The most significant news for this month is that we have now moved
into our new premises.
The amount of effort that almost every member of the group has put
in during the last few weeks has been incredible and due to this
massive effort we are now in the new premises much earlier than we
ever thought was possible.
We have paid the rent until the end of September on our old
headquarters, anticipating that it would be very late August or even
into the start of September before we would have shifted things
across.
But tonight on the 2nd of August we managed to get in 3 trailer
trips along with several large van trips in the one evening. This
has meant that all of our layouts, tools, cupboards and other bits
and pieces are now at our new site.
There is only a few odds and ends left to sort out and then the old
place will be completely emptied.
There is still a significant amount of work to do though as even
with everything shipped across we still have to put layouts back
together and set up storage space for the seemingly endless things
that get accumulated over the years. I can see that the local
recycling centre will be very busy for a time to come.
However we can now do this work whenever we like as we have access
24/7 rather than just a Monday evening at the old site where we were
beholden to the caretaker being on site.
Even better, our now premises are on the ground floor with no
stairs of any kind to struggle with when moving layouts to and from
exhibitions.
The only drawback is that there is no bus service to the new site
and the nearest bus stop is just short of a 1 mile walk. However
none of our current members come by puplic transport and either use
their own cars / motorcycles, or get a lift with other members.
But on the plus side there are nearby shops for food etc. and it's
a very pleasant spot next to a lake teeming with large fish.
All in all I think we are going to enjoy our new location very
much.
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John Essex
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