11 January 2020, Ilton, SWOONS 14th Members Open Day. Catching Up Late Report 14 of 15

Well we all managed to get to the start of 2020 and were looking forward to another year of excellent and regular events with a narrow gauge flavour large and small throughout the land! Maybe this was an early forecast of what was to come however as the annual South West 009 Society group (SWOONS) starter for the year in Ilton, Somerset, very nearly didn’t happen due to a number of late withdrawals leaving Geoff Bowyer and his hard working team with a lot of effort and work to find sufficient replacements to make running the event viable. They ended up with eight layouts, from group members and 4 invited from as far afield as Cheshire as well as Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset to help to fill the gaps. In the circumstances, although a smaller number of layouts and traders than usual, it was still a great day to start the year, the 009 Soc sales was present in full, Matt and Maria’s pasties were as good as ever and everyone agreed that it was another splendidly successful day! How were we to know that for many, including me, this would be the last opportunity to attend a show for nearly two years!

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