BASSETT-LOWKE SOCIETY MEETINGS
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE QUARTERLY SOCIETY MEETINGS ARE HELD AT THE COWPER ARMS IN DIGSWELL, THE COWPER ARMS IS NEXT TO WELWYN NORTH STATION. THE FULL ADDRESS IS 31 STATION ROAD, DIGSWELL, HERTS AL6 0EA.
Dates are all Saturdays, see the Diary of Events. Society meetings are open to members and prospective members - why not come along and find out about the Society. All other meetings listed in the Diary of Events below are open to the public unless otherwise stated
GAYDON SHOW IS NOW THE 31ST MAY 2026 AND NOT THE 30TH MAY 2026
DIGSWELL MEETINGS : THE DATES FOR THE MARCH AND JUNE MEETINGS IN THE MAGAZINE ARE WRONG. THIS LIST IS RIGHT I.E. 14TH MARCH AND 20TH JUNE
DIARY OF EVENTS 2025/2026
NOVEMBER
2nd Fullborne All Day Event , Fullbourne Village Library, the Swifts, Haggis Gap, CB1 5HD (Dave Pink 07752 851032)
8th Brighton Toy Museum Running Day
15th Sandown Park Toy Fair
19th Tappers
20th Chitern Hills Vintage Trains Group
DECEMBER
10th Bedford Vintage Trains Group
12th Lacy, Scott and Knight Toy Auction, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
13th Bassett Lowke Society, Digswell
16/17th Special Auction Services "Trains Galore Auction" Newbury
17th Tappers
18th Chiltern Steamers
20th Loughton Vintage Trains Group
JANUARY
14th Chiltern Hils Group
21st Tappers
FEBRUARY
11th Bedford Vintage Trains Group
18th Tappers
21st Sandown Park Toy fair
26th Chesham Steamers
27th Lacy, Scott and Knight Toy Auction
MARCH
14th Bassett Lowke Society Digswell BL Layout
18th Tappers
19th Chiltern Hills Group
APRIL
6th Green Valley Railway "Your Choice"
8th Bedford Vintage Trains Group
11/12th Greeen Valley Railway "Spring Gala"
11th Loughton Vintage Trains Group
15th Tappers
19th Bromsgrove or Dodford Vintage Toy Trains Show, Dodford Village Hall, Priory Road, Dodford, Bromsgrove, B61 9DD, BL O Gauge and Gauge 1 Layouts and Trade Stalls 10:30 to 5:30 (Beric Elwell 07836 727875) FREE ENTRY TO BLS MEMBERS
23rd Chesham Steamers
25th Yorkshire Vintage Tinplate and Live Steam Railway Fair, BL O Gauge and Gauge 1 Layouts and Traders, Eccleshall Mechanics Institute, 93B Stone hall Road, Bradford, BD2 2EW (John Lockwood 07973 410342) THIS SHOW HAS FREE ENTRY
MAY
4th Green Valley Railway "Your Choice"
16th Model Railway "Show in the Church" Range of Layouts including BL Society O Gauge and Trade Stalls, Parish Church of St Peter and St Pauls, Lavenum, Suffolk, CO10 9QT, 10:00 to 4:00 (www.lavenum.church/mre)
16th Sandown Park Toy Fair
20th Tappers
21st Chesham Vintage
23rd Loughton Vintage Trains Group
25th Green Valley Railway "Your Choice"
31ST Gaydon Motor Museum Train Show
JUNE
1st Green Valley Railway "LNER and LMS Passenger and Goods, including DMU's"
10th Bedford Vintage Trains Group
17th Tappers
18th Chesham Steamers
20th Bassett Lowke Society Digswell BL Layout
JULY
6th Green Valley "GWR and Southern Passenger and Goods including Auto Trains, EMU's and DMU's"
11/12th Green Valley "Summer Gala"
15ht Tappers
16th Chesham Vintage
25th Loughton Vintage Trains Group
AUGUST
