Of Ashmans, Daleks and Stations ...

A warm welcome to Colin Ashman to the Board as Operations Director. Colin, (as well as the rest of (the Ashmans), put much effort into the Sci-Fi weekend. He drove a lorry from Reading to Quainton containing a sound mixing desk for the Radio people to use. They couldn't decide whether to use it and wasted Colins' time and effort.

The Steam and Sci-Fi weekend was, I feel, a success. It certainly produced several thousands of pounds profit but more importantly perhaps, attracted about 400 visitors who had not been to Quainton before.

I interviewed about 80 people to find out if they had visited before and how they had found out about the event. About 30 of the sample had not heard of us or visited us before. The attendance was about 1100. A lot was due to the Dr Who magazine giving me a half page feature on the event and because the Daily Telegraph and Evening Standard also publicized it, we did well.

PM

Notes:
The text in this Quainton Railway Society publication was written in 1993 and so does not reflect events in the 20+ years since publication. The text and photographs are repeated verbatim from the original publication, with only a few minor grammar changes but some clarifying notes are added if deemed necessary. The photos from the original publication are provided as scans in this internet version of this long out of print publication.

Reference:
Post bag - Letters to the Editors - Quainton News No. 73 - September 1993