Behind the Backscene
This month, we fire the questions at laser-cutting boffin Julie Lightburn, who was greatly inspired by Blue Peter as a child.
Julie Lightburn is the owner of the laser-cutting specialists York Modelmaking and the online shop York Model Rail.
"I would like it to be ‘cool’ for young people to take up the hobby"
1 What is your earliest railway memory?
I guess I was about 12 months old when my dad took me to the York Model Railway Show. I was fascinated by all of the layouts.
2 What is your most memorable train journey?
I would like to say it was my first trip on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and my first trip on a steam train. But, in reality, the most memorable was when a bullet shattered the glass doors of our carriage just outside of Paris!