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LOCAL RAILWAY SOCIETIES

 

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

 

Q4. 2025

 

October to December 2025

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Note this calendar is based on information provided as at 28 September 2025.  As full details of meetings are not always published a full quarter in advance, up-dates to this calendar will occur periodically. Note Societies often change their events, often on little notice. 

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- Abergavenny & District Steam Society

(Venue: Kings Arms, Neville Street, Abergavenny, starts 8pm)

 

Tuesday 14 October: Talk

‘The Last decade of steam in South Wales 1955 – 1965’

Presentation by Peter Brabham

 

Tuesday 11 November: Talk

‘United States Transportation Locomotives in Wales during WW2’

 

Tuesday 9 December: 

Presentation to be confirmed by David Jones.

 

Alcester Railway Circle

(Venue: Alcester Unionist Club, High Street, Alcester B49 5AB, starts 7.30pm)

 

Monday 20 October: cine film

‘Southern Branch Lines’

Presented by A. Price

 

Monday 17 November: Film

‘Railway Movies on 16mm film’

Presented by C. Pratt

 

Altrincham Electric Railway Preservation Society

(Venue: Altrincham Methodist Hall, Barrington Road, Altrincham WA14 1HF, starts 7.30pm)

 

Friday 11 October: Talk

‘Unseen Southern Steam from the late Edward 'Ted' Banting Collection’

Presented by Lee Stanford

 

Friday 14 November: Talk

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Engine

Sheds".

Presented by Noel Coates

 

- Basingstoke and District Railway Society

(Venue: Wote Street Club, Basingstoke, RG21 7NG, starts 7.45pm)

 

Wednesday 8 October: Talk

‘Railway 200: The British Railway Engineering Revolution’

Presented by Richard Marks

 

Wednesday 22 October:

‘Trains and Mountains in the 21st Century’

Presented by Ian Francis

 

Wednesday 12 November: Talk

Details to be released

 

Wednesday 26 November:

Commercial Film Show

 

Wednesday 10 December: Social

Christmas film and buffet

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- Bath Railway Society

(Venue: Museum of Bath at Work, Julian Road, Bath, BA1 2RH, starts 7.30pm)

 

Thursday 2 October: Talk

‘Milk on the Rails’

Presented by Matthew Pinto

 

Thursday 6 November: Talk

‘Train Ferries in WW1 and WW2’

Presented by Gordon Adams

 

Thursday 4 December: Talk

‘Unusual Overseas Rail Journeys’

Presented by Fred Parkinson

 

- Bradford Railway Circle

(Venue: Bradford Mechanics' Institute Library, 76 Kirkgate, Bradford BD1 1SZ, starts 2pm)

 

Wednesday 15 October: Talk

‘My Railway Life History 1964-2024’

Presented by Paul Howson

 

Wednesday 12 November: Talk

‘Talgo’

Presented by Colin Smith

 

Wednesday 10 December: AGM

AGM & Members' Photos

 

- Bristol Railway Circle

(Venue: Redland Parish Church Hall: Times 1pm to 3pm)

 

Tuesday 7 October

DVD Evening (at President’s House)

 

Tuesday 21 October: AGM

Society AGM (at Redland Parish Church Hall)

 

Tuesday 4 November

Ten Minute Papers (at President’s House)

 

Tuesday 11 November: Talk

‘Swindon Top Link, How it Worked’

 

Tuesday 2 December

Meeting at Redland Parish Church Hall

 

- Bromsgrove Railway Club

(Venue: St Godwald's Church Hall, Aston Fields, Bromsgrove B60 2EA, starts 7:45pm)

 

Wednesday 8 October: Talk

‘The John Mudge collection’

Presented by Chris Wilkinson

 

Wednesday 12 November: Talk

‘Colour-Rail: another look at railways far and wide’

Presented by Paul Chancellor

 

Wednesday 10 December: AGM

Annual General Meeting

and Christmas get together

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- Buntingford Railway & Local History Society

(Venue: The Crown, 17 High Street, Buntingford, starts 8pm)

 

Friday 17 October: Talk

‘Essex & Herts Air Ambulance’

Presented Kate Hufton

 

Friday 21 November

‘The History of Traction Engines’

Presented by Clive Flack

 

