Well, we turned up at Southall today. We knew it was going to be small, but not that small.
It is very sad to knock fellow enthusiasts when you can see that they were all trying so hard, with dozens of newly made direction signs, and were very friendly. Unfortunately they were hemmed in by restrictions and fences so the only thing on offer was 30-yard brake-van rides.
I think the problem is that they have rather over optimistic marketing. One (or two?) small buildings doesnt make a Railway "Centre". To hold an Open Day, and then say that their other two working engines were out on loan elsewhere is bad planning. (Not that they would have had anywhere to put them if they had been on site.)
I wish Southall Railway
Society all the best, but hope that they will drop their over-grand marketing.
