It is with great sadness that I have been informed of the passing of Don Neale, just short of his 97th birthday.
As I am sure most will know, Don was one of the founding fathers of the Gauge O Guild, way back in 1956. It was at a meeting in London, appropriately at Euston Station, where a group of a dozen or so modellers in O gauge decided to form an organisation to promote the manufacture and supply of components for those wishing to build their own models. In those days, the only O gauge available, apart from tinplate, was in the form of ready to run rolling stock and trackwork from the likes of Bassett-Lowke, Mills, Exley and Leeds Model Co.
Dave Smith