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LOCAL RAILWAY SOCIETIES

 

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

 

Q2. 2024

 

April to June 2024

 

- Abergavenny & District Steam Society

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

 

Tuesday 9 April: Talk

‘More South African Steam’

Presented by Dave Moores

 

Tuesday 14 May: AGM

AGM, plus ‘Bolero, Yankees and Ebbw Junction’

Presented by Nigel Lewis

Tuesday 11 June: Talk

‘Branch Lines to Monmouth’

Presented by Ray Viney

 

Alcester Railway Circle

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

Monday 15 April: Talk

‘Railways in and around Devon’

Presented by Michael Clemens

 

Monday 20 May: Talk

‘The Decline and Rebirth of the Tramway’

Presented by David Morgan

Aln Valley Railway

(Venue: The Old Waiting Room, Alnwick Station, 'Barter Books' bookshop, Alnwick NE66 2NP, start 7pm for 7.30pm)

Awaiting details of 2024 meetings

 

Altrincham Electric Railway Preservation Society

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

Friday 12 April: Presentation

‘Transport around the World by GEC and its predecessors’ (a joint meeting with the Irish Railway Record Society Manchester branch)

Presented by David Beilby

 

- Basingstoke and District Railway Society

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

Wednesday 10 April: Talk

‘The Arrival of Railways in Reading’

Presented by Richard Marks

 

Wednesday 24 April: Talk

'The LMS Patriot Project'

Presented by Colin Hall

 

Wednesday 8 May: Talk

‘Gosling Galavants Again in 2023’

Presented by Paul Gosling

 

Wednesday 12 June: Talk

‘Great Western Transformation 2010 to 2020’

Presented by John Scragg

- Bath Railway Society

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

Thursday 11 April: Talk

‘An Evening of BR Steam Nostalgia’

Presented by Simon Foote

 

Thursday 2 May: Talk

‘Over the Mendips 1874 - 2024’

Presented by Mike Beale

Thursday 6 June:

Annual General Meeting

Followed by ‘The Western Locomotive Society’

Presented by Petr Bamber

- Blandford Forum Railway Club

(Venue: Blandford Scout Hall, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7BS)

No events advised this quarter

 

- Bradford Railway Circle

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

Wednesday 3 April: Talk

‘1960s Railway Scene as seen by Leslie Metcalf’

Presented by Chris Taylor

 

Wednesday 1 May: Talk

‘Fifty Years Back’

Presented by John Holroyd

 

Wednesday 29 May: Talk

‘Stately Trains’

Presented by Stephen Middleton

Wednesday 26 June: Talk

‘A Mixed Bag of Trains’

Presented by John Whiteley

 

- Bristol Railway Circle

(Venue: Room 4 at BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol, 7.45pm)

Tuesday 19 March: Talk

‘Preserved Steam on BR’

Presented by Arthur Turner (held at BAWA)

Tuesday 16th April: Talk

The Vale of Berkeley Railway

Presented by Howard Parker (BAWA)

- Bromsgrove Railway Club

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

Wednesday 10 April: Digital Presentation

‘Midland Industrial Steam’

Presented by Mike Nichols

 

Wednesday 8 May: Talk

‘Railways in Worcestershire’

Presented by Chris Wilkinson

Wednesday 12 June: Talk

‘Pete Skelton Remembered’

Presented by Mike Wathan

 

- Buntingford Railway & Local History Society

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

Friday 19 April: Talk

‘The History of World War II airfields in East Anglia’

Presented by Andy Strange

 

Friday 17 May: Talk

‘110 Years of Aviation in Hertfordshire’

Presented by Guy Thomas

Friday 21 June: Social

Society Social at Braughing Station, 7pm

- Burton Railway Society

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

Wednesday 4 April: Talk

‘Ken Wolley Tribute - 60 Years Behind the Lens’

Presented by Phil Waterfield

 

Wednesday 2 May: Talk

Presented by John Dagley Morris

- Cambridge Railway Circle

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

Friday 5 April: Talk

‘A4s and Deltic’s and their German Links’

Presented by Michael Smythe

 

Friday 10 May:

‘Edward Watkin, 'HS2' Victorian Visionary & the 21st Century N/S - E/W Railway Revivals’

Presented by Geoff Scargill

- Cardiff & Avonside Railway Society

Friday 29 March to Monday 1 April: Easter Scotland

A four-day trip to Scotland visiting preservation sites

 

