Ally Pally - 15-16 Mar 25

[David Mylchreest]

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Parking in the end was (for me) very easy to pay for, but the Alley Paley staff (not the show organizers/stewards) in the building entrance were totally unaware of the parking arrangements for payment.

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I got the impression this afternoon that the car parks were closed, Big barriers across each of them so I drove on .

 

[simond]

A big thank you to both the organizers of the show and the stewards and I guess a big thanks for those working on their layouts and those demonstrating their building skills

A good range of interesting layouts across all the popular scales/gauges. Also a good representation from the trade, looked like less traders but a blessing as there was a lot more and larger rest areas.

One disappointment is the absence of specialist traders especially in the kit building discipline with only Squires in attendance.

Parking in the end was (for me) very easy to pay for, but the Alley Paley staff (not the show organizers/stewards) in the building entrance were totally unaware of the parking arrangements for payment.

Yet again a super if busy show.

John

I did look for you, to say "hello", and saw some FDM printed plug chairs at the S7 stand, but the chair was deserted...

next time!
Simon

 

[Tim Watson]

Ally Pally was a very busy show (especially the first day), although I didn’t see much of it until after lunch on Saturday. We just about got our new works in action on the revised fiddle yard tracks and they will be a good basis for future developments. The trains kept moving out the front which is the most important thing and the layout had a good crowd: many if whom were local to it.

Quite pleasingly, we got the ramp line to Mrs W’s yard working: it was good to see a small tank engine trundle up and down.

That all looks quite trivial, but engineering the removable fly over (?) under the NLR viaduct was quite a challenge as it spans three baseboards.

Tim

 

[Hayfield1]

John

I did look for you, to say "hello", and saw some FDM printed plug chairs at the S7 stand, but the chair was deserted...

next time!
Simon

Simon

Not me I am afraid, think it was a chap from the London/Middx S7 group. I could be wrong but its for a Scale 7 layout they are building. Plus I am not very good at resin printing

So far I will be at the S7 Albury meet and at the GOGA Kempton Park.

Love to both meet up and have a chat

John

 

[simond]

Cheers, John, well, I didn’t meet him either…

 

[Arun Sharma]

Ally Pally was a very busy show (especially the first day), although I didn’t see much of it until after lunch on Saturday. We just about got our new works in action on the revised fiddle yard tracks and they will be a good basis for future developments. The trains kept moving out the front which is the most important thing and the layout had a good crowd: many if whom were local to it.

Tim

Tim - You kindly answered my question regarding the location of the clock tower - I forgot to ask where the site of the Tylor chimney stack was - assuming that it doesn't exist today.

 

[Tim Watson]

Tim - You kindly answered my question regarding the location of the clock tower - I forgot to ask where the site of the Tylor chimney stack was - assuming that it doesn't exist today.

Here is the Metropolitan Cattle Market in full swing:

This famous photo is from Don McCullin “Sheep going to the slaughterhouse, early morning, near Caledonian Road, London.
1965” (Copyright Tate)

This photo is also, I believe, from Don McCullin.

It shows the Ebonite Tower. This material was used in battery production. One of our group worked there as a youngster: it was demolished in 1983 just after we photographed it and was previously known as the Tylor tower until 1955.

These images are from ‘Britain from above’




Information is so easy to come by nowadays, compared with 40 years ago.

Hope that helps.
Tim

 

[Hayfield1]

Cheers, John, well, I didn’t meet him either…

Simon

Both times I went past he was at the other end of the stand building something else, I cannot remember his name, but it might be George Morris

I might have a better idea after Albury

 

[Arun Sharma]

Here is the Metropolitan Cattle Market in full swing:
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This famous photo is from Don McCullin “Sheep going to the slaughterhouse, early morning, near Caledonian Road, London.
1965” (Copyright Tate)
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This photo is also, I believe, from Don McCullin.
View attachment 236231
It shows the Ebonite Tower. This material was used in battery production. One of our group worked there as a youngster: it was demolished in 1983 just after we photographed it and was previously known as the Tylor tower until 1955.

These images are from ‘Britain from above’
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Information is so easy to come by nowadays, compared with 40 years ago.

Hope that helps.
Tim

Thank you so much - I think I need to walk the ground to look at some of these places.

 

[oldravendale]

Thank you so much - I think I need to walk the ground to look at some of these places.

Sounds like a plan, Arun, but so much of the area has been demolished and redeveloped - in many case twice since those photos were taken - that even finding some of the locations will be difficult.

Brian

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

Sounds like a plan, Arun, but so much of the area has been demolished and redeveloped - in many case twice since those photos were taken - that even finding some of the locations will be difficult.

Another problem with areas like this where a large scale redevelopment has taken place, is the loss and/or diversion of the smaller side streets which changes boundaries and building footprints. Generally boundaries remain little altered and are usually a good guide but you do have to turn into an urban archaeological detective when working from old guide books and maps.

 

[Tim Watson]

The Belle Isle / Vale Royal area is virtually unrecognisable today when compared with the B&W images. This Google earth shows the whole area of CF, bearing in mind that Copenhagen Tunnel is 5/8 as long as it should be and our E-W dimension is very compressed.

Walking round the area probably wouldn’t be that enlightening.

Tim