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40th ANNIVERSARY
EXHIBITION SOUTHPORT MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION
OVER Saturday and Sunday,
28 September to 29 September 2013, the Southport Model Railway
Society (SMRS)
will be holding their 40th Annual Model
Railway Exhibition. If you are not from Southport and wish to go,
the event will be well signposted from major roads into Southport.
"This is a special event celebrating 40 years of Southport Model
Railway Society and our 40th consecutive Annual Exhibition. Our
event is to be hosted in Birkdale High School, PR8 3DT, and will be
open from 10:00 to 17:00 on both days. We have massive free car park
off A565 opposite Nixons Lane, for Sat-Nav use PR8 3ES. We have keep
the same prices this year as in 2012, and are as follows:- Adults
£5, Children 4 to 15 £3, Family (of 2 adults + 2 children) £14.00.
We have 23 Layouts, Full range of 21 Trade, 15 Societies and 6
Demonstrators. We have specially selected 6 large layouts Liverpool
Lime Street (from Fylde), Kirby Stephen West (from Huddersfield),
Pen-Y-Bont (from Bury), Great Western Railroad (from East
Yorkshire), David Howel's Hornby Tinplate (from Crosby) and Hilary
Finch's Krachin Upem (from Southport) which are supported by others
from Carlisle, Workington, York, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Abergele,
Ruthin, Alsager, Malpas and across North West. Plus if the weather
permits us, we hope to have Live Steam rides outside! Merseyside
Transport Trust, from Burscough, are returning after successful
trial last year to operate on our behalf their free Classic Bus
Service to and from Ainsdale Station. Timings are at 10.18 and half
hourly to 16.18 on Saturday and 10.05 and half hourly until 16.05 on
Sunday. Not forgetting we will also have all day refreshments on
offer, at fantastic prices, making this a cheep and enjoyable day
out for the family!" said Tony Kuivala, SMRS Exhibition
Manager. He also added that:- "On Sunday morning we warmly
welcome our Mayor and consort, their Worshipful The Mayoress of The
Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Councillor Maureen Fear and Mr Frank
Winrow, who will ward our various prizes. To mark our 40th we have
introduced a special feature. Slidescans is a service being offered
to our patrons. Do you have old images on Slides? These decay over
time. We will convert up to 4 of your slides into digital format at
no cost. This touches a newly emerging trend." from what we
have been told, this will be a fantastic event! |
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Aircraft 'turnrounds'
at JLA are amongst the best in the UK for on time departures.
PASSENGERS choosing to
travel via Liverpool John Lennon Airport are more likely to have
their flights operate on time compared to flights operating from 10
other top UK airports, according to the latest results published by
the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
Figures for the 2nd quarter of 2013 covering the period April to
June, show that the overall on time performance of scheduled flights
(defined as the proportion of flights arriving or departing early or
up to 15 minutes late) at the 10 popular UK airports monitored was
81%. At JLA however, some 93% of scheduled flights operated on time
over this period, highlighting that flights operating from and to
Liverpool are some of the most punctual in the UK.
When compared to elsewhere in the
North West, Manchester Airport remained in line with the UK airport
average, with 81% of scheduled flights reported as being on time.
Liverpool's figure of 93% was a slight improvement over last year's
impressive second quarter figure of 92%.
Paul Staples, Airport Director for JLA commented:- "These
latest statistics go to show that the hard work spent improving
operations and the way in which aircraft are serviced here at
Liverpool continues to really pay dividends. Our airline customers
are delighted with the service they receive at JLA and when choosing
where to fly from, passengers across the region have the confidence
of knowing that more flights operate on time from here than at many
of our competitors." |
