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Old 2nd September 2014, 09:16 AM
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Yes I was quite surprised too when I read the rules. Welland and woodcote are two that I can remember off the top of my head. Both of which were shows I'd have liked to attend but with my engine being a 2" showmans I'd want to be driving it rather than sitting in the model tent staring at it!
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Old 2nd September 2014, 10:52 AM
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I've been visiting a few shows this year as paying public as well as exhibiting at a few. The one thing that has struck me is how few exhibits (in all categories) have any information with them. Any that do have an information board or at least an A4 sheet receive a lot of attention from the public. Most people attending want to learn and like to look at photos and information. It would be nice to see more exhibits having a bit of information with them to not only encourage the public to learn about them but also to stop owners having to answer the same questions time and time again!

I'm sure the list of common questions is pretty much the same for all steam engine owners!

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Old 2nd September 2014, 11:14 AM
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I've been visiting a few shows this year as paying public as well as exhibiting at a few. The one thing that has struck me is how few exhibits (in all categories) have any information with them. Any that do have an information board or at least an A4 sheet receive a lot of attention from the public. Most people attending want to learn and like to look at photos and information. It would be nice to see more exhibits having a bit of information with them to not only encourage the public to learn about them but also to stop owners having to answer the same questions time and time again!

I'm sure the list of common questions is pretty much the same for all steam engine owners!

Ed
I agree with this, but some owners do it really well with lots of information.

Maybe we could come up with a template that people could use, fill in the details about your exhibit, include some photographs, some standard text common to all steam exhibits and a printable display board is output at the end. We could do that on TT actually.
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Old 2nd September 2014, 12:56 PM
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We could do that on TT actually.
Been doing it for years.
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