Friday 19 December

‘The Buntingford Branch’

Presented by Stephen Ruff

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- Burton Railway Society

(Venue: Marston’s Sports & Social Club, Shobnall Road, Burton-on-Trent DE14 2BG, starts 7.30pm)

 

Thursday 2 October: Talk

Subject to be advised

Presented by Gavin Lake

 

Thursday 6 November

‘Selection from the John Calton Collection’

Presented by John Brooks

 

Thursday 4 December:

The BRS Members Pictures Show

 

- Cambridge Railway Circle

(Venue: Arbury Community Centre, Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2LD

 

Friday 3 October: AGM

AGM, also presentations from the membership

 

Monday 13 October: Talk

Bob Gwynne: Cambridge Industrial Archaeology Group presentation about Rail 200. £5/person entrance fee.

 

Friday 7 November: Talk

My life in Control & Preservation of D6732 (currently on NNR).

Presented by Alistair Barham

 

Friday 5 December: Talk

'Bridging The Gap'

Presented by Tom Ingall

 

- Cardiff & Avonside Railway Society

 

No details advised on website as yet.

 

Cirencester Railway Society

(Venue: Bingham Library, 1 Dyer Street, Cirencester, GL7 2PZ, starts 7.30pm)

 

Friday 3 October: Talk

‘The Australian Steam Scene’

Presented by Alan Price

 

Friday 7 November: Talk

‘The Life and Locomotives of R. E. L. Maunsell’

Presented by Dr Malcolm Savidge

 

Friday 5 December: Talk

‘By Cambrian lines to Barmouth in the 1960s’

Presented by David Aldred

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- Cornwall Railway Society

(Venue: Memorial Hall, Redruth Methodist Church, starts 6.30pm)

 

Saturday 11 October: Talk

‘Excerpts from the Millennium Project 25 years ago’

Presented  by Peter Bragg and Roger Winnen

 

Saturday 8 November: Talk

‘North Cornwall Line and rails to Torrington’

Presented by Roger Webster

 

Saturday 13 December: Show

‘My life on the railways’

Presented by Chris Treise

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​​- Friends of the Railway Studies Collection

(Venue: Newton Abbot Library, Passmore Edwards Centre, Market Street, Newton Abbot, starts 7pm)

 

Tuesday 21 October: Talk

‘Diesel and Electrics on the Southern 1980’s to the present day’

Presented by David Goodyear

 

Tuesday 18 November: Talk

‘History of the Stockton & Darlington Railway’

Presented by David Macveigh

 

Wednesday 17 December: Social

Christmas Quiz

 

- Giggleswick Railway Circle

(Venue: Settle Victoria Hall, starts 10.30am)

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Wednesday 22 October: Video Presentation

'Things Ain’t What They Used To Be'

Presented by Mike Taylor

 

Wednesday 19 November: Talk

‘Around the UK in classic railway posters’

Presented by Jane Ellis

 

Wednesday 17 December: Talk

'Flying Scotsman In America’

Presented by Richard Hinchcliffe

 

- Gosport Railway Society

(Venue: Christ Church Parish Centre, Stoke Road, Gosport, starts 7.30pm)

No details received

 

- Gravesend Railway Enthusiasts Society

(Venue: Emmanuel Baptist Church, Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1BB, starts 7.30pm)

 

Saturday 18 October:

Society Open Day

 

Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 November:

50th Model Railway Exhibition 2025

 

Awaiting further details

 

- Grimsby & Cleethorpes Railway Group

(Venue: The No.1, Station Approach, Cleethorpes, starts 7.30pm)

 

Wednesday 15 October

‘Scottish Railways through the years' 

Presented by Mike Fish.

 

Wednesday 19 November

‘Getting the Railways off the Ground' 

Presented by Colin Brading.

