After much hard work, the new clubrooms were ready in time
for their first Open Weekend on May Day Bank Monday. The
event was very successful and will be repeated again later in
the year. Neal Smith, the External Communications Manager
of East Coast said "The Bassetlaw
(North Notts) Railway Society has done a fantastic job in
refurbishing the rooms at Retford station" and
"They are the embodiment of East Coast's 'Adopt-a-Station'
scheme, working with us to give a real community feel to the
station and acting as our 'eyes and ears' to ensure we respond
to customers needs"
During his visit, Neal brought with him the unique
East Coast liveried HST set which was commissioned by
them for publicity purposes. The set is seen on
the club's 'OO' gauge Bassetfield layout during the Open
Day.
Over the coming months we intend to
continue with progress on the new rooms and in
association with East Coast, we are planning further
improvements to Retford station.
March
2010
New
Clubrooms
We are
currently in the process of cleaning our new clubrooms in
preparation for our grand opening over the Mayday bank holiday
weekend. Although in generally good condition, they have
been out of use for a considerable length of time and are desperately
in need of a little TLC.
We are hoping that representatives from East Coast, who
currently operate the trains on the ECML, will visit our rooms
over the holiday weekend to perform the official opening.
Further details will be posted on the open
days page on this web site once that have
been finalised.
The new rooms will enable the club to complete existing model
railway projects and also make a start new ones. There is
considerable interest within the membership to build a new 'N'
gauge layout, so this will be an ideal opportunity for this
project to get underway.
October
2009
Clubroom
Lease
Following negotiations with our landlords National Express East
Coast the club has now signed a new three year lease. As part of an 'Adopt a Station' initiative
introduced by
National Express East Coast, we intend to extend the use of
our existing clubrooms and also expand into currently unused
rooms at the southern end of platform 1. The 'Adopt a Station' scheme is
designed to promote the station and expand its use by the local
community.
We are hoping to have more frequent 'open days' when we will
welcome visitors into the Buffet. It is also intended to
open the rooms on occasions when steam locomotives visit the
station.
This is a fantastic opportunity for the club to promote the
railways in our area, which, after all, was one of its original
aims when it was formed way back in 1974.
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