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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.

Latest Daresbury Gazette – out now!

31st October – Halloween Edition – Daresbury Gazette

Happy All Hallows Eve! A spooky time of year when model engineers start to think about hibernation and winter projects October also saw the start of our winter program of guest speakers. First off was Bob Hayter his specialist subject is the Tralee and Dingle railway situated on the south west coast of Ireland this particular railway is relatively unknown to most of those present. It was a very interesting talk especially the accidents that ...
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Forthcoming Events with WDMES

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  • Sun
    18
    Nov
    2018

    WDMES Sunday Running Day

    10:00 AMDaresbury Track

    Official WDMES Running Day at the Daresbury Track

  • Thu
    06
    Dec
    2018

    WDMES Talk - Trains & Trams of Dubai & India

    8:00 PMSt Mary Magdalene Church, Appleton Thorn

    Guest Speaker: M. Crabtree  – a talk on the “Trains and Trams of Dubai and India”, All members welcome

  • Thu
    20
    Dec
    2018

    WDMES Natter Night

    8:00 PMSt Mary Magdalene Church, Appleton Thorn

    The WDMES Natter Night, every third Thursday of the month

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).

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