This weekend we had a clan gathering at my grandparents house in Bedford. It was my Grandpa's birthday on the Saturday and so it was a good excuse for us all to get together and celebrate. And we had a lot of fun:
There's a prize if you can spot my younger brother Simon!
Also over weekend, I'd been asked to take some photos of the contents of Grandpa's loft...
Grandpa is a very big fan of trains, and has been his whole life. I think the beginnings of this set began to take form 70-80 years ago and there are some really beautiful engines as part of his collection. The set takes over the entire loft space and comprises of multiple stations, tunnels and settlements, all named after his grandchildren. For example, Jennyhill Tunnel and Benchester Junction or Rhianna's Farm and Emma's wood. It was a real treat to be able to spend an hour or so capturing some of the details, and although I've posted quite a lot of photos here, it's only really a taster of the real thing. The detail is phenomenal, down to the tiny posters on station wall and the minute bus stop signs.
I have fond memories of going up into the loft as a child and playing with the trains. When I was small I could climb underneath the track and stick my head up inside a tunnel to watch Hornby trains zip by in front of my nose! And I think those memories are ones I share with all my cousins and also my Mum and her siblings as the set was already well under-way when they were growing up.
Unfortunately the train set is going to be dismantled soon, so these are some of the last pictures of it. But hopefully they fulfil their purpose to keep a record of an amazing collection and to stop our memories getting too dusty!
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| The all important keys to wind up the trains |
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