ÿþ<html> <head> <title>THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS - MIKE COOK'S STORY OF YORK MODEL RAILWAY SHOW</title> <meta name="keywords" content="santona publications, model railway books, wagon books, steam railways, men of steam, modelling scotlands railways, british rail era, mike cook, york model railway show"> <meta name="description" content=Santona Publications, Railway, Model Railway and Yorkshire Interest Books"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="800"> <tr> <td valign = "top"><IMG SRC="http://www.santona.co.uk/images/SantonaWebBannerA.gif" border="1" ></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <table border ="0" cellspacing =" 0" cellpadding ="1"> <TR> <TD width =" 800" bgcolor ="#FFFFFF"> <font face =" arial" size ="1" color ="#FFFFFF"> </td> </tr> </table> <table border ="0" cellspacing =" 0" cellpadding ="5" width ="800"> <TR> <TD background = "http://www.santona.co.uk/images/silverbg.jpg"> <A HREF = http://www.santona.co.uk/index.html><font face="verdana" color="#000000" size=1>Home</a> | <A HREF = http://www.santona.co.uk/fulllist.html><font face="verdana" color="#000000" size=1>Full Book List</a> | <A HREF = http://www.santona.co.uk/about.html><font face="verdana" color="#000000" size=1>About Us</a> | <A HREF = http://www.santona.co.uk/about.html><font face="verdana" color="#000000" size=1>Contact Us</a> | </td> </tr> </table> <table border ="0" cellspacing =" 0" cellpadding ="1"> <TR> <TD width =" 800" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <font face =" arial" size ="1" color ="#FFFFFF"> </td> </tr> </table> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="5" WIDTH="800" bgcolor="#006699"><td align="left"><font face="arial" color="#FFFFFF" size="2"><b>The Show that Never Ends by Mike Cook</b> <TR> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE CELLSPACING="2" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="800"><tr><td></td></tr></table> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="800"> <TR VALIGN="Top"> <TD width = "30%"background = "http://www.santona.co.uk/images/silverbg.jpg"> <table CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="10"> <tr> <td align="center"> <a href="http://booklaw.co.uk/eshop/product_info.php?cPath=115&products_id=4348"> <img align="center" src="http://www.santona.co.uk/images/buyonlinekey.gif"></a> <br> <HR align="center" WIDTH="100%" COLOR="#6699FF" SIZE="3"> <font face="arial" color="#000000" size="2">To order this title by phone call: </td> </tr> <tr> <td align ="center"> <table border ="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0"> <tr> <td align ="left" width ="31"> <img align="right" src="http://www.santona.co.uk/images/phone.gif""> </td> <td> <font face="arial" size="2" color= "#FF0000">&nbsp;(UK): 0115 961 1066<br>&nbsp;(Overseas): +44 115 961 1066</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <td align="center"> <font face="arial" size="2" color="#000000" >or write to enclosing payment to;<br><font color= "#FF0000">Book Law Publications<br> 382 Carlton Hill<br>Carlton<br>Nottingham<br>NG4 1JA <HR align="center" WIDTH="100%" COLOR="#6699FF" SIZE="3"> <font size="2" font color="#000000">Normal delivery: 5 working days<br>Shipping/Postage: &nbsp;<a href = "http://www.booklaw.co.uk/main/totcss.html#uk">UK</a>&nbsp;<a href = "http://www.booklaw.co.uk/main/totcss.html#over">Overseas</a> <br> </center> <HR align="center" WIDTH="100%" COLOR="#6699FF" SIZE="3"> <FONT color="#333366"><p align="center"><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</b> </td> <tr> <tr> <td> <font color="#663300" size="2"><IMG width=60 align="left" src="http://www.santona.co.uk/images/mcook.jpg"><align ="left"><font face="arial" font color = "000000" font size="2">Mike Cook was born in Scarborough in 1932. His family had connections with the railways and his uncle and cousin were both Top Link drivers on the LNER and BR respectively. Thus railways were in Mike's blood from an early age. His childhood was spent in Kirbymoorside, North Yorkshire, and later as a teenager he dabbled in Amateur Dramatics at the local society. He proved to be quite an actor, but his parents persuaded him to train as a teacher at St John's College, York. This eventually secured him a place teaching at Westfield Junior School, Acomb, York. And it proved to be that his career in teaching and his placement at Westfield led directly to him becoming the one and only - to date - organiser of the York Model Railway Show... and the rest, as they say, is history. And the rest of it all can indeed be found between the covers of his book...