 

Wednesday 18 December

‘Sheffield to Kirton Lindsey'

Presented by Stephen Gay (ticket only)

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- Harborough Railway Association

(Venue: Conservative Club, Fairfield Road, Harborough

 

Awaiting details of Autumn Programme

 

- Haywoods Permanent Way

(Venue: Sports & Social Club, Main Road, Great Haywood, starts 7.30pm)

 

Wednesday 30 October: Talk

‘Chester and Holyhead Railway’

Presented by Philip Lloyd

 

Wednesday 27 November: Talk

‘Black Country Freight (Part 1)’

Presented by David Hayes

 

Wednesday 11 December:

Christmas Social

 

- Huddersfield Railway Circle

(Venue: Old Court Room, Town Hall, Huddersfield, starts 7.30pm)

 

Wednesday 8 October: Talk

‘A Taster of Cape Gauge Steam in South Africa’

Presented by Alan Lewis

 

Wednesday 22 October: Social

Annual Dinner

 

Wednesday 5 November

 ‘Trans-Pennine Loco Hauled – Clas 68 Story’

Presented by Robert Clarke

 

Wednesday 19 November

‘50 and 60 Years Ago’

Presented by Roger Hepworth

 

Wednesday 3 December: Talk

‘The Californian Zephyr’

Presented by Julian Halstead

 

Wednesday 17 December: Social

Chairman’s Evening (presentation and social gathering)

 

- Ipswich and District Historical Transport Society

(Venue: Ipswich Citadel, 558 Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, IP4 4PH, starts 7.30pm)

 

Wednesday 29 October: Talk

‘Life of an Auctioneer (Classic transport related)’

Presented by Ed Crichton

 

Wednesday 26 November Talk

‘The History of Mid Suffolk Light Railway’

Presenter to be advised

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 Irish Railway Record Society - London

(Venue: The Gallery at Alan Baxter, 77 Cowcross Street, Farringdon, London EC1M 6EL, starts 6pm).

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Friday 10 October : Talk

‘Donaghadee Branch’ by Gordon Hunt

 

Friday 21 November : Talk

‘Photos of Closed Lines that might Reopen’ by Roger Joanes

 

Friday 5 December : AGM and Talk

‘Last days of the Irish narrow gauge – through the lens of David Soggee’    by Joe Begley + London Area AGM

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Irish Railway Record Society - Manchester

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Awaiting programme

 

- Kettering & District Locomotive Society

(Venue: Cornmarket Hall, London Road, Kettering NN15 7QA, start 7.45pm)

 

Awaiting details of programme

 

- Leicester Railway Society

(Venue: Braunstone Civic Centre, 209 Kingsway, Braunstone, Leicester LE3 2PP, starts 7.30pm)

 

Tuesday 21 October

'Another look at North Eastern England'

Presented by John Brigstock and Michael Chapman.

 

Tuesday 18 November

'To Be Advised'​

Presented by Dennis Lovatt 

 

​ Tuesday 9 December

'Leicestershire Railways with many photos taken at Syston North Signal Box in the years between 1959 to 1966'

Presented by Trevor Follows 

 

- Lincoln Railway Society

(Venue: St Hugh's Church, Harewood Crescent, North Hykeham, Lincs, LN6 8JB, starts 7.30pm)

 

Monday 13 October: Talk

‘Railways In A Cornish Landscape (Part 1)’

Presented by Stephen Gay

 

Monday 10 November: AGM and Competition

Society AGM & Photo Competition

 

Monday 8 December

‘Random Railways’ 

Presented by Roger Childs

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-  Lutterworth Railway Society

(Venue: The Pavillion, Recreation Ground, Coventry Road, Lutterworth, LE17 4RB, starts 7.30pm)

 

Thursday 3 October: Talk

‘Railways in & around WW2’

Presented by Robin Mathams

 

Thursday 17 October: Talk

‘Rugby (Midland) - Peterborough (East) Line’

Presented by Gavin Ramsay

 

Thursday 7 November: Talk

‘The San Francisco Cable Cars’

Presented by Tom Ingall

 

Thursday 21 November: Talk

‘Cardiff Canton Diesel Depot & 1980 Reminiscences’

Presented by Steve Morris

 

Thursday 5 December: Talk

‘Living the Dream (With the occasional nightmare) 86259 Peter Pan’

Presented by Les Ross

 

Thursday 19 December

TBA

 

- Marlow & District Railway Society

(Venue: Bourne End Comunity Centre, Wakeman Road, Bourne End, starts 7.30pm)

 

Thursday 16 October: Talk

‘With Lance King in Ulster, Part 1. The Great Northern 1957-1965’

Presented by Leslie McCallister

 

