30th PW Show

The date for the next PW Show has just been confirmed as Saturday 23^rd May 2015, at the Winning Post again.

PW Issue 157

PW Issue 156

Latest issue of PW

New! Taylor & Barrett in Plastic

A special publication covering the plastic products of Taylor & Barrett, the most prolific British maker of non-military figures and accessories. (And a few soldiers too!).  Full colour photos never previously published. 

(Email us for details: pw.editor@ntlworld.com)

Plastic Warrior Show 2014

The 29th UK Toy and Model Soldier Show, better known as the Plastic Warrior Show will be held on Saturday 24th May 2014

Please note it will be at the New Venue that we used last year.

The Harlequin Suite at the Winning Post Inn Chertsey Road, Twickenham, TW2 6LS.  Saturday 24th May 2014, doors open to General Public from 10.30 (there is no earlybird entry).  Link to website: http://www.fayre-square.com/pub/winning-post-whitton-twickenham/c0487/

Our old venue, The Queen Charlotte Hall (QCH), in Richmond is closed for redevelopment and will not reopen until September 2014.  The new venue is just a 5 minutes drive away from the QCH in Richmond.

Travel Directions.

By Car.  Same route as for the old venue at Richmond.  From Outside London take M25, M3, A316, go over one roundabout and entrance to the winning Post is after 500 metres on your left.  From Inner London, after Richmond Circus follow A316 past QCH and continue straight on over 3 roundabouts.  You will pass the Winning Post on your right.  At the next roundabout take the 4th exit and entrance to the Winning Post will be on your left after 500 metres.

FREE PARKING.  There is extensive free parking at the site and in the residential roads behind the Winning Post, The Harlequin Suite is to the right of the main building.

By Public Transport.  From Central London and the South of England by overground train (South West Trains) from Waterloo or Clapham Junction to Whitton Station.  There are 8 trains an hour and the journey time is approx. 30 minutes, this is a loop line so 4 trains an hour run from two different platforms at Waterloo Station.   From the North of England by train to London arriving at Kings Cross St. Pancras or Euston. take the London Underground Victoria line just 6 stops to Vauxhall and change for South West Trains to Whitton Station as above.   Whitton Station is just 3 minutes walk from the Winning Post - turn left out of the station past Jubilee Avenue and Pauline Crescent, the next turning on your left is the entrance to the Winning Post.

Should you wish to take the London Underground to Richmond as in previous years, the easiest thing is to change platform and take a South West Train service to Whitton Station as above (4 trains an hour from Richmond, journey time 8 minutes).  alternatively you could get a black cab or a H22 bus from the taxi rank and bus stop outside the station.

Oyster cards are accepted on all London Underground lines, buses and South West Trains to Whitton Station.

The Winning Post Inn opens from 07.00 to 11.00 serving breakfast or coffee for those who arrive early, the pub serves drinks from 11.00 and Lunches from 12.00.  There is a cashpoint on site but Whitton town center with a full range of shops and banks is just 3 minutes walk from the hall.  Within the Winning Post complex is a Premier Inn travel hotel for those who want to break their journey and stay overnight.  Link to website: http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/TWIWIN/twickenham-stadium