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Leicester Model Railway Group
A personal history by Brian Gillespie.
I joined the LMRG in October 1959 at the annual auction held at The Church of the Martyrs in Westcotes Drive. The group soon moved its monthly meetings to Charles St. Baptist Church. These were held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. January was the AGM, August the exhibition briefing, October the auction, and December a film show. The others were guest speakers. When we first moved to Charles St. we had to use 110v projectors as the church was still on the old tram electric circuits.
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Leicester Model Railway Group History
The following records have been summarised from Club records kept since the clubs' inception, by Brian Gillespie, the current club secretary.
1949
The first meeting was held at The Martyrs Church Hall on Westcotes Drive on 15 February 1949 with 18 people attending, with membership starting from 15 May 1949.
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The following catalogue was scanned by our former member Tony Ingall who writes:
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The following catalogue was scanned by our former member Tony Ingall who writes:
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The Leicester Model Railway Group was formed at a meeting held on February 15, 1949, at the Martyr’s Church hall, Westcotes Drive, Leicester.
The first committee meeting was held on April 30. The subscription was set at 10/- for adults and 5/- for junior members. This was to stay unchanged until 1965.
The first clubroom was in the loft at the rear of Mr R Pepper’s shop in Church Gate (Apex Craft). It was here, on April 17, 1952, that the group held its first ‘track night’.
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