Sunday the 14th March - open day at Graham Atkinson's 'Scarborough Fair Collection'

[Trevor Johnson]

Originally Posted by jupiter1957

Just wanted to say we went to the open day. I'd seen your notice on here and thought it would be a lovely treat for my hubby's birthday. So we went and my daughter, son-in-law and little grandson aged 21/2 years, what a brilliant day it turned out to be. It was £5 entry each and you could have as many rides as you wished while there. Because we weren't sure what the refreshments would be we took a packed lunch with us, but we still had a cuppa inside and a lovely piece of cheesecake. It was really worth the £5. After we left there we went straight into Scarborough for tea and a walk round. The family took the grandson onto the beach as the tide was going out. We returned home tired but happy. my husband said it was one of the best birthdays he'd had for a long while.

Thank you very much for your kind comments about our open day, I am very pleased that you all enjoyed it. For a first effort at organising a model show it proved very successful and I would like to thank all the exhibitors for attending.

From the feedback received on the day from both visitors and exhibitors it would appear that people would like this to become a annual event and so I am delighted to say that due to this we are already working on confirming a date for next year.

The atmosphere was very good and it was nice to meet old friends as well as making new ones. Certainly the new fairground rides proved popular and dare I say it on a steam forum so did the new Mortier dance organ!.