Shed Notices

The February mailing of SMT and Bulletin has been collected from Warners and will start arriving with members shortly. Due to an oversight on my behalf, unfortunately the membership renewal instructions have not been printed in Bulletin. The instructions can be found below should you need them:

2026 Membership Renewals

Subscriptions for the 2026-2027 membership year fall due on 1^st March.  The Association of 16mm Narrow Gauge Modellers has had to increase subscription fees for some membership categories for the coming membership year. This is due to increased printing and postage costs, and other increased costs affecting the Association. I hope that this small increase doesn’t put you off renewing your subscription and that you’ll continue to view membership of the Association as good value for money.

If you renew your subscription by Direct Debit or have already renewed, there is nothing you need to do.  However, if you haven’t so far renewed, there are several ways in which you can do so:

• If you’ve provided an email address in your Association data, we’ve already sent you a renewal invitation by email, so please follow the instructions in the email.  We have to the best of our knowledge already sent emails to every member for whom we have an email address that needs to renew.
• If you have access to the Internet, you can renew online at www.mymagazinesub.co.uk/16mm/renewals/16mm-today/ by creating an account using the Find my Account tab.
• By phoning Warners on 01778 392016 (outside the UK call 00 44 1778 392016).  Telephone lines are open 8:30am – 6pm Monday to Friday and 9am – 5pm on Saturdays and Bank Holidays.
• By sending a cheque or money order in Pounds Sterling drawn on a UK bank in the relevant amount from the table below.  Cheques should be payable to The Assoc of 16mm NGM.  Please ensure that you put your membership number and postal code on the back of the cheque (if you don’t know your membership number then your postal code will enable us to locate your membership record).  You do not need to return these instructions.  Please send your cheque to:

16mm Renewals
Warners Group Publications
The Maltings
Bourne
PE10 9PH
UK

Rates for the membership year commencing 1^st March 2026 are:

Please don’t send cheques in any currency other than Pounds Sterling as the cost of processing these cheques significantly exceeds the cost of a subscription.

There are no paper renewal reminders with the mailing, so please act on these instructions now.

Finally, if you renew by Direct Debit, please check your bank account after 1^st March, to confirm that payment has been taken.  The claimant will be Warners Group Publications, who execute the Direct Debit on the Association’s behalf.  If you can’t see a claim amount, contact Warners in the first instance to see what’s happened.

I apologise that this has not included in Bulletin. Please contact Warners or myself with any questions or issues.

Tom Rowland, Membership Secretary

The February mailing of SMT and Bulletin is scheduled for collection from Warners in Bourne later this week. The mailing will again be by Whistl, with the entire mailing to both UK and overseas members continuing to be collected at the same time. The mailing can be expected to begin arriving with members a few days after the collection date.

SMT and Bulletin will be available on our Members Site from 09:00 on Saturday 21st February. If you haven’t received an invitation to activate your account on the site, or can’t find it, please email members.site@16mm.org.uk providing your surname, membership number and post code and we’ll send an invitation as soon as we can.

This mailing for UK recipients this month includes the Annual Report and the National Garden Railway Show Prize Draw tickets, along with SMT and Bulletin. The Annual Report and prize draw tickets are not sent to overseas members, to minimise the package weight. The Annual Report will be published to our Members Site concurrent with SMT and Bulletin. If any overseas member requires a paper copy of the Annual Report, please contact me at membership@16mm.org.uk and we’ll make arrangements to send one to you.

Many thanks as always go to the editors for both magazines, Jonathan Mead for SMT and Harry Jones for Bulletin. Thanks to them for getting their magazines out on time. Also thanks to all the members who have contributed articles and reports to them. Your input is both welcome and valuable to the editors in being able to present interesting publications. I hope you enjoy reading what I’m sure will again be interesting and quality magazines.

Tom Rowland, Membership Secretary

We have been asked to publish this statement from Warners Midlands Ltd, who print the Association’s magazines, about the November issue of Bulletin.

Statement

We would like to extend our sincere apologies for the recent issue affecting a small number of copies of the Bulletin. This error was entirely ours and in no way reflects on the Association.

The problem occurred during the stitching process when an incorrect section was mistakenly loaded onto the stitching line. Normally, our system detects duplicate sections, but on this occasion, the alert was overridden before being corrected, which unfortunately allowed a handful of faulty copies to pass through.

Please contact paulevans@warners.co.uk to arrange a replacement copy of November Bulletin if you have been affected by this error.

We take great pride in our high standards of quality control, and we deeply regret that this mistake has let the Association and its members down. As part of our corrective action, we have raised a non-conformance under our ISO9001 quality procedure. This will be fully reviewed to ensure appropriate remedial measures are implemented. Human errors of this nature are logged and monitored to prevent recurrence.

Warners has enjoyed a strong and trusted partnership with the Association for over ten years, and this is the first issue of its kind. We value this relationship greatly and want to reassure you that we are committed to maintaining the highest standards and ensuring this does not happen again.

Once again, we apologise to all members affected and thank you for your understanding as we take steps to strengthen our processes and uphold the quality you expect from us.

Warners Midlands Ltd

For many years there has been a garden railway show at the Llanfair Leisure Centre over the weekend of the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway Gala (29 – 31st August 2025).  It looked as if 2024 might have been the last such event, but the W&LLR has stepped in to run a show on Saturday 30th August at the traditional leisure centre venue.

The Association stand will be there with a variety of displays and a small selection of merchandise, if we have anything left after the “Greatest Gathering”!

See the W&LLR website for details and to book tickets.

Rod Nipper, Marketing and Publicity

The August mailing of SMT and Bulletin is scheduled for collection from Warners in Bourne later this week. The mailing will again be by Whistl, with the entire mailing to both UK and overseas members continuing to be collected at the same time. The mailing can be expected to begin arriving with members a few days after the collection date.

SMT and Bulletin will be available on our Members Site from 09:00 on Saturday 9^th August. If you haven’t received an invitation to activate your account on the site, or can’t find it, please email members.site@16mm.org.uk providing your surname, membership number and post code and we’ll send an invitation as soon as we can.

Many thanks as always go to the editors; this time, it has been Jonathan Mead for both magazines: in the hot seat for his first SMT, whilst also (as you’ll read) editing Bulletin while Harry Jones has been busy moving into his new house. Thanks to Jonathan for getting both magazines out on time. Also thanks to all the members who have contributed articles and reports to them. Your input is both welcome and valuable to the editors in being able to present interesting publications. I hope you enjoy reading what I’m sure will again be interesting and quality magazines.

Tom Rowland, Membership Secretary