Thursday 20 November: Talk

‘The Ken Nunn collection: After the Grouping - 1923-29’

Presented by Jeremy Harrison

 

Thursday 18 December: Talk

‘India Part 2’

Presented by Peter Robins

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Matlock Railway Club

(Venue: The Duke William, Church Street, Matlock, starts 7.30pm)

 

Talk season resumes in Autumn

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- Norfolk Railway Society

(Venue: URC Hall, Ipswich Road, Norwich NR4 6QR, starts 7.30pm)

 

Thursday 2 October: Talk

Liz Gibson of the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust returns to talk about Tornado

Presented by Liz Gibson

 

Thursday 16 October: Talk

Two presentations from NRS members. In the first half Ian Dinmore will present ‘How the Victorians Funded the Railways’. In part 2 Andrew Wright presents ‘Boxes, Piers and Viaducts’

 

Thursday 6 November: Talk

‘About our work’

Presented by Mike Millward (from the Class 37 Loco Group)

 

Thursday 20 November: AGM and Video

AGM followed by Video roundup 2024

Presented by Chris Eve

 

Thursday 4 December: Talk

‘Cambridge Area Railways Yesterday & Today Part 1’

Presented by David Scudamore

 

Thursday 18 December: Social

Informal pre-Christmas meeting with seasonal refreshments and short presentations from members.

 

- Nuneaton Railway Circle

(Venue: Chilvers Cotton Conservative Club, 18 Bridge Street, Coton, Nuneaton, starts 7.45pm)

 

Thursday 9 October: Talk

‘Railway Accidents’

Presented by Bill Lee

 

Thursday 23 October: Talk

‘The Eric Oldham Legacy Collection’

Presented by John Hillier

 

Thursday 6 November: Talk

‘Overhead Line Railway Electrification’

Presented by Keith Orgill

 

Thursday 20 November: Talk

‘The Liverpool Overhead Railway’

Presented by Colin Brading

 

Thursday 4 December: Talk

‘An 12th Colour-Rail Journey’

Presented by Paul Chancellor

 

Thursday 18 December: Social

Christmas Social Evening

 

- Oxfordshire Railway Society

(Venue: Kidlington Baptist Church, High Street, Kidlington, OX5 2DS, starts 7pm)

 

Monday 14 October: Talk

‘East West Rail’ (Delivering East West Rail)

 

Monday 11 November: Talk

‘Shipton on Cherwell Accident 1874’

Presented by Peter Webber

 

Monday 9 December: Film Show

‘Bumper annual film show’

Presented by Michael Clemens

 

Peak Railway Association: Derwent Valley Branch

(Venue: Darley Dale Methodist Church Hall, Dale Road North, Darley Dale, DE4 2FS, starts 7.30pm)

Awaiting details

 

Peak Railway Association: Sheffield Branch

(Venue:  Farm Road Sports & Social Club, Farm Road, Sheffield S2 2TP, starts 7pm)

 

Monday 6 October: Slideshows

‘A Railway Rainbow’ + ‘Fifty Shades of Something Else’

Presented by Gavin Lake

 

Monday 3 November: Digital + Video Feature

‘Railways of North and North East Lincolnshire’

Presented by Mike Fish

 

Monday 1 December: Annual Update and Social

Pie, Pea & Mash Supper after Peak Rail Director ‘State of the Union’ update and Q&A. Evening concludes with Roy Wilson ‘The 2025 Transport Scene in Sheffield & beyond’

 

- Pennine Railway Society

(Venue: Doncaster Town Fields Sports Club, Bennetthorpe, Doncaster DN2 6AA, starts 7.30pm)

 

Wednesday 1 October: Talk

'All Things Great and Central'

Presented by Steve Armitage

 

Wednesday 15 October: Talks

'Restoring the World's First Internal Combustion Passenger Train'

Presented by Steve Hoather

 

Wednesday 5 November:

'Railway Photographer 1959 to 1967'

Presented by Chris Nettleton

 

Wednesday 19 November: Talk

'The Inside Story of the Royal Train'

Presented by Geoff Griffith-

 

Wednesday 3 December

‘PENNINE SHIELD’ QUIZ

 

Wednesday 17 December

Digital Image Competition

 

