, Portland College, Nottingham Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG18 4TJ
1st November 2025 – 25th Annual Westbury Model Railway Show, West Wilts Gauge O Group, The Paragon Hall, High Street, Westbury, Wiltshire BA13 3HA
2026:
17th May 2026 – Stow Rail, Stow-on-the-Wold
10th October 2026 – Cradley Heath Model Railway Exhibition
Previous exhibitions:
Tony’s Forest has had the pleasure of attending the following exhibitions:
Farnham Model Railway Show (Aldershot), 12th & 13th October 2024
Swansea Model Railway Show, 14th & 15th September 2024
Oxford Model Railway Show, 8th September 2024
Barry and Penarth Model Railway Show, 6th & 7th July 2024
Mere Model Railway Show, 15th & 16th June 2024
Shrewsbury Model Railway Show, 1st June 2024
Bristol Model Railway Exhibition, Thornbury, 3rd to 5th May 2024
Sodbury Vale Model Railway Exhibition, Yate, 9th March 2024
West Camel, 30th December 2023
Uckfield, 21st & 22nd October 2023
Lydney, 23rd & 24th September 2023
Bala, 16th & 17th September 2023
Mendip 2023, Shepton Mallet, 10th & 11th June 2023
Jarrow, 20th & 21st May 2023
Small & Delightful, Compton Dundon, 24th September 2022
Ross-on-Wye, 20th & 21st August 2022
Hucclecote, Gloucester, 11th June 2022
SWING, Worthing, 21st May 2022
Narrow Gauge South, Eastleigh, 23rd April 2022
Macclesfield, 26th & 27th March 2022
Narrow Gauge North, Pudsey, 12th March 2022
North West Narrow Gauge Show, Rainford, 15th February 2020
Sodbury Vale Model Railway Club, Yate, 1st February 2020
Bristol O Gauge Group, UWE Exhibition Centre, Bristol, 26th January 2020
M5-M50 NGM, Corse & Stanton Village Hall, 19th October 2019
Lydney, 28th/29th September 2019
Stratford upon Avon Industrial & Narrow Gauge, 3rd August 2019
7mm NGA 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Burton on Trent, 8th June 2019
Cheltenham, 6th/7th April 2019
Ashcross has had the pleasure of attending the following exhibitions:
7mm NGA Convention, Burton on Trent, 9th June 2018
Narrow Gauge South West, 18th February 2017
Hereford Model Engineers Golden Jubilee Celebration, May 2012
Association of Larger Scale Modellers – Bolton Show, 25th February 2012
Folkestone, 3rd/4th October 2010
Northampton, 29th November 2008
Cotswold, 1st/2nd November 2008
Whiteways Transport Museum, Endfield, 27th September 2008
Nailsea, 29th/30th March 2008
East Bedfordshire, Biggleswade, 9th February 2008
Cheltenham, 5th January 2008
Wakefield, 23rd/24th/25th November 2007
Maidstone Silver Jubilee, 21st/22nd October 2006
Shenfield, 16th September 2006
Ely, 20th May 2006
Larger Scale Show, Reading, 6th May 2006
Larger Scale Show, Pontefract, 5th November 2005
Leighton Buzzard, 3rd July 2005
Bradford, 9th/10th April 2005
Canterbury, 22nd/23rd January 2005
Warley National Model Railway Exhibition, 4th/5th December 2004
Warrington, 4th/5th September2004
Twywn, 24th/25th July 2004
FireRail, Wolverhampton, 3rd/4th July 2004
Exeter, 29th/30th May 2004
7mm NGA Convention, Burton-upon-Trent, 8th May 2004
London (Alexandra Palace), 27th/28th Mar 2004
Preston, 10th/11th Jan 2004
Expo’NG, Swanley, 25th Oct 2003
Ipswich, 13th/14th Sep 2003
Porthmadog, 2nd/3rd Aug 2003
Rainhill, 1st/2nd Mar 2003
Doncaster, 8th/9th Feb 2003
Stafford, 1st/2nd Feb 2003
Wigan, 14th/15th Dec 2002
Quinbourne, 12th/13th Oct 2002
GUILDEX (Telford), 14th/15th Sep 2002
Chippenham, 18th/19th May 2002
Redditch, 11th/12th May 2002
Sutton Coldfield, 2nd/3rd Mar 2002
Manchester, 1st/2nd Dec 2001
Wirral (West Kirby), 27th/28th Oct 2001
Wolverhampton, 6th/7th Oct 2001
Gloucester, 15th/16th Sep 2001
Larger Scale Show, Swindon, 19th May 2001
York, 14th/15th/16th Apr 2001
Rochdale, 3rd/4th Feb 2001
Leamington & Warwick, 20th Jan 2001
MODRAIL 2000, Swindon, 25th/26th Nov 2000
Cheltenham, 28th/29th Oct 2000
LEO 2000, Leominster, 9th/10th Sep 2000
7mm NGA Convention, Loughborough, 13th May 2000
Small & Delightful, Shepton Mallet, 19th Feb 2000
Both Dyffryn and Abergwesyn attended quite a few shows but I didn’t keep a record of them!
In a long overdue tidy up I found some old information from which I have been able to construct the following list of exhibitions for Dyffryn. It is the best I can do and is not necessarily complete.
Bristol (Wales & West of England), May 1992
Fareham, April 1992
Kidderminster, March 1992
Merchant Taylors (Crosby, Liverpool), February 1992
Bristol (Brunel), November 1991
Cheltenham (GWR), October 1991
Aylesbury (Previous year’s best in show invited back but already booked for another show in 1990), October 1991
Thornbury, September 1991
Slough, March 1991
Expo’NG, Greenwich, November 1990
Blackburn, October 1990
Evesham, September 1990
Chatham, June 1990
Gloucester, October 1989
Aylesbury – (Best in Show), October 1989
Weston-Super-Mare, June 1989
Warrington, September 1988
Hardwick (South Gloucester), April 1988
Farnham, October 1987
Toothill (South Swindon), – Best in Show September 1987
GOG Trade Show at Gloucester, April 1987
Swindon, November 1986
Bridgend, September 1986
7mm NGA AGM at Derby, June 1986
Abingdon, March 1986
Gloucester, October 1985
Warrington, September 1980
Stand (North Manchester), November 1977
Warrington, September 1977
All of the Abergwesyn shows were in the North West of England as that was where we lived and before we passed driving tests we relied on the good will of Warrington Model Railway Club members for transport.