THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS - MIKE COOK'S STORY OF YORK MODEL RAILWAY SHOW

The Show that Never Ends by Mike Cook

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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...

LINKS

2007 York Show Report

York MRS site

Santona Home

THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS
by Mike Cook
ISBN 0 9538448 3 8

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

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126 pp, 150 mm x 225 mm, soft bound with card cover, black and white photographs

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CONTENTS;

- To Begin at the Beginning
- Farewell Acomb - Hello City Centre
- A Pause for Thought
- Into the Seventies
- Apres Show (or What the Public Doesn't See
- Into the Eighties
- The Rough with the Smooth
- The Past Decade
- Who Turned the Lights Off?
- After the Storm.

The York Model Railway Show enters its 47th year at Easter in 2009. Every one of them has been organised by Mike and, as such, the feat could possibly be a world record?
Mike, on the publication of his book, said that he felt proud to have reached the 40 year milestone, and added that he, "...hoped to be in harness for the 50th Show."
By 2009, Mike will be over half way there, we wish him well for the next few years and the realisation of his ambition --- GOOD LUCK MIKE.

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