1st 14th Annual Train and Transport Day, 11:00 to 5:00Chequers Inn, Laddingford, Kent, ME18 6BP BL O Gauge layout and Trade Stalls (Terry Heaslip 01622 871167)
3rd Green Valley Railway "BR, Met and LT, Passenger and Goods, including Auto Trains, Rail Motors, EMU's and DMU's"
8/9th Badgeworth Village Hall, Cheltenham, GL51 4UJ BL Layout (Andrew Hurley 01452 856726)
12th Bedford Vintage Trains Group
19th Tappers
20th Chesham Steamers
31st Green Valley Railway "Your Choice"
SEPTEMBER
5th Sandown Park Toy Fair
7th Green Valley Railway "Black and Blue, Red and Green, Brown, Yellow and White, Locomotives, Carriages, Wagons, Tankers and Vans"
12th Bassett Lowke Society, Digswell B:L Layout
16th Tappers
17th Chesham Vintage
26th Penton Mewsey Southern Event
OCTOBER
5th Green Valley Railway "Locomotives You Would Want at a Gala ,Passenger and Goods"
10/11th Green Valley "Autumn Gala"
15th Chesham Steamers
21st Tappers
24th Loughton Vintage Trains Group
24th Yorkshire Vintage Tinplate and Live Steam Railways Fair, BL Gauge O and Gauge 1 Layouts and Traders, Eccleshall Mechanics Institute, 93B, Stonehill Road, Bradford, BD2 2EW (John Lockwood 07973 420342) THIS SHOW HAS FREE ENTRY
24th Bedford Vintage Train Group All Day Event
24th Green Valley Railway " Sausage and Chip Supper with Illuminated Trains Running"
NOVEMBER
14th Sandown Park Toy Fair
18th Tappers
19th Chesham Vintage
DECEMBER
9th Bedford Vintage Trains Group
12th Bassett Lowke Society, Digswell, BL Layout
16th Tappers
16th Special Auction Services "Trains Galore Auction" Newbury
17th Chesham Steamers
19th Loughton Vintage Trains Group
NB The remaining 2025 Bassett Lowke Society Meeting date for Digswell is on the 13th December
WE WILL HAVE THE LAYOUT AT ALL FUTURE DIGSWELL MEETINGS.
PLEASE COME AND HELP ASSEMBLE IT STARTING AT 08:30 AND BRING SOMETHING TO RUN.
IF YOU WANT ME TO ADD ANY DATES OF INTEREST TO BASSETT LOWKE SOCIETY MEMBERS PLEASE LET ME KNOW (MIKE GREEN 01462 454537)
THE YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION FOR UK MEMBERS IS £25.00
REGULAR MEETING ADDRESSES
Tappers Meetings Bromley Common Methodist Church, Bromley Common Road, BR2 9RZ (Graham Lock 07903 676177 email grhmlock@yahoo.co.uk)
Bedfordshire Vintage Train Group (5:30 - 9:30) Village Hall, High Street, Houghton Conquest, Nr Bedford, MK45 3LF (Mills 01767 680160 or Roger White 01234 851149)
Bassett Lowke Society Quarterly Meetings are held at the Cowper Arms, Station Road Digswell AL6 0EA. This is right opposite Welwyn North Railway Station. Mike Green 01462 454537
Green Valley Railway. Paul Gumbrell has kindly invited members to visit his Green Valley Railway. Please contact Paul on 07903 461762 0r 0208 542511 if you would like to attend. 173 Westway, Raynes Park, London SW20 9LR
Chesham Live Steamers Chesham Methodist Church, Bellingdon Road, Chesham, HP5 2AA , 10:00 to 15:00 O gauge Live Steam and Electric(Roy Taylor rptayco@yahoo.com)
Chiltern Hills Vintage Trains Group Chesham Methodist Church, Bellingham Road, Chesham, HP5 2AA, Layouts in 00 and gauge 0 12:00 to 18:00 (Derek Smith 01895 672251)
Loughton Vintage Trains Group. St Johns Scout Hut, Church Lane, Loughton, IG10 2HA (Mark Carne markcarne74@gmail.com