Scalefour Crewe 2023

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Scalefour Crewe 2023

Postby Richard S » Wed Mar 23, 2022 5:11 pm

An update on the Northern exhibition which the Committee have granted permission to be held in Crewe next year with the Crewe Area Group helping to organise.

Our venue is the main function suite of Crewe Alexandra FC which offers just over 400 square metres of exhibition space. There is a large pay and display car park next door and the ground is 5 minutes walk from Crewe station on the West Coast Main Line with transport links across the North, Midlands, Wales and beyond.

The date for the event will be Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th June 2023 with Friday 2nd for set up. The date is later than in previous years as we had to wait until the end of the football league season in order to secure the venue.

This message is both to update member's on the state of play on the exhibition and as a request for assistance in running the event. This includes duties such as the bring and buy stall, admissions and stewarding inside the venue. We will be feeding and watering all those who help out over the weekend.

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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby Tony W » Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:53 pm

Great news its to be held again. The Manchester Group is happy to run the Bring and Buy Stall.

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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby iak » Wed Mar 23, 2022 7:20 pm

Excellent news...
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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby ralphrobertson » Wed Mar 23, 2022 8:48 pm

Well done Crewe Area Group and thanks for arranging this for us all.

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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby Tim V » Thu Mar 24, 2022 1:54 pm

Perhaps a press release for the News would be appropriate?
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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby John Donnelly » Thu Mar 24, 2022 4:28 pm

Great news that S4N will be up and running again although, as a Geordie, I find it hard to contemplate that a show that is over 3.5 hours drive south from Newcastle can be classed as 'North' :mrgreen:

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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby Richard S » Thu Mar 24, 2022 5:08 pm

Tim V wrote:Perhaps a press release for the News would be appropriate?


Good call. Do you need something drafting or is this message of use?

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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby Richard S » Thu Mar 24, 2022 5:55 pm

Tony W wrote:Great news its to be held again. The Manchester Group is happy to run the Bring and Buy Stall.

Tony


Thank you Tony, that offer is greatly appreciated.

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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby Tim V » Thu Mar 24, 2022 7:14 pm

Richard S wrote:
Tim V wrote:Perhaps a press release for the News would be appropriate?


Good call. Do you need something drafting or is this message of use?


A press release would be better.
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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby Penrhos1920 » Thu Mar 24, 2022 7:44 pm

John Donnelly wrote:Great news that S4N will be up and running again although, as a Geordie, I find it hard to contemplate that a show that is over 3.5 hours drive south from Newcastle can be classed as 'North' :mrgreen:



I thought the same when I looked up a train journey from Teesside. It’s that little bit beyond Manchester that adds a lot of extra time to the journey.

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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby Jeremy Suter » Fri Mar 25, 2022 8:31 am

Penrhos1920 wrote:
John Donnelly wrote:Great news that S4N will be up and running again although, as a Geordie, I find it hard to contemplate that a show that is over 3.5 hours drive south from Newcastle can be classed as 'North' :mrgreen:



I thought the same when I looked up a train journey from Teesside. It’s that little bit beyond Manchester that adds a lot of extra time to the journey.


For somebody who has been to every Scalefour Nouth, South, Scaleforum and most AGMs for the last 35 years. Its nice to have one on my doorstep. I haven't actually seen the show properly in 28 years because of standing behind the Society Stores stand. Of Coarse, there is nothing to stop you setting up a Scalefour North east. I will happily make the journey and bring the stores with me. I will even take them to the far north of Scotland if a group want to put on a show up there.
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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby David Thorpe » Fri Mar 25, 2022 8:32 am

John Donnelly wrote:Great news that S4N will be up and running again although, as a Geordie, I find it hard to contemplate that a show that is over 3.5 hours drive south from Newcastle can be classed as 'North' :mrgreen:


Yes, I'm afraid it's a step too far south as far as I'm concerned.

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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby John Donnelly » Fri Mar 25, 2022 9:37 am

Jeremy Suter wrote:
Penrhos1920 wrote:For somebody who has been to every Scalefour Nouth, South, Scaleforum and most AGMs for the last 35 years. Its nice to have one on my doorstep. I haven't actually seen the show properly in 28 years because of standing behind the Society Stores stand. Of Coarse, there is nothing to stop you setting up a Scalefour North east. I will happily make the journey and bring the stores with me. I will even take them to the far north of Scotland if a group want to put on a show up there.


