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Welcome to the Warrington and District Model Engineering Society
WDMES is based around Warrington and caters for Model Engineers of all tastes. Our main activities are based on our track, which is at Daresbury, just outside Warrington, and the Annual Cheshire Steam Fair during the summer.
WDMES is at Manchester Model Engineering Exhibition 2019!
more details about the MMEX Exhibition here…
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Forthcoming Events with WDMES
- Thu21Feb20198:00 PMSt Mary Magdalene Church, Appleton Thorn
WDMES Natter Night
The WDMES Natter Night, every third Thursday of the month
- Sat23Feb2019Sun24Feb201910am - 4pmManchester Model Engineering Exhibition, Oldham, Greater Manchester
WDMES @ MMEX 2019
WDMES is at this years Manchester Model Engineering Exhibition 2019
The MMEX Show is held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in Oldham, Greater Manchester over a weekend:- starting Saturday 23rd to Sunday 24th February
Doors open 10am each day until 5pm Saturday and 4pm on Sunday
You can find our stand at the front of the hall, near to the BP Locomotive Works and the Urmston (UDMES) Stands
More details of MMEX can be found on there website or on the MMEX Facebook Page
We look forward to seeing many members and visitors at the show!
- Thu07Mar20198:00 PMSt Mary Magdalene Church, Appleton Thorn
WDMES Talk - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
Guest Speaker: N. Coates – a talk on the “Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway”, All members welcome
Visit the Diary page or the Events page for more events…
More about the WDMES…
Our Society
Although this might give you the impression that we are only interested in trains and locomotives, this is not the case, but the tracks are our only visible possession. We are also into stationary engines, traction engines, clocks, microscopes, 3-wheeled cars amongst other things. Come along and join us if you are interested in any form of model engineering, we’re a pretty friendly bunch, and mostly harmless…. If you are interested in becoming a member, please look at the Membership tab above.
What’s with this Mad Hatter stuff?
Apart from being a good description of our Chairman, the Mad Hatter has been the club’s ‘logo’ for many years. An unusual logo for a model engineering society, we adopted the Mad Hatter because our track is located in the village of Daresbury (just outside Warrington ), the birthplace of one Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, otherwise known as Lewis Carroll. He, of course, wrote the ‘Alice’ stories, and in years past we used to hold an event known as the Mad Hatter’s Steam Party which, apart from being as chaotic as the Tea Party described in ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’, was lots of fun for all concerned. We are hoping to revive this event.
Meetings
We meet on the first and third Thursday of each month at our new venue, St Mary Magdalene’s Church Hall, Bridge Lane Appleton Thorn, which is just off the A49 heading south from Warrington. Meetings start at 8pm and usually finish soon after 10. If you need a map, here is a local map under the Contacts & Location (tab above).
WDMES – Registered Friendly Society No.27218