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WINCHESTER RAILWAY MODELLERS |
| WRM notable events |
| DATE | EVENT |
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| 15th July 1959 | First meeting called. 14 persons attended and agreed to form the Winchester and District Model Railway Club. Meetings to be held on Wednesdays every two weeks. Subscription £1 per annum! |
| A.G.M. 1960 | Maurice Graves elected treasurer, a position that he held for 47 years until his unexpected and sudden death in May 2007. |
| 1961 | A Club room was found at the Lawn Tavern, Eastgate Street Winchester. |
| A.G.M. 1964 | John Simcock was elected secretary. |
| A.G.M. 1964 | John Simcock was elected secretary. |
| February 1968 | The club was a founder member of the Wessex model railway Association. |
| 1968 | The club moved to new premises - the air raid shelter at Hyde Church, Winchester. |
| 1970 | The South Hampshire Association of Railway Modellers (S.H.A.R.M.) was formed. The Winchester Model Railway Club (as it was then known) was a founder member of the Association. |
| October 1971 | The first SHARM exhibition was held at Eastleigh Town Hall. |
| 1974 | The club once again moved premises, this time to Cricketers, Owslebury. The club occupied the first floor of the barn. |
| A.G.M 1975 | John Shaw was elected Chairman, a position he still holds. |
| October 1981 | SHARM moved its biennial exhibition to the Southampton Guildhall. |
| August 1986 | The club held an extra-ordinary general meeting to discuss the future of the club following the announcement that the Club Room would cease to be available in the near future. |
| August 1986 | The club held an extra-ordinary general meeting to discuss the future of the club following the announcement that the Club Room would cease to be available in the near future. |
| A.G.M. 1987 | Details of a proposed new club room in Itchen Stoke. An anonymous donation was received towards the cost of improvements. |
| November 1987 | Work started on renovating the new club room. |
| 2000 | Work started on the new 0 gauge exhibition layout “Abbotstone”. |
| 2006 | "Abbotstone" first exhibited |
| 2011 | Work started on the new 00 gauge exhibition layout “Redbridge Wharf |
| 2019 | "Redbridge Wharf" first exhibited |
| 2020 | Covid shutdown two days after exhibiting at Romsey. Redbridge Wharf stayed in its transit cases for 6 months |
| May &June 2021 | Redbridge Wharf appears in Railway Modeller |
| 2020 | Covid shutdown two days after exhibiting at Romsey. Redbridge Wharf stayed in its transit cases for 6 months |
| November 2022 | Redbridge Wharf wins teh Bachmann trophy for the best "OO" layout at the Warley show |
| December 2022 | The Warley celebration did not last long. The club was given notice to leave Itchen Stoke, its home for 35 years, by end of 2023 |
| December 2022 | The Warley celebration did not last long. The club was given notice to leave Itchen Stoke, its home for 35 years, by end of 2023 |
| December 2023 | Redbridge Wharf appears in British Railway Modeller |
| November 2023 | The club leaves Itchen Stoke and becomes peripatetic meeting at various venues around Winchester and Chandlers Ford. Abbotstone and Redbridge Wharf are stored in garages and garden sheds. |
| March 2024 | Redbridge Wharf appears in The Hornby Magazine |
| October 2024 | John Shaw is voted chairman for his 50th year, Pete Waterman gives him a special presentation at GETS Milton Keynes |
| October 2024 | Redbridge Wharf wins teh public vote for the best layout at teh Great Electric Train Show, Milton Keynes. |
| December 2024 | New club premises to the west of the county are announced. Move date TBD. |
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