Saturday 20 April: Channel Tunnel

A day trip to the Channel Tunnel and Tonbridge

 

Saturday 18 May: London Flyer

A day trip to London with free time

Saturday 22 June: Leeds and Keighley

A day trip to Keighley for the KWVR Gala

 

Cirencester Railway Society

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

Friday 5 April: Talk

The Western Locomotive Association

Presented by Peter Bamber

Sunday 9 June: Visit

Visit to Fawley Railway Museum

- Cornwall Railway Society

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

Saturday 13 April: The AGM, together with the Cornwall Railway Society Photographic Competition

presented by Ian McKey

 

Saturday 11 May: Talk

‘A life of Buses and Trains’

Presented by Chris Heaps

- Friends of the Railway Studies Collection

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

Tuesday 16 April: Talk

‘What I saw on my holidays’

Presented by Paul Silvestri on his recent travels.

 

Tuesday 7 May: AGM

Annual General Meeting, followed by a selection of images recently acquired by the Collection Graham Walker.

 

- Giggleswick Railway Circle

(Venue: Settle Victoria Hall, starts 7.30pm)

Wednesday 27 March: Talk

DW Castle Show: 3 from Manchester Victoria and L&Y Lines

Presented by Mike Taylor

Wednesday 17 April: Talk

‘Rail Cameraman’

Presented by John Hillier

 

- Gosport Railway Society

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

Awaiting details of 2024 Programme

 

- Gravesend Railway Enthusiasts Society

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

Tuesday 2 April: Talk

‘Too Tall for the Tube’

Presented by Lester Hilman

 

Thursday 18 April: Talk

‘Story of the Hawker Hurricane’

Presented by Robin Vince

 

Tuesday 7 May: Talk

‘Railways at the end of my Garden’

Presented by David Wills

 

Thursday 23 May: Talk

‘Project 24’

Presented by Clive Emsley

Tuesday 4 June: Talk

To be confirmed

 

- Grimsby & Cleethorpes Railway Group

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

Wednesday 17 April: Talk

'Rails on the Isle of Man'

Presented by Jason Cross

 

Wednesday 15 May: Talk

'Steam around Doncaster and Lincoln'

Presented by Chris Nettleton

Wednesday 19 June: Talk

'East of Wakefield in Steam Days'

Presented by Roger Hepworth

- Harborough Railway Association

(Venue: Conservative Club, Fairfield Road, Harborough

Awaiting details of 2024 Programme

 

- Haywoods Permanent Way

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

Wednesday April 24: Talk

‘Odd Corners of Shropshire (Part 2)’

Presented by Leon Coast

 

Wednesday May 29: Talk

‘The SVR New Build, 82045’

Presented by Neil Taylor

Wednesday June 26:

Annual General Meeting

followed by Wes Till

- Huddersfield Railway Circle

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

Wednesday 10 April: Talk

‘Neville Hill - Diary of an Escapee’

Presented by Peter Holden

Wednesday 24 April: Talk

‘A Tale of Two Stations’

Presented by Philip Lockwood

 

Wednesday 8 May: Talk

‘Heritage Railway Roundup’

Presented by Mike Swift

 

Wednesday 22 May: Visit

Huddersfield Station - Onsite visit with Network Rail

Wednesday 5 June: Talk

‘Some of my Favourite Locomotives’

Presented by John Whitwam

 

Wednesday 19 June: Talk

‘My Railway Career’

Presented by Nigel Petre

- Ipswich and District Historical Transport Society

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

 

Wednesday 24 April: Talk

‘The Golden Age of British Airships, and focus on the R101 and R100 story, along with the history around the Cardington airship station’

Presented by Andrew Lawson (Airship Trust)

 

Wednesday 29 May: Talk

With the Norfolk Railway Society

‘East Croydon to Kimberley Park: 50 Years of Railway Reflections' by Martin Care

Irish Railway Record Society - London

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

Friday 19 April: Talk

‘Retro Irish Diesels’

Presented by Ciaran Coone

Irish Railway Record Society - Manchester

(Venue: Waldorf Pub, Central Manchester, starts 6.30pm)

Friday 12 April: Talk

‘Transport around the World by GEC and its predecessors’

Presented by David Beilby

- Kettering & District Locomotive Society

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

Awaiting details of 2024 Programme

 

- Leicester Railway Society

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

Tuesday 16 April: Film and Talk

‘The Closure of the Rugby, Market Harborough to Peterborough Line’

