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    Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Lawrence Wilkes
   Following the great day I had at Reddich, I feel compelled to organise a Thames Valley Legofest. Looking at the current calender - April Cheshire, May/June Southport - then a July event would avoid some clashes. Also would be a nice warm(?) weekend (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Simon Denscombe
     In article <FrCwMB.Jny@lugnet.com>, lawrence_wilkes@msn.com says... (...) I am completely against opening up a LEGOFest to the public: 1) Theft 2) Damage - I noticed at the 3 Fests I've been to is the care people handle the stuff. 3) Problems with (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Lawrence Wilkes
     (...) On second thoughts, is July to soon? Do we want one every month? What about end of August? regards lawrence (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Tony Priestman
     On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, lawrence wilkes (<FrCxJD.KnF@lugnet.com>) wrote at 11:06:49 (...) That's holiday time, and may limit the number of people who can attend. I think Jon's fest last year was mid September, which works for me :-) That spaces them (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Jon D. Hayward
     lawrence wilkes <lawrence_wilkes@msn.com> wrote in message news:FrCwMB.Jny@lugnet.com... (...) OK, so that's now cast in stone ;-) (...) then a (...) LegoLand (...) The Cheshire meet is intended as a mini-fest, so the next biggie will be Southport. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Richard Franks
     (...) How many folks are there in the London area that could help organise it, if it were to become the ELF? The other two countries being looked at are Holland and Germany (ie - they have people actively pricing up accomedation, halls, nearby (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Lawrence Wilkes
     (...) If they are already up and running, then perhaps we should let them go ahead this year. I cant see the demand for more than one Eurofest in the 2nd half of 2000. I am happy to go ahead with organising a thames valley one and would like (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Jason Briscoe
      (...) Well as I have not been to a fest for a while I say sooner the better!? But June.July, August or Sept is fine by me? Anyone fancy an Essex minifest before then? Regards, Jason (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
     
          Essex Minifest (was: Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest?) —Jon D. Hayward
       (...) 8-) Pick a date and a place, and provided that it doesn't clash with expected arrival of new baby at end of May, I'll be there! Jono BTW: due to unforeseen circumstances, I'm currently free during weekdays if anyone wants to trek down to Kent (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
     
          Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Chris Dee
      (...) Yes, barring other conflicts, I'd attend an Essex mini-fest. Chris (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Richard Franks
     (...) Sorry - what I meant is that there are people in those countries *thinking* about organising the ELF, the plan is that once there are two or three different possibilities, it will be put to loc.eu, and everyone will decide which one to go to, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Lawrence Wilkes
     (...) I see, its like the 2006 world cup then? Do we need to lobby parliment, or get some lottery funding to ensure it comes to the UK? Or perhaps we should have budget to visit all the sites of the nations bidding before we decide. Denmark should (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Chris Dee
     (...) prices. (...) Any time really, since I just missed out on the ReddiFest. Not sure about the public - I recall some threads somewhere about stuff going missing from the US train club meetings. Definitely keep fest-deals separate from public (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Lawrence Wilkes
     (...) Agreed. There had to be a huge amount of trust at things like reddifest considering the value and amount of stuff that was lying around unattended most of the day Thats why I suggested a roped off area for displays, and permanently manned (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Huw Millington
      lawrence wilkes <lawrence_wilkes@msn.com> wrote in message news:FrEzME.7DK@lugnet.com... (...) going (...) separate (...) sell to (...) buy (...) MOCs (...) need to (...) That's the great thing about them. I am not keen on public attendance. Rather (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Jon D. Hayward
      (...) Fair comment. Perhaps we should wait on the outcome of the Southport show... I guess that the public would mostly be on the lookout for cheap toys for the kids, either cut price current sets or el cheapo a la boot fair. Anyone genuinely (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
     
          Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Huw Millington
       Jon D Hayward <JonDHayward@Cableinet.co.uk> wrote in message news:FrF6qL.E7t@lugnet.com... (...) it (...) That's a good idea - perhaps on 50x50 baseplates (problems with curves notwithstanding) (...) line (...) around (...) bumpy... True... (...) (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
     
          Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Jon D. Hayward
      (...) I wasn't thinking of a modular approach, just of planning ahead as to how we could best use the given floor (table?!) area in order to have numerous trains running at any one time. Anyway, 50x50 are HTF now. 48x48 are common, but don't fit in (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
     
          Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Lawrence Wilkes
       my little sketch for the hall (not found yet, but in my imagination, already has a solution to the table vs floor train layout debate. I had sketched both! As the floor area is always limited anyway, I had in mind a largish floor level 9v layout, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
     
          Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Jason Briscoe
      (...) Great, but where are all the tables coming from? would we need to bring our own? Regards, Jason (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Scott Arthur
       (...) Quick Q : But does that not mean it falls off the table? Scott A (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
     
          Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Huw Millington
       Scott A <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote in message news:FrF6xB.Epv@lugnet.com... (...) Less likely than being kicked, I'd say, as long as there's someone sensible on the controls. Huw (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
     
          Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Scott Arthur
       Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:FrFM9o.2xv@lugnet.com... (...) it (...) sensible (...) I missed the kicking aspect. (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Tony Priestman
     On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Huw Millington (<FrF5C1.8ur@lugnet.com>) wrote at 15:53:05 (...) I'm with Huw on this one. I used to do model railway exhibitions, and you do spend a lot of time dealing with the public. Frankly, I'd rather be dealing with (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Huw Millington
      Tony Priestman <Tony@you-rang.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:CMyklDA90oz4EwB...n.co.uk... (...) I tell you what would be great fun - a LEGO bring and buy sale for charity. Public brings old LEGO - we rebuild sets - we sell back to public (after (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Jon D. Hayward
     (...) Sounds like fun... I could provide one or two spare parts (!), and I'm expecting a delivery of the Brickshelf scans on CD any day now... We would probably need some completed sets to sell up front, e.g. all those boring items found mixed in (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest? —Kev Holmes
   (...) Um, a thought occurs to me... "nearby" Legoland... Where's the nearest place to Legoland? Well, there's that great White House on the hill for starters... There's enough AFOLs that might be interested enough to make a proposal to TLG to take a (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
 

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