This was one of our informal quarterly meetings where our members showed off their latest Meccano creations.
At around 2:00pm we had a short committee meeting, followed by the Model Tour in which members were invited to give a short talk about their models — in particular their entries for the Secretary’s Challenge!
The Girder Frame Secretary’s Challenge
This Challenge was to build a model incorporating any number of an unusual and little used Meccano part: the Girder Frame, part 113, plus no more than 113 other parts, including nuts, bolts and washers.
The Girder Frame was introduced in 1919 and appeared in the Inventor’s Outfit of 1920, but it was rarely included in any regular Meccano outfits. Despite this, it somehow remained in production at Binns Road more or less up to the closure of the factory in 1979.