LOCAL RAILWAY SOCIETIES
MEETINGS AND EVENTS
Q4. 2024
October to December 2024
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- Abergavenny & District Steam Society
(Venue: Kings Arms, Neville Street, Abergavenny, starts 8pm)
Tuesday 8 October: Talk
Presentation to be confirmed by Martin Connop-Price
Tuesday 12 November: Talk
‘The Golden Valley Railway’
Presented by Bob Steel (Ewyas Lacy Study Group)
12th December: Talk
Presentation to be confirmed by David Jones.
- Alcester Railway Circle
(Venue: Alcester Unionist Club, High Street, Alcester B49 5AB, starts 7.30pm)
Monday 21 October: cine film
‘Nostalgia of Steam on 8mm cine film
Presented by Chris Pratt
Monday 18 November: Talk
'Final Years of BR Steam'
Presented by Ralph Ward
Aln Valley Railway
(Venue: The Old Waiting Room, Alnwick Station, 'Barter Books' bookshop, Alnwick NE66 2NP, start 7pm for 7.30pm)
Thursday 17 October: Talk
‘The Newcastle and Berwick Railway’
Presented by Brian Rogers
Thursday 14 November: Talk
‘History of National Railway Museums Scotland’s Railway Collection’
Presented by Dr. Meredith Greiling
Thursday 12 December: Social
The Members Entertain
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- Altrincham Electric Railway Preservation Society
(Venue: Altrincham Methodist Hall, Barrington Road, Altrincham WA14 1HF, starts 7.30pm)
Friday 11 October: Talk
‘In Search of Steam in Japan’
Presented by John Owen
Friday 8 November: Talk
'The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Then and Now'
Presented by Bob Barnard
- Basingstoke and District Railway Society
(Venue: Wote Street Club, Basingstoke, RG21 7NG, starts 7.45pm)
Wednesday 9 October: Talk
‘Steam Variety in Northern China’
Presented by Peter Robins
Wednesday 23 October:
Members Photo Night
Wednesday 13 November: Talk
‘The LMS Patriot Project - Aims and Progress’
Presented by Colin Hall
Wednesday 27 November:
‘Members' Photo Night’ to mark 50 years of the Society
Wednesday 11 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 3 October: Talk
‘Final Journey – The Untold Story of Funeral Trains’
Presented by Nicholas Wheatley
Thursday 7 November: Talk
‘Woodhead – The Lost Railway Part 2’
Presented by Stephen Gay
Thursday 5 December: Talk
‘The Rise and Fall of Bristol Bath Road Diesel Depot’
Presented by Roy Kethro
Blandford Forum Railway Club
(Venue: Blandford Scout Hall, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7BS)
Awaiting details
- Bradford Railway Circle
(Venue: Bradford Mechanics' Institute Library, 76 Kirkgate, Bradford BD1 1SZ, starts 2pm)
Wednesday 16 October: Talk
‘Steam Memories from the David Lane Archive’
Presented by Ben Gordon Taylor
Wednesday 13 November: Talk
‘Where Would You Like to Go?’
