{"id":12780,"date":"2022-02-04T22:24:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T22:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=12780"},"modified":"2022-02-05T23:59:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T23:59:55","slug":"new-year-new-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2022\/02\/new-year-new-show\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year, New Show"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Having already lost a couple of shows this year, it’s time for some good news. We’ve been on the waiting list for Hammerhead<\/a> for several years and we’ve just heard that we’ve reached the top of the list. It’s fairly short notice (the show is in less than four weeks) but we should be ready to go.<\/p>\n

Hammerhead, held at Newark Showground, has grown into one of the larger shows in the calendar. It’s situated just a few minutes off the A1, so is easily accessible.<\/p>\n

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Technically we’re returning to Hammerhead, since we attended the original show at Kelham Hall several times over a decade ago – but that was a different venue and different organisers, so it’s really a new event for us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Having already lost a couple of shows this year, it’s time for some good news. We’ve been on the waiting list for Hammerhead for several years and we’ve just heard that we’ve reached the top of the list. 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