How it all began

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As a young father in the mid seventies Alan Walker would tell his young son bed time stories about Elves, Dwarves, Wizards and all sorts of strange and wonderful fairy-folk. Eventually his son would fall asleep dreaming of unicorns, enchanted forests and secret worlds filled with magic. Alan’s stories came from such influences as J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and Douglas Adams who he had read and admired very much during his years in the Royal Navy.

Some twenty-years later, Alan and his friends Terry & Doug Fleet who all shared a love of engines and old machinery got together and in a small shed in Wat Tyler Park, Pitsea, Essex, the Museum Of Power was born. The museum grew and grew, changing locations to where it is now and eventually becoming the professional organisation you see today.

As well as restoring his own Wallis and Stevens 3 ton road-roller Alan was also responsible for starting the construction of the Museum’s miniature railway. He also sat on the board of directors for the Museum Of Power as well as holding a position on the Events Team who were responsible for organising and running the many shows and events held each year at the Museum Of Power.

In what little spare time he had Alan’s stories still flowed only this time out onto paper. He gave the stories to friends and relatives who in turn read them to their children. After being received with such a rapturous response Alan decided that the many children who were brought along to the museum by their parents ought to have something for themselves to look at which is where the idea of the model village came to life.

After standing down from the board of directors and handing over the miniature railway project to another group of volunteers Alan finally began working on his dream in 1999

Today the village is almost completed but has already received international interest from America and Germany. Alan has turned his story telling talents into writing adventure books about the many inhabitants of Astaria which he will be selling from the model village when it is officially opened at Easter 2007.

Alan has fully funded the model village himself and has built it together with his long time friend Dave Mead.