Chris Burch's Model Railways

Christmas comes to Hogsmeade

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In summer 2008 our friends Henry and Becky Parsley came to stay for the weekend. Henry is a distant cousin and was then bishop in Alabama, USA. He asked whether my hobby included making a railway to go round our Christmas tree. (They do that in the USA...) I'm not one to pass up a challenge like that, and the Christmas tree railway was ready that Christmas. It has been altered and improved over the years, by adding buildings and people and, this year (2012) by having a new tree that lights up. For the last two years it has been to the Christmas Tree Festival at St Mary's Hinckley, where in 2011 it won third prize.

Why Hogsmeade? It's the only village I know where railways and magic are both present... Enjoy!

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