Bacup Miscellany: 2nd: Prose and Verse by Local Writers Past and Present

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It focuses on the causes of the Second World War and seeks to show how and why conflict occurred and why it proved difficult to resolve the issues which caused it. Particularly useful are down-to-earth (pun intended), "obvious once you think about it" ideas such as the above.

I also located a large enough length of flat board to enable me to begin construction of the pointwork for the station throat and began soldering. As such (and as I am about to embark on firing up the jigsaw and visiting the woodyard for a supply of timber), with a few offcuts of wood and some old chipboard that I had laying around, I thought I would mock up the scenics a bit, with the trackbed raised, just to make sure it would look as I had hoped and also to work out the best location for the houses I've constructed so far. Still a few more to do but it seems to be the best way of ensuring that the columns themselves are vertical and actually reach the platform (or near as dammit), rather than hovering at a jaunty angle. In 1998, grant-maintained status was abolished by the government of the day and the school became a Foundation School.The photos show how good the RFP photographers were - they knew their trade and provided fantastic snapshots, moments caught in time that I know people enjoy seeing. I did think about the Dapol canopy but it wasn't quite right for the location, and I do love scratchbuilding buildings for some mad reason. I also started to add rudimentary column bases to the station canopy and affixed it (and the platform buildings) to the platform. The valancing and planking on the sides of the canopy are from Plastikard embossed 2mm planks, with the 'v' shape cut into the base of each one. The station is without a doubt the most complex structure on the layout and as mentioned, if I didn't get that looking something like then there was no point in continuing.

There are 12 pitches, each one glazed with the one above the longer platform building being only partly so. What I have lost in size of goods yard should hopefully be made up for in operational (shunting) interest. I had the book on the go for the last six months and I kept picking it up and putting it down, but my family encouraged me to finish it off.

Once happy with it, I cut out the side sections and then the plastic rodding to the width, with plastikard for the non-glazed sections. You can change your cookie preferences at any time and find out more about our cookie policy by following this link.