It's not the distance per-se, I shall be making the 4+ hour journey to Scaleforum this year to help man the Society stand for example. As I said, the Geordie in me thinks that I live in the 'north' which Crewe certainly isn't. :D

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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby MarcD » Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:36 am

The gauge O guilds north show is in Doncaster which again I wouldn't class as "the north" either. I would say that Crewe is the midlands but I live in the Lake District and I suppose if you live in "the south" then anything above Watford is "the north" as the sign on the M1 states clearly.

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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby Will L » Fri Mar 25, 2022 11:06 am

John Donnelly wrote:... As I said, the Geordie in me thinks that I live in the 'north' which Crewe certainly isn't...


A point of view thing I agree, but would you accept Manchester as North? From Newcastle I'd have though the difference was marginal. Exactly were the line between the Midlands and the North West is, is an interesting question mostly driven, I find, by which side of the line you think you live on. My wife has been muttering about having to live in "the north" for years (she's a Suffolk girl). I think "certainly" over states your case.

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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby Tim V » Fri Mar 25, 2022 11:17 am

From here, London is north of me, but also 125 miles East!
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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby jon price » Fri Mar 25, 2022 11:19 am

As an LNWR man I can unequivocally say that Crewe is in the Northern Division.
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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby davebradwell » Fri Mar 25, 2022 11:29 am

Although very pleased that a Spring(ish) show will resume, I think you're pushing things a bit calling it Scalefour North. Why not just call it Scalefour Crewe then we will all go happily. It is not far short of where I will probably stay for Scaleforum. The Geordies will probably need an overnight stay so it's the same for them as going to the main show.

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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby David Thorpe » Fri Mar 25, 2022 12:06 pm

davebradwell wrote:I think you're pushing things a bit calling it Scalefour North. Why not just call it Scalefour Crewe then we will all go happily.


Excellent suggestion, Dave.

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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby John Donnelly » Fri Mar 25, 2022 1:27 pm

Will L wrote:
John Donnelly wrote:... As I said, the Geordie in me thinks that I live in the 'north' which Crewe certainly isn't...


A point of view thing I agree, but would you accept Manchester as North?


I accept that, geographically, it is in the northern half of England but it is very much in the south of the north for me.

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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby Will L » Fri Mar 25, 2022 2:20 pm

MarcD wrote:I suppose if you live in "the south" then anything above Watford is "the north" as the sign on the M1 states clearly.

For a Geordie Friends, the Hatfield and the North signs on the A1 are probably more appropriate. We lived in Hatfield for a while so perhaps that coloured wife opinions.

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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby Steve Carter » Fri Mar 25, 2022 2:31 pm

WHATS IN A NAME?

Instead of fretting about what its called or how many miles away it is, how about thanking Richard and the Crewe Area Group for stepping up to organise the show for us all?

I am sure the Crewe group will deliver an excellent weekend for us all to enjoy and i expect members to give it the support that all the efforts of organising it deserve.

Thank you Crewe AG.

See you all there.

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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby Noel » Fri Mar 25, 2022 2:35 pm

Interesting to see that the debate was entirely about England, with no mention of Scotland!
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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby David Thorpe » Fri Mar 25, 2022 2:57 pm

Living half way up Scotland as I do, Crewe is very much in the deep south of this island. So why call it north when it isn't? Dave's suggestion was practical and accurate and avoids the Anglocentricity that might otherwise be indicated.

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Re: Scaleforum North 2023

Postby John Donnelly » Fri Mar 25, 2022 3:49 pm

Steve Carter wrote:WHATS IN A NAME?

Instead of fretting about what its called or how many miles away it is, how about thanking Richard and the Crewe Area Group for stepping up to organise the show for us all?

I am sure the Crewe group will deliver an excellent weekend for us all to enjoy and i expect members to give it the support that all the efforts of organising it deserve.

Thank you Crewe AG.

See you all there.

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You are of course, correct, my original comment was meant to be somewhat tongue in cheek hence the :mrgreen: at the end...


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