The next meeting of the Guild will be on the 15th. March in the Methodist Hall, Leyland. Find Us On the 5th. Oct, we held a meeting at Leyland. Chris. Harris made a You-Tube video. The link is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fzvyYacYRk Pictures of the exhibits at this and at the Bury Transport Museum  appear  on the https://nwmg.edmundwatson.com/index.php/2025/01/13/news-end-of-2024/…

News Early 2024. On the 18th. February the Guild was invited to put on a display at the British Commercial Vehicle Museum. 6 members were able to attend at quite short notice and were able to fill several tables with an interesting collection of models. Some of these are shown below. Click on them for…

The Big Model and Hobby Show at Formby High School. 5th. Aug. 2023 The Hands-On Plastic Meccano Workshop was busy. At 24 models were made by visitors. Some are shown here. Chris. Harris has made a video of the Meccano Display at this event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtlzxS7_kIA Family Days at the Meadows Library in Maghull. Maghull was…

Ellenroad Steam Museum 5th. March The Guild was invited to exhibit in the Engine House on a Steaming Day. Visitor numbers appeared to have recovered after the problems of recent years. A large number of children enjoyed our collection of interactive models and there were many interested adults. 6 members were present and filled 7…

Oswestry 18th. & 19th. June. 4 Members and one ex-member went to this event organised by the Clwyd Veteran & Vintage Machinery Society. As usual we were in the former gymnasium of a Royal Artillery Training together with displays of model buses and the Much Marcle Railways . As was appropriate, 3 guns made from…

6th. March 2022, Small Display at the Ellenroad Steam Museum. 5 members were able to exhibit at the Museum. There were fewer visitors than at our previous visits but all the yummy cakes quickly  disappeared. The 3 large engines were running a lot of the time. The boiler is now hand fired. The stokers have…

This model was made from the “Motorized Movers Set 5” by Chris. Harris. He is hoping to put a video of it working on You-Tube soon. The 1970 Set 7 Manual –   Manure Spreader with a Tractor designed by Chris. using some more recently introduced parts. Ashley Simmonds has contributed this Model Fire Escape based on…

his model was made from the “Motorized Movers Set 5” by Chris. Harris. The 1970 Set 7 Manual –   Manure Spreader with a Tractor designed by Chris. using some more recently introduced parts. Ashley Simmonds has contributed this Model Fire Escape based on a Meccano magazine model from April 1961. It was not intended to be…

August to December 2015. Annual General Meeting, 14th. October 2015.      This was held at our usual venue, the Methodist Church Hall in Leyland. Jean Damp and her assistants served the usual lunch of hot-pot and apple pie. Perhaps the most notable models on display were two heavy trucks by Geoff. Burgess. Before the meeting proper,…

Ellenroad Steam Museum,  5th. April 2015.      Three members exhibited in the former boiler room  of the old mill as well as George Barrett, one of the large number of volunteers who not only keep the engines going but also bring more into operation. Not shown in the photographs were Dick Watson’s Blocksetter and Ian Corlett’s…

Engineering Fun Day at Heron Mill at Beetham near Milnthorpe. 11th. October       This is an event organised monthly in the Barn at Heron Mill by some of the Volunteers. About a dozen children of various ages attend regularly. On this occasion the North West Meccano Guild was invited to provide materials and assistance. An additional…

19th.& 20th. July Masham Steam Rally.     Only two members attended this event, but two other exhibitors came with Meccano displays. The electricity supply was much improved by Mark’s suggestions and so the whole marquee did not have to be supplied by the guild’s extension leads. In spite of rain on Saturday, there was a good…