The Wakefield Show, Saturday/Sunday, 19th/20th May 2001
Mike Wilson fills us in on the latest news from the Wakefield Acorn User Group....
For the sixth time members of the Wakefield Acorn Computer (User) Group are organizing their Acorn/RISC OS Show. Once again the venue will be the Thornes Park Athletics Stadium, Horbury Road, Wakefield.
At 10:00am on Saturday the show will declared open by The Mayor of Wakefield and will remain open until 5:30pm. On Sunday the show will be open from 10:00am until 4:00pm. Advance tickets, which allow entry to the show on both days without extra cost, can now be booked at discount rates and post free.
Adult tickets cost £2.50 which rate also covers OAPs and RISC OS Foundation members (quoting their Foundation card number). Juniors aged between 6 and 16 years pay £1.50, whilst Children under 6 are admitted free.
On the door prices are £4.00 for Adults and £2.50 for Foundation (on production of a membership card), OAPs and Juniors aged between 6 and 16. Under 6s are admitted free, all tickets are valid on both days.
Special Offer
As a special offer, members of the Wakefield Acorn Computer (User) Group and the ARM Club can gain admittance on the Sunday for the reduced price of £2.50 provided they show their membership card. Advance ticket orders should be sent to:
Show 2001
95 Cumbrian Way
Lupset Park
WAKEFIELD
WF2 8JT
Please make Cheques or Postal orders payable to "WACG Show". PLEASE NOTE: We are sorry but we cannot accept Credit or Debit Cards.
Exhibitors
Over 25 Exhibitors are currently booked in and this number is growing daily. The exhibition is all at ground floor level with good access for the disabled. The show theatre and all day catering are on the 1st floor, but there is a lift, big enough for wheelchairs.
A popular feature of the show is always the Bring and Buy Charity Stall. Last year this raised over 1600 pounds for local charities. A new attraction is the Final of the RISCOS Ltd - Demo Competition.This has been promoted to encourage programmers to write eye catching demonstrations which utilise to the full the capabilities of the RISC OS operating system and hardware.
We will also have all the regular features including the RiscStation Small Developers Village, the Castle Technology Internet Cafe, the R-Comp Games Arcade and of course the Show Theatre with a full programme of lectures and demonstrations on both days.
There is free on-site parking, including disabled parking, and AA signs marking routes to the show from the Motorways and other mainroutes. Wakefield is well served by rail and coach transport from all over the UK and there are good local bus services between the railway and coachstations and the show. WACG would like to thank Acorn User, Castle Technology, Cerilica, Photodesk Ltd, R-Comp/R-Comp Interactive, RiscStation and Surftec for kindly sponsoring the show. For further information visit the show website at:
Enquires about stands can be made to the ticket booking address above or by email to showinfo@wacg.org.uk
About the organisers
The show is organised and run by the members of the Wakefield Acorn Computer (User) Group, which has formed in 1983 and has over 100 members. The group holds regular monthly meetings on the 1st Wednesday of each month at the West Yorkshire Sports and Social Club, Sandalhall Close, Sandal, Wakefield at 7.45 pm.
About WAUG
The 18th annual general meeting was held on in January with almost fifty members present. After fifteen years Chris Hughes stood down as Group Secretary although he will continue as Membership Secretary and as joint organiser of the Wakefield RISC OS Show.
Steve Potts was elected as new secretary. Alan Benning and Andrew Bryden were re-elected as Chairman and Treasurer respectively. Committee members re-elected were: Eric Bowns, Ruth Gunstone, Terry Marsh, Alan Street and Mike Wilson.
To conclude the formal business Chris Hughes and Mike Wilson were voted as Life Members of the group in recognition of their long service and work on the Wakefield RISC OS Shows. The group then entertained members present to a buffet supper followed by a demonstration of the CD Magazines 'RiscWorld' and'Foundation RISC User' plus an introduction to the Brian Jaques HTML Tutor CD.
At the February meeting the guest speaker was Don Slaven a long established freelance graphics artist from Gargrave. Don's subject was "Digital Image Tweaking using RISC OS" with some exciting demonstrations.
Forthcoming Events in 2001
Weds, 7th Mar 2001Geoff Titmus of Softease - The Textease Studio range.
Textease 2000, Textease Spreadsheet. Textease Database and a first sight of the new Textease Paint
Weds, 4th April 2001 - John Cartmell - !Draw; Acorn's Hidden Gem
1,001 things you can do with !Draw without involving Aaron Timbrell :-) (Impossible - ED)
Weds, 2nd May 2001 - Chris Morison - "Organizer"
Also synchronising files with the Psion range.
Further events will be announced in due course.
mike wilson
Last Edit: Thu,02 Apr 2026