Presented by Gavin Ramsey

 

Tuesday 21 May: Talk

‘Gala's over the last couple of years’

Presented by Michael Chapman and Brian Holland

Tuesday 18th June: Talk

‘The Charnwood Forest Railway (LNWR branch from Loughborough (Derby Road Station) to Coalville (East Station)’

Presented by Andy Lowe

- Lincoln Railway Society

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

Monday 8 April: Talk

‘East Coast Main Line - York to Edinburgh’

Presented by Stephen Gay

 

Monday 13 May: Talk

‘1990’s North America’

Presented by Paul Redford

Monday 10 June: Talk

‘Railways From Both Sides of The Fence’

Presented by Jason Cross

-  Lutterworth Railway Society

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

Thursday 4 April: Illustrated Talk

'Taking the Train Abroad before the Tunnel'

Presented by Dave Coxon

 

Thursday 18 April: Illustrated Talk

'Hong Kong Tramways'

Presented by Dave Carson

 

Thursday 2 May: Illustrated Talk

The History and Mystery of the Milwaukee Road

Presented by Guy Hardy

 

Thursday 16 May: Illustrated Talk

‘Northamptonshire Railways Part 7’

Presented by Mike Dix

- Marlow & District Railway Society

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

Thursday 18 April: Talk

‘A Magical Mystery Tour’

Presented by Colin Miell

 

Thursday 16 May: Talk

‘Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire Branch Lines’

Presented by Richard Crane

Thursday 20 June: Talk

‘Looking Back’

Presented by Tony Speechley

 

- Matlock Railway Club

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

Thursday April 11: Talk

‘Yesterday Steam - Steam North of Swansea’

 

Thursday April 18: Talk

‘North Yorkshire Moors Railway’

Presented by John Hunt

 

Thursday May 2: Talk

‘The Aberdonian - Rails Around Edinburgh - Edinburgh to Aberdeen’                                                

 

Thursday May 23: Film and AGM

Short Film Show followed by the AGM. A second short film show will close the evening

- Norbury & South London Transport Club

(Venue: Shirley Methodist Church, Eldon Avenue, Shirley, Croydon CR0 8SD, starts 7.45pm)

Awaiting meeting details

- Norfolk Railway Society

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

Thursday 4 April: Talk

‘The Woodhead Line Revisited’

Presented by Chris Mitchell

 

Thursday 18 April: Talk

‘Welsh Narrow Gauge Slate Railways’

Presented by Alan Denny

 

Thursday 9 May: Talk

Presented by David Leatheart

 

Thursday 16 May: Talk

Details to follow

 

- Nuneaton Railway Circle

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

Thursday 11 April: Talk

‘The Hixon Level Crossing Disaster’

Presented by Malcolm Garner

 

Thursday 25 April: AGM

AGM, followed by Annual Photographic Competition

- Oxfordshire Railway Society

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

 

Monday 8 April: Talk

‘Steam in India, Metre Gauge Memories’

Presented by Jeff Warren

 

Monday 13 May: Talk

‘Great Marlow Railway 150th Anniversary’

Presented by Mike Walker

Monday 10 June: Talk

‘Diesels and Electrics in Mainland Europe Part 2’

Presented by Howard Quayle

Peak Railway Association: Buxton Branch

(Venue: The Conservative Club, 3-5 Concert Place, Buxton SK17 6EE, starts 7.30pm)

Awaiting details

 

Peak Railway Association: Derwent Valley Branch

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

  

Monday 27 May: Talk

‘The Hope Valley Line’

Presented by Stephen Gay

 

Peak Railway Association: Sheffield Branch

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

Monday 1 April: Digital Talk

‘A Decade Ago’

Presented by Rob Morrey

 

Monday 6 May: Talk

‘Lineside Images’ collection - cine with own commentary

Presented by Doug Copley

Monday 3 June: Talk

‘West of the Pennines’

Presented by Bob Avery

 

- Pennine Railway Society

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

Wednesday 3 April: Talk

'Travels with a Swiss Rail Pass 2023 Pt 1'

Presented by Bryan Johnson

 

Wednesday 17 April: Talk

'The North Lindsey Light Railway & a few shots 69-72'

Presented by Bryan Longbone

 

Wednesday 1 May: Talk (by Zoom)

'My favourite pictures'

Presented by Robin Skinner

 

