Southern Expo 28th/29th March 2020

[NARSES2]

I know we don't have a stand but I thought I'd flag this up as a couple of us normally attend as punters.

Southern Expo 2020 -28th/29th March 2020
Hornchurch Sports Centre
Hornchurch Rd
Hornchurch RM11 1JU

One of the larger South East shows, certainly the most cramped.

Plus I had heard rumours, but they are now confirmed it will be the last  I'm told because of increasing hiring fees and costs. They are looking for alternative venues apparently, but that might be a problem in this part of the world for various reasons. However here's hoping 

[Nick]

Southern Expo 2020
Hornchurch Sports Centre
Essex
RM11 1JU

http://www.southernexpo.co.uk/

10am to 5pm Saturday
10am to 4pm Sunday

This is one of the very few two day club shows. I keep hearing through the grapevine that 2020 could well be the last ever Southern Expo. The redevelopment of Hornchurch Sports Centre has a lot to do with it, but the lack of younger organisers and volunteers is an big issue.

[NARSES2]

Nick

See my previous post https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=47138.0

I'll combine this with mine

Chris

[NARSES2]

Well London Transport and the various privatised rail networks are conspiring against me (or aren't we meant to travel on a weekend ?), but I shall be there.

What's the mantra of the moment "Keep Calm and Carry On" ? Probably the one title Gerald Thomas and Peter Rogers never got around to 

[Nick]

Well London Transport and the various privatised rail networks are conspiring against me (or aren't we meant to travel on a weekend ?), but I shall be there.

What's the mantra of the moment "Keep Calm and Carry On" ? Probably the one title Gerald Thomas and Peter Rogers never got around to 

Are we meeting up on the Saturday or Sunday?

[NARSES2]

Saturday mate.

Under normal circumstances it's the better of the days for public transport, let alone when they are playing with the system.

[Nick]

Southern Expo is cancelled. It ends not with a bang, but a whimper....

From Peter Bagshaw (IPMS Hornchurch) on Facebook:

Southern Expo (28th & 29th March) in Hornchurch is Cancelled. As you can imagine we are really disappointed with this as this was to be our last show in the current venue but had no real choice due to events beyond our control.

Many thanks to all those who have attended our show in previous years and helped us raise a fairly significant amount of donations to St Francis Hospice.

[NARSES2]

Sad, but inevitable