The summer holidays will soon be upon us and, at the time of writing at least, the weather finally seems convinced too. As well as days out to the beach and barbecues with a mind of their own, we’re also looking forward to two exciting brick shows coming up over the next couple of months. On 20th July, we’ll be hosted again at the amazing Aerospace Bristol for the Supersonic Brick Show. This was great…
A Supersonic Brick Day @ Concorde Back in November 2022, after successfully organising and running Bristol Brick Show (GertLUG’s biggest show to date), I had a meeting with Adam from the Aerospace Museum – the home of Concorde. In this meeting we talked about putting on a similar show to Bristol Brick Show but I had a little niggle in my brain from some of the feedback we had received at BBS. Can the show…
GertLUG LEGOLAND Windsor Trip – 17th June 2023 Another year and another annual trip to LEGOLAND Windsor with our amazing GertLUG LEGO group. This year was a couple of months earlier than last year and yet we still had a hot sunny day to enjoy the wonders of the LEGOLAND theme park. It was a great turn out of our GertLUG members, most with family and friends in tow, to explore and participate in the…
Battersea store opening day – words by Gordon Tutt As a LUG member I had a fantastic opportunity, together with other GertLUG members, to attend the new Battersea LEGO store preview evening on Wednesday 24th May. The store’s official opening was the following day. The first thing that stood out at the new store was the absence of the familiar yellow LEGO shop logo. At Battersea all store signage is black and white, and very…
On the Road – experiences of the Black Country Last year, when I wrote a blog about my first ever show at Brick Express ‘22, there was talk of nervousness, of anticipation, of worrying about how many people would be there and so forth. There was still anticipation as the M5 wound inevitably to its understated conclusion in West Bromwich, but the other concerns had been replaced by excitement, both at the opportunity of showing…
On Saturday 22nd April we held a little one day show at a local school that our Ambassador at the time has a very close connection to. This local show raised £1,744.31 for the fantastic Friends of Waycroft Academy and was attended and enjoyed by hundreds of people, many of who had children at the school. GertLUG member Georgia Hill shares her thoughts below in her own words: I recently had the absolute pleasure of…
After an amazing Bristol Brick show 2022, GertLUG were able to donate an fantastic £6813.55 plus £1000 worth of LEGO sets to Children’s Hospice South West. This was a fantastic amount to be raised and Emily, Paul and Carol took it over to the Hospice. As a thank you the Hospice invited the LUG to return for a tour of their facilities so we could see where all the money we raised has gone. Last…
After the success of ‘Hairy Luke’s’ first school show last year, he has been approached by a number of other schools who would love the opportunity to work with GertLUG and fundraise for their school. GertLUG member Luke Beedle, was contacted by Liz, who runs the PTA at Kings’ Forest School in Kingswood. She asked if GertLUG could put on a show at her school to help raise some money to update and improve their…
The Bristol Brick Show 2022 at the Bristol Pavilion It’s been 3 long years since we last held a Bristol Brick Show event (the biggest show in our annual calendar) and blimey was it good to be back! With a brand new venue, many new GertLUG members since the last one, numerous amazing new builds and a bustling and enthralled crowd this felt like a triumphant and much needed return to big shows for us…
We’re back! It’s been a while since our last Bristol Brick Show but we’re back for 2022 and at a new and fantastic venue! Come and join us on the weekend of the 19th and 20th November at The Bristol Pavilion, BS7 9EJ. This will be the BEST LEGO SHOW that Bristol has ever seen. Over 70 traders and displayers covering everything from huge Pirate builds to Star Wars, train layouts and theme parks, there…