Wednesday 15 May: Talk

'After Beeching a new Beginning'

Presented by Graeme Wade

 

Wednesday 5 June: Talk

'From Dawn 'til Dusk - a contemporary look at the Railways of Yorkshire'

Presented by Andrew Shenton

 

Wednesday 19 June: Talk

'Penistone to Notts and Derbys'

Presented by Mike Eggenton

- Pewsey Vale Railway Society

(Venue: Woodborough Social Club, Smithy Lane, Pewsey SN9 5PL, starts 2.45pm)

Tuesday 9 April: Talk

‘Dorset Branch Lines’

Presented by Bob Bunyar

 

Tuesday 14 May: Talk

‘Canadian Railways’

Presented by Alec Thomas

Tuesday 11 June: Talk

‘Railway photographer’

Presented by Jack Boskett

 

- Plymouth Railway Circle

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

Monday 8 April: Talk

‘The Classic Traction Review of 2023’

Presented by Steven Andrews 

 

Monday 22 April: Talk

‘A Glimpse of India followed by a journey from Calcutta to the Kwai’

Presented by Bernard Mills 

 

Monday 13 May:  Members Photos and Video Evening (two hour-length presentations)

- Railway Club of the New Forest

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

Friday 19 April: AGM

AGM, followed by ‘A Ffestiniog Railway Miscellany’

Presented by Charles Clark

 

Friday 31 May: Talk

‘60 years of Steam Ramblings’

Presented by Simon Foote

28 June: Talk

‘Meander around the Isle of Man’

Presented by Peter Keat

- Reading Transport Group

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

Wednesday 3 April: Talk

‘The Liverpool Overhead Railway’

Presented by Colin Brading

 

Wednesday 10 April: Talk

‘And now for Something Completely Different’

Presented by Peter Robins

 

Wednesday 17 April: Talk

‘Eleventh Colour-Rail Journey’ 

Presented by Paul Chancellor’.

 

Wednesday 24 April: Talk

‘My Travels in 2023’

Presented by Peter Scott

- Redditch Railway Interest Group

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

Friday 12 April: Talk

‘Narrow Gauge and Broad Gauge Steam in Portugal in the 1960s and 1970s’

Presented by David Gouldthorp

 

Friday 17 May: Cine film and Slides

‘Steam from the 1970s - Cine film and Slides’

A Look Back presented by Richard Orford

- Shropshire Railway Society

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

Thursday 11 April: Talk

‘The Corris Railway: Overcoming adversity in re-establishing a much loved line’

Presented by Chris Jones

 

Saturday 13 April: Outing

‘A Cambrian Excursion in Mid Wales’

Forden station and Montgomery

 

Thursday 25 April: AGM

Annual General Meeting

- Slough & Windsor Railway Society

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

Friday 5 April: Talk

‘Incredible Flying Boats’

Presented by Lorimer Burn

 

Friday 12 April: Hybrid Zoom Meeting

Annual General Meeting

 

Friday 19 April: Talk

‘From Railways to Royalty’

Presented by Jack Boskett

 

Friday 26 April: Talk

‘Trains Before the Great War - Part 3’

Presented by Jeremy Harrison

 

Friday 3 May: Talk

To be advised

Presented by Richard Morris

 

Friday 10 May: Talk

‘Railways of Scotland’

Presented by Stephen Bigley

 

Friday 17 May: Talk

‘Railway Accidents and Incidents (tales of a former Southern Region steam loco driver)’

Presented by Geoff Burch

 

Friday 24 May: Talk

‘Railway Scenes in Germany - Berlin Brandenburg’

Presented by Steve Olive

 

Friday 31 May: Talk

‘Scenic Railways Around the World’

Presented by John Laker & Keith Spillet

 

- South East Essex Railway Society

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

Thursday 25 April: AGM

Annual General Meeting

 

Thursday 23 May: Talk

‘Mangapps Update’

Presented by John Jolly (founder of Mangapps Railway Museum)

- Southern Counties Railway Society

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

Saturday 20 April: Talk

Martin Petch from The Southampton Tram Workshop

 

Saturday 18 May: Talk

‘Isle of Man’

Presented by David Mead 

Saturday 15 June: AGM

AGM, followed by Slides/ Digital Entertainment

- Stevenage Locomotive Society

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

Thursday 25 April: Talk

‘Railtours & Specials, the last 40 Years’

Presented by John Day

 