Presented by Anthony Hicks
Wednesday 11 December: AGM
AGM & Members' Night
- Bristol Railway Circle
(Venue: Room 4 at BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol, 7.45pm)
Tuesday 1 October
DVD Evening (at President’s House)
Tuesday 15 October: AGM
Society AGM (BAWA)
Tuesday 5 November
Ten Minute Papers (at President’s House)
Tuesday 19 November: Talk
‘Lost Branch Lines’ (BAWA)
Tuesday 3 December
DVD Evening (at President’s House)
Tuesday 17 December
‘David Tritton Collection’
- Bromsgrove Railway Club
(Venue: St Godwald's Church Hall, Aston Fields, Bromsgrove B60 2EA, starts 7:45pm)
Wednesday 9 October: Cine films and stills
‘Somerset and Dorset’
Presented by Michael Clemens
Wednesday 13 November: Talk
‘Vale of Berkeley Railway’
Presented by Ian Raven
Wednesday 11 December: AGM
Annual General Meeting
and Christmas get together with entertainment from the committee
- Buntingford Railway & Local History Society
(Venue: The Crown, 17 High Street, Buntingford, starts 8pm)
Friday 18 October: Slides
‘Railway Slides’
Presented Phil Wood
Friday 15 November
‘The Buntingford Branch’
Presented by Stephen Ruff
Friday 20 December
‘Mid-Suffolk and North Norfolk Railways’
Presented Richard Tremaine
- Burton Railway Society
(Venue: Marston’s Sports & Social Club, Shobnall Road, Burton-on-Trent DE14 2BG, starts 7.30pm)
Wednesday 3 October: Talk
‘Magic of the Settle and Carlisle’
Presented by Robert Falconer
Wednesday 7 November
Colour Rail Collection (provisional)
Presented by Paul Challenor
Wednesday 5 December: Talk
‘Local Railways of the 1960's’
Presented by Phil Waterfield
- Cambridge Railway Circle
(Venue: Arbury Community Centre, Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2LD
Friday 4 October: AGM
AGM, also presentations from Alan Denney & Ray Clark
Friday 4 November: Talk
‘An illustrated talk about French Railway their history to the present day’
Presented by Gerald Brown
Friday 6 December: Talk
‘Hitchin South Diaries’
Presented by George Howe
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- Cardiff & Avonside Railway Society
Friday 25 October: Doncaster Flyer
A day trip to Doncaster with free time
Saturday 16 November: Didcot Railway Centre
A day trip to Didcot Railway Centre
Saturday 14 December: London Flyer
A day trip to London with free time
Cirencester Railway Society
(Venue: Bingham Library, 1 Dyer Street, Cirencester, GL7 2PZ, starts 7.30pm)
Friday 11 October: Talk
‘Railways of Sharpness’
Presented by Mike Smith
Friday 1 November: Talk
‘Railways to Royalty’
Presented by Jack Boskett
Friday 6 December: Talk
‘All about the Letter ‘A’’
Presented by Mike Dodd
- Cornwall Railway Society
(Venue: Memorial Hall, Redruth Methodist Church, starts 6.30pm)
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Saturday 12 October: Talk
‘My 41-year railway career’
Part 1 From Willesden to Eurostar
Part 2 Will be a collection of Railway Photographs
Presented by member Dennis Clarke
Saturday 9 November: Talk
‘Fifty Years with the Class 50s’
Presented by Geoff Hudson (former Depot Manager at Laira)
Saturday 14 December: Show
A show entitled ‘The Railways around Plymouth’
Presented by Amyas Crump
- Friends of the Railway Studies Collection
(Venue: Newton Abbot Library, Passmore Edwards Centre, Market Street, Newton Abbot, starts 7pm)
Wednesday 16 October: Talk
‘From Okehampton to the Atlantic Coast’
Presented by Bernard Mills.
Tuesday 19 November: Talk
‘Mishap, Misfortune and Misadeventure’
Presented by John Heaton.
Tuesday 17 December: Social
Christmas Quiz
Presented by Colin Stone
- Giggleswick Railway Circle
(Venue: Settle Victoria Hall, starts 7.30pm)
Wednesday 30 October: Video Presentation
'A Video Presentation'
Presented by Ted Parker
Wednesday 20 November: Talk
'The Life of O Winston Link'
Presented by John Goodall
Wednesday 11 December: Talk
'British Steam in the Preservation Era, 1970-1995'
Presented by David Fowler
- Gosport Railway Society
(Venue: Christ Church Parish Centre, Stoke Road, Gosport, starts 7.30pm)
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Awaiting programme
- Gravesend Railway Enthusiasts Society
(Venue: Emmanuel Baptist Church, Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1BB, starts 7.30pm)
Tuesday 8 October: Talk
‘Taking Trains Abroad’
Presented by Dave Coxon
Thursday 24 October: Talk
‘Solent Railway Part 2’
Presented by Tony Riley
Awaiting further programme
- Grimsby & Cleethorpes Railway Group
(Venue: The No.1, Station Approach, Cleethorpes, starts 7.30pm)
Wednesday 16 October
'Colorado Railroads'
Presented by Graham Lightfoot
Wednesday 20 November
'On the Narrow Gauge'
Presented by John Tasker
Wednesday 18 December
'Scenic Britain by Train'
Presented by Stephen Gay (ticket only)
- 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 9 October: Talk
‘Huddersfield & Sheffield junction Railway’
Presented by Alan Lewis
Wednesday 23 October: Talk
‘The Bernina Line’
Presented by Philip Lockwood
Wednesday 6 November
Annual Dinner
Wednesday 20 November
Railway Photographic Selection
Presented by Anthony Hicks
Wednesday 4 December: Talk
‘From Ossett to Penzance via Wick’
Presented by Roger Hepworth
Wednesday 18 December: Social
Chairman’s Evening (presentation and social gathering)
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- Ipswich and District Historical Transport Society
(Venue: Ipswich Citadel, 558 Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, IP4 4PH, starts 7.30pm)
Wednesday 30 October: Talk
‘Flying Cats plus one Flying Dog’
Presented by Debach Airfield Group
Wednesday 27 November Talk
‘Brand New Steam for the 21st Century - Building of the ‘Prince Charles’
Presented by Liz Gibson
Irish Railway Record Society - London
(Venue: The Gallery at Alan Baxter, 77 Cowcross Street, Farringdon, London EC1M 6EL, starts 6pm).
