IT was smiles all round as young and old alike were dazzled by a Legotown.

The exhibition, at the Steam Museum, attracted hundreds of visitors over the weekend, who all came to marvel at the design.

From shoppers and sunbathers, cowboys and Indians and even the fat controller, no one was forgotten in the display.

Appropriately, for the venue, the exhibition featured model trains, including a doubledecker, an underground station, shops, a windmill and a gasometer - a large container that stores gas.

One of the excited children watching the trains whizzing round the display was seven-year-old Christopher Johnson, of Abbey Meads.

"It is really cool," he said.

"I like the camera on the train because you can see what it would be like to be a driver."

And his dad Richard, 35, was just as enthralled with the miniature town.

"It is fantastic, the amount of hours that must have gone in to creating it doesn't bear thinking about," he said.

"I'm really glad we came down.

"I had heard about the poster but thought it was a bit of a laugh to be honest.

"It was probably the best publicity they could ask for."

Ten-year-old Ellie Martin, of Old Town, also thought the exhibition was fantastic.

"I didn't really want to come because I don't like trains," she said.

"But my mum made me and I'm glad. The Lego people are good.

"I like the windmill best."

Martin Long, co-ordinator of the display, said: "It has gone really well and we have had some really positive comments from visitors.

"Although we encourage the children not to touch, they can get up really close to the display and parents have said some really nice things about that.

"But it has been really well received and everyone is chuffed with how well it has gone."

The event has been subject to a lot of publicity after the posters promoting it showed a high street scene featuring saucy lingerie store Ann Summers and a peep show with a pair of protruding Lego breasts hanging over the front door.

But Mr Long said he didn't know if the extra publicity from the notorious posters had anything to do with it.

"We've definitely had more visitors than last year but whether that is because they saw the poster, or because of the extra attention it has received in the press, who knows?"

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