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I am now a member of the 16mm association

I'm hopefully going to join nearer to summer maybe.

How much is it a year?

(Congrats by the way! )

£8 for juniours...

why arnt you members allready!! i was skeptical at first but the mags alone are worth the money!

Whats the age limit for "juniors" though, as I'm 17 this summer

Under 18s are juniors, and I hadn't already joined because I only started garden railways 4/5 months ago.

It's not as though it takes up your time, apart from reading the excellent magazine, so why leave it 'till the summer? Might as well join now and have time to ponder over the ideas the beginners guide will give you for your railway.

If you are visiting other members lines you really should be members as this covers you on the association insurance for any accidents when attending 16mm events! You will also need membership to run on layouts at stoneleigh

Sir haydn wrote:You will also need membership to run on layouts at stoneleigh

One of the reesons I joined

Hmmm, may join earlier then

Need to convince the parents (yet again!) though

DolwyddelanLightRail wrote:
Need to convince the parents (yet again!) though  :?

My mum doesn't have a clue of what i need for my railway so i just say and I can buy it (if i have the money, which i generally don't).

renewal is ALWAYS in feb so if you join now you get a full years membership. If you join any later you'll be getting less for your money..unless you join in october, then you would quaifly for a full years membership!

90733 wrote:

DolwyddelanLightRail wrote:
Need to convince the parents (yet again!) though  :?

My mum doesn't have a clue of what i need for my railway so i just say and I can buy it (if i have the money, which i generally don't).

Luckily I have been able to get my parents to pay for all the bits recently without them asking to pay them back I think i just need to keep a low profile!

DolwyddelanLightRail wrote: I think i just need to keep a low profile!  :lol:

I think you need to aswell
It never works though

Sir haydn wrote:renewal is ALWAYS in feb so if you join now you get a full years membership. If you join any later you'll be getting less for your money..unless you join in october, then you would quaifly for a full years membership!

That's what I thought but I got membership for Christmas (sorted out early Dec) and had the renewal through in Feb! I did get all last year's mags though, and the book of course. SMT is excellent.

And yes, join now!

Im probly thinking of my TR membership then

I was amazed when i joined, so far for 9 pounds I have had
8 magazines (the previous year's backdated ones and this years)
a free wagon- now the vinegar bottle transporter
A brilliant book
and the most friendlyness I have ever experienced in an assosiation!
I also get to talk to alot of interesting people all over the country- you just flash your badge and you get all sorts of privaledges (including footplate rides if you're lucky...!)
Its like some sort of stone mason sosiety!

Right, so when i next speak to the parents i'll mention it to them

90733 wrote:Under 18s are juniors, and I hadn't already joined because I only started garden railways 4/5 months ago.

You can be a junior member if you're over 18 and in full time education - can't you, Sir Haydn??

maybe :p

MDLR wrote:

90733 wrote:Under 18s are juniors, and I hadn't already joined because I only started garden railways 4/5 months ago.

You can be a junior member if you're over 18 and in full time education - can't you, Sir Haydn??

Hang on, does that mean I'm still a junior member? I was last year but this time last year I was over 18 yet still in college. Now I am 19 and at uni, so what does that make me? I was goign to renew as an Adult, is that what I should still do?