Carronade 2024
Falkirk District Wargames Club hope you can join us for our annual show.
On Saturday, May 4, 2024. 10am to 4pm.
The show will be held at our usual venue, Graeme High School Callander Road Falkirk FK1 1S.
The entrance being used is the east door we have used the last few years, if you use What 3 words the entrance being used is located at https://w3w.co/spun.begins.rungs
Please note that parking on site is very limited and visitors are advised to use the nearby Callendar Business Park: Google Maps.
Prices: £5 for Adults £3 for OAP and Under 16 and a Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) £7.
The lists of traders, clubs, and games is all up to date, alongside the details for the painting competition.
VENUE
Graeme High School,
Callendar Road,
Falkirk FK1 1SY
CARRONADE! Named after the short range, heavy calibre cannon used by the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic wars and cast at the Carron Ironworks on the outskirts of Falkirk.
SHOW HISTORY Established in 2006, Carronade has gone from strength to strength since our first experiment to try a show. We were not certain that there would be support for another Northern show but decided to give it a go after checking that the club finances were healthy enough to cope if it proved to be a disaster! We need not have worried.
The first show in Falkirk College was well attended and we covered our costs with a small profit. It has grown every successive year and we soon had to switch to our current venue at Graeme High School for more floor space. We are using every practical space in the school building now and only wish we had more.
One early Carronade innovation was to run a flea market rather than a traditional bring and buy. We believe we were one of the first UK shows to use this format which is better known at US conventions.
Gamers can hire a small table for a nominal fee in one or more of four 1 hour sessions during the day and sell their own items for whatever price they negotiate, with no cut taken by the club. It has proved hugely popular.
Staffing a show as large as Carronade! is a challenge if you still want club members to have time to look around the show and buy some new toys.
The flea market format needs just one club member present to manage the hall while a traditional bring and buy needs many pairs of hands. So, for us, it was either run the market area as a flea market format or nothing.
With the numerous traders, club demonstration and public participation games and the popular painting competition we hope our fellow gamers have a grand day out at Carronade!