Friday 18 October: Talk
“North Kerry to East Cork” by Gerry McMahon
Friday 22 November: Talk
“Portlaoise Traincare Depot and the ICR Fleet” by Neil Dinnen
Friday 6 December: Talk
“Hidden treasures – Irish images from David Soggee and other vintage
photographers” by Leslie McAllister + London Area AGM
Irish Railway Record Society - Manchester
(Venue: Waldorf Pub, Central Manchester, starts 6.30pm)
October 10: Talk
Jim McBride presents “The Swilly Then and Now”.
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November 14: Talk
Martin Logan “Remembering the Fallen”.
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December 12: Talk
Andrew Waldron presents “An Irish Railway Study Tour”
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- Kettering & District Locomotive Society
(Venue: Cornmarket Hall, London Road, Kettering NN15 7QA, start 7.45pm)
Awaiting details of Autumn Programme
- Leicester Railway Society
(Venue: Braunstone Civic Centre, 209 Kingsway, Braunstone, Leicester LE3 2PP, starts 7.30pm)
Tuesday 15 October: Talk
'From Melton Mowbray North to the East Coast'
Presented by Michael Chapman and Brian Holland
Tuesday 19 November: Talk
'The Waverley Route'
Presented by Dennis Lovett
Tuesday 10 December
Christmas meeting
- Lincoln Railway Society
(Venue: St Hugh's Church, Harewood Crescent, North Hykeham, Lincs, LN6 8JB, starts 7.30pm)
Monday 14 October: Talk
‘1960’s Scottish Miscellany’
Presented by Michael Clemens
Monday 11 November: AGM and Competition
Society AGM & Photo Competition
Monday 9 December
‘George Hinchcliffe & Flying Scotsman’
Presented by Graeme Wade
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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
To be announced
- Marlow & District Railway Society
(Venue: Bourne End Comunity Centre, Wakeman Road, Bourne End, starts 7.30pm)
Thursday 17 October: Talk
‘Pendon Museum - Oxfordshire's Amazing Secret’
Presented by Chris Webber
Thursday 21 November: Talk
‘Working on the Railway’
Presented by Mike Romans
Thursday 19 December: Talk
‘Steam Variety In Northern China’
Presented by Peter Robins
Matlock Railway Club
(Venue: The Duke William, Church Street, Matlock, starts 7.30pm)
Thursday October 10: Talk
‘More Of My Favourite Photographs’
Presented by Les Nixon
Thursday October 24: Talk
‘The Patriot Project’
Presented by John Hasting
Thursday November 7: Talk
‘An Evening on the Southern and Great Western Regions’
Thursday November 21: Talk
‘The Battle of the Bullieds - Clan Line and Taw Valley’
Thursday December 5: Talk
‘Miscellany of Railway Photos’
Presented by John Penn
Thursday December 12: Social
Christmas at MRC – Food and Films
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- Norfolk Railway Society
(Venue: URC Hall, Ipswich Road, Norwich NR4 6QR, starts 7.30pm)
Thursday 3 October: Talk
‘Building the new P2 Prince of Wales’
Presented by Liz Gibson (A1 Steam Locomotive Trust)
Thursday 17 October: Talk
‘Crown Point Depot’
Presented by Dave Baston (Depot Manager)
Thursday 7 November: Talk
’28 February 1959: the day the M&GN closed’
Presented by Richard Adderson
Thursday 21 November: AGM and Video
AGM followed by Video roundup
Presented by Chris Eve
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Thursday 5 December: Talk
‘The Woodhead Line Revisited’
Presented by Chris Mitchell
Thursday 19 December
Informal meeting with members’ contributions
- Nuneaton Railway Circle
(Venue: Chilvers Cotton Conservative Club, 18 Bridge Street, Coton, Nuneaton, starts 7.45pm)
