Hi Stephen,

I don't think it was an 'autumn special' – these are ordinary issues we produce in a 13-issue year, and I we were still on 12 issues a year in 2008, and there's no gap in the issue numbering. It would also appear in the archive and it doesn't. The old indexes don't mention any such interview.

There was a 'reader's workshops' special in 2009 (link to section by Harold Hall) that he contributed to, thsi was produced by my predecessor, David Clarke. It doesn't mention Cherry on the cover. It's possible there was a profile of her workshop inside, but it claims to profile twelve workshops and names their owners and she isn't on the list.

I produced a 'setting up a workshop' special for MyTimeMedia in 2016, but that didn't contain an interview with Cherry either.

I can only find a mention of it here: http://www.workshopshed.com/2008/11/miniature-engineering/. I suspect the author of that page is confusing the special with an interview somewhere else. perhaps someone who has a copy of the 2009 special could confirm if it contains such an article.

Note this special was never produced as a digital edition.

Neil

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 03/05/2020 16:57:50

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 03/05/2020 17:02:16

This was the DVD

Must be more than one "setting up a workshop " as no mention of here here

Hi,Watford has beaten me to it, just found my copy of it and I remember it well. maybe because it was a W. H. Smith exclusive, that it doesn't show up in the archives.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 03/05/2020 19:01:58

Hi, this is another W. H. Smith exclusive, which shows among other things, some photos of nine of Cherry Hill's models.

Regards Nick.

And don't forget the book about her has a whole chapter about her workshops in UK and US showing several of the machines.

Edited By JasonB on 03/05/2020 20:40:03

Stephen PM sent.

I've asked the company if we still have any of the content of these archived. It may be possible to reprint the interview with Cherry in MEW, for example.

Neil

Thanks Nick,

We have tracked down some files for the 2008 one, and I've just been asked for more details of the 2009 one – which you have supplied!

I'll see whether there's anything we can use that will be of interest.

Neil

Also, don't forget the wonderful 2014 publication "Cherry's Model Engines" by David Carpenter which describes her workshop methods and models. Not sure if it's still in print but the ISBN number is 978-0-7198-1421-1.

Unfortunately, I am STILL unable to upload photographs to this forum for some totally unknown reason, otherwise would be sharing a few brilliant pictures from the book!! My copy has 148 pages of extremely high quality illustrations and cost £30. Worth every penny!

Also a couple of "Best of ME" and 300yrs of steam.