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thames valley section
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Visit to Lord McAlpine's Private Museum in Fawley Sunday May 21st 2006 |
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Lord McAlpine opens his private
museum/collection to the public 4 or 5 times a year, however
admission is strictly by invitation only. We were fortunate
enough to be invited to this amazing place on Sunday 21st May.
The centre piece of the museum is a working steam railway and a mile
or so of track which runs up and down a steep track through the
estate passing by Llamas, Deer and Wallabys!
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On Display inside are simply hundreds of
model railway engines of all sizes plus some going round a number of
tracks. The museum is filled with all sorts of Railway
memorabilia from old signs to a complete departure board from
Brighton Railway station. There is also some automotive
memorabilia and 3 real cars - a Jaguar, a Rolls Royce and a Bentley.
To give you an idea of the wide range of other articles of interest
at the museum these 3 cars are displayed around a full size model
Rhino!
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Despite the torrential rain a good
number of members turned out and we lined up a good selection of cars
beside the signal box. The cars below are Les Paul's 1750 GS saloon,
Michael Haines 3.0 GTV, Liz and Peter Loftus' Lancia Fulvia Zagato, Philip
O'Hara's SZ, new members Christine and Peter Wicks' 2600 Touring and John Timms 156 V6
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| Despite the weather this was a great afternoon out and if you ever get the chance to go, I would highly recommend it. |