<br> <HR align="center" WIDTH="100%" COLOR="#6699FF" SIZE="1"> </TD> </TR> </table> <table border = "0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="6" width = "100%"> <tr> <td align = "center" bgcolor="#006699"> <font face ="arial"><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><b> LINKS </td> </tr> </table> <table border = "0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="8" width = "100%"> <tr> <td> <table border = "0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="2" width = "100%"> <TR> <TD align="right"> <font face ="arial"><font size="2" color="#000000"><A HREF=http://www.yorkshow.org.uk/ target="0">York MRS site</a> </TD> </TR> <tr> <td align = "right"> <font face ="arial"><font size="2" color="#000000"><A HREF="http://www.santona.co.uk">Santona Home</a> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align="right"> <font face ="arial"><font size="2" color="#000000"><A HREF="http://www.santona.co.uk/about.html">Contact Us</a> </TD> </TR> </table> </TD> </TR> </table> </TD> <TD WIDTH="2%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="70%"> <TABLE border="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0"> <TR> <TD> <font face="arial" font size="3" font color="#FF0000"> <IMG border="0" Width="200" align="left" SRC="http://www.santona.co.uk/images/0953844838.jpg"><b>THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS<br>by Mike Cook</b><br><font size="2" font color="#000000">ISBN 0 9538448 3 8<br><br> This special title from Santona Publications recounts the history of the York Model Railway Show from its humble beginnings in Acomb Church Hall in 1962 to the major international event of today. The author tells the full behind-the-scenes story of how it has survived, often against seemingly impossible odds. He candidly reveals the personal struggles faced and recalls with amusement the lighter moments which have helped to build the event into an inspirational annual pilgrimage for thousands of railway modellers<br><br><br><b><b><font size="4" font color="#FF0000">Price £3.99</b><br><font size="2" font color="#000000">126 pp, 150 mm x 225 mm, soft bound with card cover, black and white photographs<br><br> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <TABLE border="0" width= "100%" bgcolor="#006699" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="5"> <TR> <TD align="center"> <font face="arial" font size="2" font color="#FFFFFF"><b>To order your copy today for immediate despatch<br>Phone: 0115 961 1066<br><font face="verdana" font size="1">(please allow 5 working days for delivery)<br></b> </TD> </TR> </table> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><br> </TD> </TR> <TR> <td> <table border ="0" width= "100%" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="5"> <tr> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC"> <IMG align="right" src="http://www.santona.co.uk/images/yorkmrs.gif"><font face="arial" font size ="2"><b>CONTENTS;</b><br><br>- To Begin at the Beginning<br>- Farewell Acomb - Hello City Centre<br>- A Pause for Thought<br>- Into the Seventies<br>- Apres Show (or What the Public Doesn't See<br>- Into the Eighties<br>- The Rough with the Smooth<br>- The Past Decade<br>- Who Turned the Lights Off?<br>- After the Storm. </td> </tr> </table> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TR> </TABLE> <Table Border ="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="10"> <tr> <td> </TD> </TR> </table> <Table Border ="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="2" WIDTH="810" bgcolor = "#006699"> <TR> <TD align = "center"> <font face ="arial"><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><b>SANTONA PUBLICATIONS PRODUCT INFORMATION PAGE - © Santona Publications 2008 All Rights Reserved</b> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <Table Border ="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="800"> <tr> <td align="center"> <font face="arial" color=000000 size=2> <br> <a href="http://www.santona.co.uk/prodsne.html">Top of Page</a> | <a href="http://www.santona.co.uk/about.html">About Santona Publications</a> <br> <br> <br> <br> </td> </tr> </table> </html>