Thursday 30 May: Stills & Cine

‘The Jim Clements collection, Central Wales in the Steam Era’

Presented by Michaels Clements

Thursday 27 June:

AGM & Members’ Evening

- Stratford-upon-Avon Railway Group

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

Monday 22 April: Talk

‘That Was The Year That Was – 1964’

Presented by Geoff Plumb

- Sutton Coldfield Railway Society

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

Wednesday 3 April: Exhibition Briefing

Clive Pipe

 

Wednesday 17 April: Photo Competition

Presented by Jack Boskett

 

Wednesday 24 April: Talk

The HST Story

Presented by Alex Wood

Wednesday 8 May: Talk
‘Travels of a Railway Writer’
Presented by Chris Miner

Wednesday 15 May: Presentation
‘The James Doubleday Collection’
Presented by Richard Coghlan

Wednesday 29 May: Show
‘Steam Images’
Presented by Bill Gibbs
 

 

- Sutton Railway Group

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

Thursday 4 April: Quiz

Second Quiz night of the Year ​

Thursday 2 May

To be announced

Thursday 6 June:

Chairman's challenge ​

Plus regulars 'Where Is It' and a Video

- Talking of Trains

(Venue: Surbiton Library Room, Ewell Road, Surbiton KT6 6AG, starts 7pm)

Spring programme now finish. Next programme in Autumn

- Tewkesbury YMCA Railway Society

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

Tuesday 2 April: Talk

‘The John Whiteley & James Payne Collection’

Presented by John Dagley-Morris

 

Tuesday 9 April: Members evening, bring your photos & DVDs to share

 

Tuesday 16 April: Talk

‘The Royal Train’

Presented by Phil Marsh

 

Tuesday 23 April: Zoom Presentation (in the Club Room)

‘The Brian Morrison Collection Part 1 - The 1950 Era’

Presented by Richard Tuplin

Tuesday 30 April: AGM and Meal

- The 8D Association

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

Thursday 25 April: Talk

‘From the Slums to ‘The Sidings - Part Two’

Presented by David Armstrong

- The 8E Railway Association

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

Tuesday 9 April: Talk

'The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway - Then & Now'

Presented Bob Barnard

 

Tuesday 14 May: Talk

'The East Coast Main Line from York to Edinburgh'

Presented by Stephen Gay

- The Enfield Transport Circle

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

Tuesday 9 April: Talk

‘That Was the Year That Was – 1962’

Presentation: Geoff Plumb

Tuesday 14 May: 35mm slides

 ‘Working Steam in China’

Presentation: Kenneth Livermore

 

Tuesday 4 June: Talk

‘Oxford to Cambridge - Then & Now’

Presentation: Richard Crane

- WC&P Railway Group

Friday 17 May: Talk and Slides

'Early BR slides'

Presented by Philip Lovell

Weston-s-Mare Venue: St Peter's Church Hall, Baytree Road, Milton, Weston-s-Mare, BS22 8HG

-  Wells Railway Fraternity

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

Tuesday 9 April: Talk

‘The Bristolian - the Bath Road Years’

Presented by Roy Kethro

 

Tuesday 14 May: Talk

‘Bath to Bristol Through the Lens of Russell Leech’

Presented by Brian Arman

 

- Weston-Super-Mare Railway Society

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

Tuesday 2 April: Presentation

Ian Bennett Veteran and Vintage

 

Tuesday 7 May:

‘Another Box of Allsorts’

Presented by Ian Boskett

Tuesday 4 June:

‘Railway Images from Two Generations’

Presented by Mike and Paul Jones

 

- Wimborne Railway Society

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

Thursday 4 April: Talk

Details to be announced

 

Thursday 18 April: Talk

Details to be announced

 

Thursday 2 May: Talk

‘I wanted to be a train driver’ (a rerun of the previous talk but this time with the pictures)

Presented by James Luther

 

- Worcester Locomotive Society

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

Tuesday 5 March: Talk

‘Kent Coal 1970s to 1990s’

Presented by David Hayes

 

Tuesday 2 April: Talk

‘Cheltenham to Swindon Two Ways’

Presented by Chris Smith

 

Tuesday 7 May: Talk

‘The WLS Railway Scene of the 1960s and 1970s in Colour’

Presented by Dave Wood

Tuesday 4 June: Talk

‘50/50 Steam and Diesel Tales’

Presented by Steve Widdowson

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