Rowland Emett's Cartoons sponsored by Swanage Railway

Mike Walshaw looks at the cartoonist Rowland Emett whose models and cartoons enlivened Punch and the 1951 Festival of Britain.
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Produced by the Purbeck Railway Circle, support group of the Swanage Railway Trust.
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Website : www.purbeckrailwaycircle.org.uk
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Sponsored by the Swanage Railway
All images copyright. Usage other than part of this video must obtain the written permission of the copyright holders:
CREDITS:
Emett’s cartoons: TopFoto.
Emett’s stories about the F.T.& O.C.: “A Tonic to the Nation” pub. Thames and Hudson, London, 1976.
Photos of the F.T.& O.C.: “Miniature Railway” magazine.
BRM Magazine.
Remaining photos: M.H. Walshaw and B. Lienard.
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[@DavidBaldinger]

Very nice and thank you for keeping Mr. Emett's marvelous, oh so English whimsy alive.

[@prcvideo4071]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@johndavies9270]

Superb, and utterly enchanting. I was one of many, many people lucky enough to visit the Birmingham Gas Hall debut of 'Cloud Cuckoo Valley' in 2014 - I took my grandson and a friend, both of whom were captivated by the inventiveness of the contraptions. It had to be the happiest event ever held in the Gas Hall - the ticket clerk told me she had yet to see anyone leaving without a smile on the faces. Thank you Mike, and thank you, Rowland Emett, wherever you are now.

[@prcvideo4071]

Glad you enjoyed it and that it brought back memories.

[@huxleyjunction2133]

Thanks Mike for this presentation. Very inspiring, so yesterday I sourced a copy of Emetts Early Morning Milk Train for some inspiration creating my own version of a layout. Mine will be 009 so all scratch built. I discussed it with my father and he remembers traveling on the Emett train at the Festival of Britain in the 1950's. Thanks for putting all this together Mike.

[@michaelwalshaw7899]

Hi, Thank you so much for your comments. I have a copy of that book, too! By the way the layout will be on show at the Basingstoke Model Railway Exhibition at the Aldworth Science College, Western Way, Basingstoke on Sat/Sun 12/13 March

[@thomaslindstrom3673]

Building a Emett railroad in Gn15 I would like to buy copys of trainpictures of Rowland Emett. Is that possible? Please information my.🧐 Thanks a lot!