- Pewsey Vale Railway Society

(Venue: Woodborough Social Club, Smithy Lane, Pewsey SN9 5PL)

 

Tuesday 14 October: Talk

‘Looe & Caradon Railway’

Presented by Mike Wilmott

Starts 7.30pm

 

Tuesday 11 November: Talk

‘Further Afield’

Presented by Colin Thomas

Starts 2.45pm

 

Tuesday 9 December: Talk

‘Swindon Railway Works’

Presented by Brian Arman

Starts 2.45pm

 

- Plymouth Railway Circle

(Venue: St Edward's Church Hall, Home Park Avenue, Peverell, Plymouth, starts 7.30pm)

 

Monday 6 October: Talk

‘Rails across the North West Pacific, featuring Oregon and Washington State’

Presented by Stuart Hammond

 

Monday 20 October: Talk

‘The Railway Studies Collection Part 2’

Presented by Graham Walker

 

Monday 3 November: AGM

Annual General Meeting followed by a presentation provided by Society President.

 

Monday 17 November: Talk

‘S’ is for Steam

Presented by Mike Tyack

 

Monday 1 December: Talk

‘Austrian Narrow Gauge’

Presented by Keith Barrow

 

Monday 15 December: Talk

The Mills Railway Year 2025

Presented by Bernard Mills

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- Railway Club of the New Forest

(Venue: Brock Village Hall, Highwood Road, Brockenhurst, starts 7.30pm)

 

Friday 31 October: Talk

‘Hungarian Journey - 2004’

Presented by Paul Gosling

 

Friday 28 November: Talk and Social

‘In the Footsteps of Lawrence’

Presented by Valerie Young

 

December 2025

[To be Announced] Christmas Dinner

 

- Reading Transport Group

(Venue: Church House, 59 Church Street, Caversham, starts 7.45pm)

 

Details yet to be advised on website

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- Redditch Railway Interest Group

(Venue: Forge Mill & Bordesley Abbey Visitors Centre, Needle Mill Lane, Redditch, starts 2pm)

 

Friday 10 October: Photos and cine film

‘North Wales including slate quarries at Penrhyn and Dinorwic’

Presented by Michael Clemens

 

Friday 14 November: Talk

‘Steam Miscellany in the Midlands: photographs taken at various locations’

Presented by Philip Jarvis

 

Friday 12 December: Social

Christmas Social at Redditch United F C, Valley Stadium, Bromsgrove Road at 12:00pm for 3 hours

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- Shropshire Railway Society

(Venue: The Gateway Education & Arts Centre, Chester Street, Shrewsbury SY1 1NB, starts 7pm)

 

Thursday 9 October: Talk

‘Irish Railways to the present day’ 

Presented by Dick Fearn

 

Saturday 12 October: Visit

Locomotive Services Ltd, Crewe

Afternoon visit taking in the boiler shop, workshops and outside storage area.

 

Thursday 23 October: Talk

‘Sunset to Sunrise’

Presented by Doug Capewell

 

Thursday 13 November: Talk

‘The Glory of British Steam at Work 1900-68’

Presented by Steve Armitage

 

Thursday 27 November: Talk

‘The North Staffordshire Railway’ 

Presented by Dr David Woolliscroft

 

Thursday 11 December: Talk

‘The Pembroke to Tenby Railway’

Presented by Martin Connop Price

 

- Slough & Windsor Railway Society

(Venue: The Manor, Slough Railway Station, Brunel Way, Slough, starts 7.30pm

 

Friday 3 October: Talk

‘The Liberation Line’

Presented by Christian Wolmer

 

Friday 10 October: Talk

To be advised

 

Friday 17 October: Talk

To be advised

 

Friday 24 October: Talk

Members evening

 

Friday 31 October: Talk

‘For a Few Rupees More (Part 2)’

Presented by Peter Robins

 

Friday 7 November: Talk

To be advised

 

Friday 14 November:

To be advised

 

Friday 21 November: Talk

Subject to be advised

Presented by Jack Boskett

 

Friday 28 November: Talk

‘Walk Down Memory Lane Railway Show’

Presented by Ian Boskett

 

Friday 5 December: Talk

SWRS Members' Festive Photographic Competition

 

Friday 12 December: Talk

‘Year 2000 Travel log’

Presented by Adrian Palmer

 

Friday 19 December: Talk

Members evening

 

- South East Essex Railway Society

(Venue: Dundonald Drive, Leigh on Sea, Essex, starts 8pm)

 

Thursday 23 October:Talk

‘The story of HMS Hood the Royal Navy battlecruiser’, a presentation by member Eddie Hardiman followed by a railway quiz.

