Another new venue for the Guild; a lovely sunny drive across the New Forest to the National Motor Museum on the Beaulieu estate. The collection housed within spacious but very full, split level display halls has everything from Malcolm Campbell’s original Bluebird, through an eclectic mix of Austin, Bentley, Morris, and TV and screen related … Read more
It was a bright autumn morning when we arrived at Statfold Barn. The site had ‘something for all the family’: rope slides, adventure play areas for the kids, a miniature ride-on railway, a fine collection of vintage buses and traction engines, and what we came for… an excellent collection of narrowgauge locomotives. After the usual … Read more
A beautiful hot sunny day awaited us for our first ever visit to Aerospace Bristol; housed in WW1 Belfast trussed hangars, and dedicated Concorde G-BOAF hangar. 15 members and their guests gathered for a catch up and coffee before dispersing around the well laid out collection. These are all Bristol and Airbus related subjects from … Read more
It was our first event since the AGM weekend way back in March and eight members arrived down on the Surrey / West Sussex border for a days sketching and painting at the delightful Gatwick Aviation Museum. Although not connected in any way to London Gatwick Airport, the museum is located in the village of … Read more