10Jun/090
Issue 437 – Steam seen at Lafarge again
A WESTBURY-based modellers’ society has officially opened its new home after its former site was used for social housing.
The West Wiltshire Society of Model Engineers were left without a home after their base in Queens Road was used for development.
After two years of searching, planning and construction, the society now have a new home in the grounds of the recently mothballed Lafarge cement works.
Honourary secretary Nev Boulton said that despite the two years of turmoil it had been a change for the better. The new site features £36,000 worth of track, a dedicated station, and large, secure storage facilities.