 

Thursday 27 November:

Members’ Photographic Evening:

 

Thursday 4 December: Social

Christmas Social at ‘The Elms’ PH London Road Leigh on Sea from 6pm.

 

Thursday 17 December:

ZOOM meeting, jointly with Lutterworth

Railway Society and Gravesend Railway Enthusiasts Society. Presentation by SEERS

Chairman Peter Sedge.

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- Southern Counties Railway Society

(Venue: George Lee Room, Christ Church, Freemantle, Southampton, starts 6.45pm)

 

Saturday 18 October: Talk

‘Over the Pond’, or ‘Before  they were preserved’

Presented by Richard Coghlan 

 

Saturday 15 November: Film

‘Iron Horse Productions DVD Film’

Presented by Andy/ Ryan Lamb

 

Saturday 20 December: Film and Social

‘King Alfred Buses Start and Finish and Preserved Buses’

Presented by James Freeman

 

- Stevenage Locomotive Society

(Venue: Community Arts Centre, Roaring Meg Retail Park, Stevenage, starts 7.30pm)

 

Thursday 30 October: Talk

‘50 years with 50s’

Presented by Geoff Hudson

 

Thursday 27 November: Talk

More from the Kidderminster Railway Museum photographic archive

Presented by Chris Jones

 

Thursday 11 December:

The Eric Oldham Collection

Presented by John Hillier

 

- Stratford-upon-Avon Railway Group

(Venue: St. Andrews Church Hall, Shottery, CV37 9HQ, starts 7.30pm)

 

Monday 27 October: Talk

‘Railways around Cheltenham and Gloucester’

Presented by Mike Dodd

 

Monday 24 November: Talk

'I Moved it My Way (part 2) – transporting locomotives at home and abroad’

Presented by Andrew Goodman

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- Sutton Coldfield Railway Society

(Venue: St James Church Centre, 61 Mere Green Road, Sutton Coldfield B75 5BW, starts 7.45pm)

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- Sutton Railway Group

(Venue: St Clement's Church Hall, Church Lane, Sutton on Sea, Lincs LN12 2FE, starts 7pm)

 

Thursday 2 October:

Louth Canal Trust talk and Buffet, followed by a video.

 

Thursday 6 November:

Show and Tell evening, so bring something along and Videos.

 

Thursday 4 December: Social

Final Team Quiz followed by awards for winning team and Xmas Bash

 

- Tewkesbury YMCA Railway Society

(Venue: YMCA, 97 Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RS, starts 7.45pm)

 

Tuesday 7 October:

Members evening bring your slides, memory sticks & DVDs to share

 

Tuesday 14 October: Talk

‘A 12th Colourail Journey’

Presentation by Paul Chancellor

 

Tuesday 21 October

Members evening bring your slides, memory sticks & DVDs to share

 

Saturday 25 October:

Day trip by van to London Underground Acton Depot - Discovery guided tour &/or Post Office Rly

 

Tuesday 28 October

‘The Railways Of South West England In The 1960’s (Via the MSWJ + S&D)’

Presentation by Mr Michael Clemens

 

Tuesday 4 November

Members evening bring your slides, memory sticks & DVDs to share

 

Tuesday 11 November: Talk

‘The Life & Times Of 76077’

Presentation by Ian Crowder

 

Tuesday 18 November

Members evening bring your slides, memory sticks & DVDs to share

 

Tuesday 25 November: Talk

‘Rails Around Cheltenham & Gloucester From The Archive’

Presentation by Mike Dodd

 

Tuesday 2 December

Members evening bring your slides, memory sticks & DVDs to share

 

Tuesday 9 December: Talk

Confessions Of A Photographer With A One Track Mind”

Presentation by Pete Berry

 

Tuesday 16 December: Social

Members social evening Quiz/Games/Entertainments etc

 

