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Jack (and his cousins Grabbit and Skoot) have many friends and supporters. They recommend these sites as ones you may wish to visit. | |||
ACE
Trains of London |
www.acetrainslondon.com Britain's leading manufacturer of toy trains in the tin-plate tradition. ACE Trains donated a tinplate 0 gauge electric 4-4-2 tank loco to the Zoological Society of Wales at the Welsh Mountain Zoo on the occasion of the launch of 'Grabbit and Skoot and the Invasion of the Grey Squirrels', May 2000. The model subsequently raised over £300 for the ZSW Red Squirrel research project to which royalties from 'Grabbit & Skoot and the Red Squirrels' are devoted. | ||
Bala
Lake Railway |
www.bala-lake-railway.co.uk Jack the Station Cat is Honorary Station Cat at the Llanuwchllyn HQ of the railway. The railway giftshop stocks the Jack books and toys. | ||
Bekonscot Model Village and Railway | www.bekonscot.co.uk Stockists of Jack books in north Wales. | ||
Bluebell Railway Preservation Society | www.bluebell-railway.co.uk The largest stockists of Jack books in the south of England. | ||
Bodmin and Wenford Railway | www.bodminandwenfordrailway.co.uk Major stockists of Jack books in Cornwall. | ||
British
Railway Modelling |
www.brmodelling.com Jack appeared in the 'Lock's Siding' column of British Railway Modelling Magazine for thirteen years (1993 to 2006). | ||
Cambrian Heritage Railways | www.cambrianrailways.com.
A major Shropshire/Welsh Marches stockist of Jack books at the railway's
Oswestry and Llynclys shops. |
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The Childrens Trust | The Childrens Trust Jack also supports this worthwhile charity | ||
Colne Valley Railway | www.colnevalleyrailway.co.uk Major supplier of Jack books in mid Wales. |
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Conwy Valley Railway Museum | www.conwyrailwaymuseum.co.uk Stockists of Jack books in north Wales. | ||
Corris
Railway Society |
www.corris.co.uk Alan, with Jack, is a member of this society. The railway giftshop stocks the Jack books. | ||
Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway | www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk The Embsay and Bolton Abbey railway shop at Embsay station is a major stockist of Jack the Station Cat books. | ||
Glyn Valley Tramway | www.glynvalleytramway.org.uk Stockists of Jac books at the Glynveiriog Museum shop. | ||
Great Central Railway | www.gcrailway.co.uk Major stockist of Jack books in the Midlands. | ||
Gwasg Helygain | www.gwasg.com - the publisher of Jack the Station Cat's books! The shop stocks the Jack books and toys. | ||
Juniper Junction | www.juniperjunction.co.uk Jack the Station Cat thinks the Juniper Junction DVD is just "purrfect." Look out for his friends the owl and the mouse | ||
Keith and Dufftown Railway | www.keith-dufftown-railway.co.uk Major stockist of Jack Books in the north of Scotland. | ||
Keithley and Worth Valley Railway | www.kwvr.co.uk Major stockist of Jack books in the Bronte country. | ||
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Trust | www.lyrtrust.org.uk The L&Y Trust of which Alan Cliff is a long time member, owns and maintains historic locomotives and carriages from the former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway which ceased to exist in 1922. | ||
The Lauceston Railway | www.launcestonsr.co.uk Stockist of Jack books | ||
The Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway | www.leadhillsrailway.co.uk
This delightful line in South West Scotland hosts Jack books in its shop. |
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The Llangollen Railway | www.llangollen-railway.co.uk Stockists of Jack books in north Wales. | ||
LMS-Patriot Company | www.lms-patriot.org.uk This company is seeking to build a new 'Patriot' steam locomotive to the original design by Sir Henry Fowler a former Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. It is hoped to have the locomotive in steam in 2018 for the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice in 1918. The locomotive will be named 'The Unknown Warrior' and will be a new National Memorial Engine. Alan Cliff is a supporter of the project. | ||
The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway | www.lynton-rail.co.uk Alan, with Jack, is a member here. The railway giftshop stocks the Jack books and toys. | ||
Model
Railway Express |
www.mremag.com The online magazine for railway modellers - Jack has received many mentions in this magazine. | ||
The Moffat Bookshop | www.themoffatbookshop.co.uk The Moffat Bookshop, 5 Well Street, Moffat DG10 9SL. Tel: 01683 478088. Major stockist of Jack books in the south west of Scotland. | ||
National Railway Museum, York | www.nrm.org.uk The largest stockists of Jack books in the north of England. | ||
Pendon Museum | www.pendonmuseum.com
This well known Model Railway Museum at Long Wittenham, near Abingdon stocks
Jack books. |
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Perfect Miniatures Model Shop | www.themodelkitshop.co.uk Stockists of Jack books in Suffolk. | ||
Railway
Children |
www.railwaychildren.org.uk Railway Children help runaway and abandoned children who turn up at the world's great railway stations. Jack The Station Cat is friend Number One of the Railway Children. The Friends are an excellent way of supporting this worthwhile charity. | ||
Railwayana Auctions UK | www.ukrailwayana.com Major stockists of Jack books since 2000. | ||
Rhyl and District Model Railway Club | www.penmorfa.com/rdmrc Alan Cliff is President of the Rhyl and District Model Railway Club and Jack the Station Cat is Hon Station Cat. | ||
Rhyl
Miniature Railway |
www.rhylminiaturerailway.co.uk Jack is the Honorary Station Cat at Rhyl Miniature Railway's Lakeside Station. The railway giftshop stocks the Jack books and toys. | ||
Romney,
Hythe and Dymchurch Railway |
www.rhdr.org.uk
Stockist of Jack books at this famous miniature railway in Kent. |
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Save the Family | www.savethefamily.uk.com - Jack supports this worthwhile charity. |
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Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway | www.sklr.net - The first railway in the UK to arrange a Jack event. The railway giftshop stocks the Jack books and toys. | ||
The Southwold Railway | www.southwoldrailway.co.uk Stockist of Jack books. | ||
Stainmore Railway Company | www.kirkbystepheneast.co.uk The railway giftshop stocks the Jack books and toys. | ||
Stanier
Mogul Fund |
www.staniermogulfund.org.uk Jack is a full member of the Stanier Mogul Fund which owns and operates 42968, one of Sir William Stanier's famous LMS 2-6-0 steam tender locomotives. | ||
Stately Trains | www.statelytrains.com Stately Trains is an award winning preserver and restorer of vintage British railway carriages. Jack the Station Cat commends this site to all lovers of Britain's railway transport history. | ||
The Swanage Railway | www.swanagerailway.co.uk
Dorset stockist of Jack books at the railway's shop. |
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Vale of Rheidol Railway | www.rheidolrailway.co.uk Stockists of Jack books. | ||
The Wales Books Council | www.gwales.com The Wales Books Council – you can order Jack books from here as well (but they won’t be signed!). You can also see a huge variety of other Welsh based authors here. | ||
The Talyllyn Railway | www.talyllyn.co.uk Stockists of Jack books. | ||
Welsh
Highland Heritage Railway |
www.whr.co.uk Alan, with Jack, is a member here and has a book signing every August bank holiday. The shop is a major stockist of Jack books in Wales. | ||
The
Welsh Mountain Zoo |
www.welshmountainzoo.org The Welsh Mountain Zoo, Colwyn Bay, was where the first Grabbit book 'Grabbit and Skoot and the Invasion of the Grey Squirrels' was launched in May 2000. The book has sold nearly 2500 copies and was shortlisted for the 2001 Goodchild Prize for Excellent English sponsored by the Queen's English Society. | ||
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