hi new here from ely

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4 April 2016 at 09:13 #233194
matthew shay
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hi anyone from ely cambs on here
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4 April 2016 at 09:13 #39868
matthew shay
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4 April 2016 at 09:44 #233202
Martin Field 1
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Matthew, not quite Ely, but near Wisbech.

Martin
4 April 2016 at 09:46 #233203
Anonymous
Not Ely either, but near Cambridge. Pity about the A10 and A14 in between.

Andrew
4 April 2016 at 09:47 #233205
Martin Field 1
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Yep, Cambridge is a bit of a hike from here!

Martin
4 April 2016 at 09:51 #233207
Mike Cole 1
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Hi I'm from Sutton in the Isle just up the road, it's nice to know there's other model engineer's near by.

Mike
4 April 2016 at 09:59 #233208
Martin Field 1
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There's a club in Brandon, where I'll be going to see what they're like next Wednesday. Ram Hotel, 7-30.

See you there?

Martin
4 April 2016 at 10:02 #233211
John Haine
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Just in South Cambridgeshire here, few miles North of Saffron Walden, West of Haverhill.
4 April 2016 at 10:32 #233217
MW
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Not really close but i'm from north herts, hitchin. Welcome

Michael W
7 April 2016 at 17:24 #233673
Howard Lewis
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Welcome! You'll find plenty of good advice and info on this forum.

I'm a member of the Peterborough Society of Model Engineers. We cater for almost every interest, as we demonstrated at the Spalding M E Show for the last two years, and will again this year.

Come and have a look at us, next meeting is Monday 18th April.

Howard
7 April 2016 at 17:57 #233678
martin perman 1
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Matthew,

I live on the edge of Bedfordshire/Cambridgshire in between Bedford and Sandy, I dont belong to a Model Engineering club and tend to do my own thing with petrol Stationary engines.

Martin P
27 May 2016 at 13:23 #240509
Clive Haynes
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Hi, I'm 5 miles west of Ely.

Clive
31 May 2016 at 10:04 #240935
matthew smith 7
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I'm in Mepal
29 June 2021 at 22:56 #551897
Andrew Ellis 3
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Hello,

I have come across this post some 5 years after it was created!

I am interested in founding a model engineering group in Ely, and was wondering if there is any interest?

I was thinking of beginning with some kind of online forum allowing for Q & A and show & tell.

I'm not sure the best way to go about this, I was thinking of starting a group on Facebook. But if anyone has a better idea I'm happy to go along with that.

Andrew
30 June 2021 at 20:25 #552027
Howard Lewis
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Am loathe to suggest poaching members from Cambridge or Peterborough, but do you have a local magazine,

"Ely Life" or something like it, in nwhich you could pose the question?

Local newspaper might mention?

Blag a spot on the local radio station?

Howard
15 August 2021 at 22:31 #558407
Andrew Ellis 3
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Hi Howard,

Thank you for your reply, and suggestions.

This is what happens when one doesn't get on with things straight way, time slipps by very quickly. These last few weeks have been very busy.

I have created a group on facebook, I'm not sure if I'm allowed to share the link here; I'll need to check that.

I have mentioed this to a local network called spotted in Ely, so I'll see what interest there is.

Andrew
17 August 2021 at 17:11 #558654
Howard Lewis
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P S M E held their first meeting, last night, for goodness knows how many months About 11 attended.

If you can't find anything closer, the next meeting is Monday September 6th (See the website for the location in Eye so a little closer your way on the A47 than coming into Peterborough.

Howard
17 August 2021 at 17:38 #558668
Harry Wilkes
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Welcome to the forum

H
17 August 2021 at 19:38 #558687
Robert B
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In Haddenham. Not much metal at the moment, the shed is coated in wood shavings and dust.

Rob
17 August 2021 at 21:45 #558699
noel shelley
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Welcome ! Hunstanton is not a million miles away ! Noel.
17 August 2021 at 23:04 #558724
Bazyle
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If you create a group, club or society make sure you call it "ELY MODEL ENGINEERING ……." so that search engines and people can find it. It is a really bad idea to call it after some local pub/park/landmark or gimmicky name so it isn't obvious where it is.

Find your local Model Railway clubs, Men's Shed, Makers, wood turners and carvers clubs, U3A, etc and let them know. Even have a word with the vicars of all the churches in range to let them know as they will have lots of contacts in their community.

Edit: The Exeter and District MES, EDMES, got initial publicity just by mentioning on here that they were starting with a meeting. Whoops, there I go again giving EDMES some publicity.

Edited By Bazyle on 17/08/2021 23:07:43
22 August 2021 at 21:27 #559446
Andrew Ellis 3
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Hi everyone

Thank you for your replies and suggestions.

I have registered a domain, and started work on a website for my group. I also have created a facebook group. Am I allowed to post links to them here?
23 August 2021 at 10:09 #559495
John Haine
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I'm sure the mods would be quick to remove the links if contrary to their policy! Post away as far as I'm concerned. Ely is alas a bit far for me.
23 August 2021 at 23:01 #559581
Andrew Ellis 3
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Hello, the link to the Facebook group is:

**LINK**

And the link to the website I'm working on is:

**LINK**

There is not much to see at either yet, but I hope to add to both over the coming days.
24 August 2021 at 08:37 #559601
John Haine
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Excellent!
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