Tuesday 23 December: Social

Christmas party - fun for all including buffet food

 

- The 8D Association

(Venue: DCBL Stadium/Widnes RLFC, Lowerhouse Lane, Widnes, WA8 7DZ, starts 7pm)

 

Thursday 9 October: Talk

‘The Robert Whitfield Collection – UK Steam 1948 to 1958’

Presented by Peter Berry

 

Thursday 13 November: Talk

‘From the 1960’s to the present day’

Presented by Bill Twiss

 

Thursday 11 December: Talk

‘The Dockers Umbrella - The Liverpool Overhead Railway 1893 to 1956’

Presented by Keith Hick

 

- The 8E Railway Association

(Venue: Gladstone Club, Station Road, Northwich CW9 5RB, starts 7.45pm)

 

Tuesday 8 October: Talk

‘Horwich Works’

Presented by Noel Coates

 

Tuesday 14 November: Talk

‘41 Years of the IOM Railway’

Presented by Alistair Renfrew    

 

Tuesday 9 December: Talk

‘Railways in North Cheshire’

Presented by Russell Hatt

 

- The Enfield Transport Circle

(Venue: Enfield Drill Hall Sports Club, 1 Old Park Avenue, Enfield EN2 6PJ, starts 8pm)

 

Tuesday 7 October: Talk

‘Railways before the War - That's the Great War’ - Part 3

Presentation: Jeremy Harrison

 

Tuesday 4 November: Film

‘The 2025 Bob Todd Tribute Presentation’ : A compilation of the late Bob Todd's films from 1957 & 1964.

Presentation: Kenneth Crane

 

Tuesday 2 December: Talk

'Railways and the Raj' (2017) - How the Age of Steam Transformed India’

Presentation: Christian Wolmar

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- WC&P Railway Group

 

Friday 28 November: Talk

‘100 years of railways around Bristol and Somerset’

Presented by Paul Stanford

Weston-s-Mare Venue: St Georges Community Centre, Willow Close, Weston-super-Mare

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-  Wells Railway Fraternity

(Venue: Wells Town Hall, Wells, Somerset, starts 7.30pm)

 

Tuesday 14 October: Talk

‘Freight Operator GBRf’ followed by ‘the Diesel and Electric Preservation Group’

Presented by Bob Tiller

 

Tuesday 11 November: Talk

‘Stothert and Pitt – Crane Makers’

Presented by Pete Dunn

 

Tuesday 9 December: AGM

AGM followed by Quiz set by last year’s winner

 

- Weston-Super-Mare Railway Society

(Venue: Conservative Club, 24-26 Alexandra Parade, Weston-Super-Mare, starts 8pm)

 

Tuesday 7 October: Talk

‘Bristol & Somerset in the 1980’s’

Presented by Kevin Redwood

 

Tuesday 4 November: AGM

Annual General Meeting

 

Tuesday 2 December: Talk

‘Rails to Portbury Dock & Portishead in the Last Decade’

Presented by Richard Giles

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- Wimborne Railway Society

(Venue: United Reformed Church Hall, Chapel Lane, Wimborne BH21 1PP, starts 7.30pm)

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Thursday 9 October:

More from the Pete Renaut archive

 

Thursday 23 October:

Quiz Night

 

Thursday 6 November

‘More Station Visits’

Presented by Paul Carpenter

 

Thursday 20 November: Talk

‘10 images on a theme’

 

Thursday 4 December: Talk

‘Steam Galas and other photo opportunities" -

Presented by Gerry Barnard

 

Thursday 11 December:

Brian House's Audio-Visual Show.

 

Thursday 18 December: AGM

Annual General Meeting 8.00pm

 

- Worcester Locomotive Society

(Venue: Barbourne Ex-Services Club, The Moors, Worcester WR1 3ED, starts 8pm)

 

Tuesday 7 October: Talk

‘The 82045 Steam Locomotive Trust’                                                   

Presented by Neil Taylor

 

Tuesday 25 October: Social

85A Reunion - Details from the Society  

 

Tuesday 4 November: Talk

‘Where it all started’                                                                                                               

Presented by Steve Widdowson

 

Tuesday 2 December: Talk

‘More from the Boskett Archive Collection’                                       

Presented by Bryan Boskett

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