Thursday 3 October: Talk
‘Night Steam’
Presented by Joe Connell
Thursday 17 October: Talk
‘Less Ross in conversation with Driver Ray Poole’
Thursday 31 October: Talk
‘Forty Years Down the Line’
Presented by Steve Nikols
Thursday 14 November: Talk
‘The Russ Watkins Collection’
Presented by Adrian Paul
Thursday 28 November: Talk
‘An 11th Colour-Rail Journey’
Presented by Paul Chancellor
Thursday 12 December: Social
Christmas Social Evening
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- 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: Fim 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)
Monday 25 November: Talk
Out and About in the UK and Europe
Presented by Robert Pritchard
Peak Railway Association: Sheffield Branch
(Venue: Farm Road Sports & Social Club, Farm Road, Sheffield S2 2TP, starts 7pm)
Monday 7 October: Slideshows
‘Locos for Scrap’ and ‘Trains by Night’
Presented by Gavin Lake
Monday 4 November: Digital + Video Feature
‘Explore Lincolnshire by Rail’
Presented by Mike Fish
Monday 2 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 2024 Transport Scene in Sheffield & beyond’
- Pennine Railway Society
(Venue: Doncaster Town Fields Sports Club, Bennetthorpe, Doncaster DN2 6AA, starts 7.30pm)
Wednesday 2 October: Talk
‘After A, B and C, now D’
Presented by John Law
Wednesday 16 October: Talks
'Train Doctor' and '125 Update'
Presented by Roger Senior and John Zabernik
Wednesday 6 November:
Anniversary Celebration Night
John Sanderson - ‘50 years of The Pennine Railway Society’
Wednesday 20 November: Talk
‘Charters for Charity’
Presented by Jerry Dickinson
Wednesday 4 December
‘PENNINE SHIELD’ QUIZ
Wednesday 18 December
Members Slides at Christmas
- Pewsey Vale Railway Society
(Venue: Woodborough Social Club, Smithy Lane, Pewsey SN9 5PL, starts 2.45pm)
Tuesday 8 October: Talk
‘Irish Narrow-Gauge Railways’
Presented by Andy Cundick
Tuesday 12 November: Talk
‘The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway’
Presented by David Sibson
Tuesday 10th December: Talk
‘Swindon Railway Works’
Presented by Brian Arman
- Plymouth Railway Circle
(Venue: St Edward's Church Hall, Home Park Avenue, Peverell, Plymouth, starts 7.30pm)
Monday 7 October: Talk
‘The Railway Studies Collection’
Presented by Graham Walker
Monday 21 October: Talk
‘Narrow Gauge Panorama’
Presented by James Wait
Monday 4 November: AGM
Annual General Meeting
Monday 18 November: Talk
‘Standard and Narrow-Gauge Steam and Diesel in Sicily, France and Argentina’
Presented by Chris James
Monday 2 December: Talk
‘Sir Robert Reid- British Railways’ Greatest Leader’
Presented by Jim Collins
Monday 16 December: Talk
The Mills Railway Year 2024
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 25 October: Talk
‘The Dee Railway Bridge Disaster of 1847’
Presented by Alan Hayward
Friday 29 November: Talk and Social
‘29th Britain’s First Railway Murder’ and Members evening
Presented by Paul Stickler
December 2024
[To be Announced] Christmas Dinner
- Reading Transport Group
(Venue: Church House, Caversham, starts 7.45pm)
Wednesday 2 October: Talk
‘Roaming around London with a camera’
Geoff Brockett
Wednesday 9 October: Talk
‘More Transport Treasures’
Presented by Graham Bilbe
Wednesday 16 October: Talk
‘Railways in Wales’
Shaun Bradbury
Wednesday 23 October: Talk
‘That was the year -1966’
Geoff Plumb
Wednesday 30 October: Talk
‘Rambling railwayman's recollections’
Geoff Burch
Wednesday 6 November:
Details yet to be advised
Wednesday 27 November: Talk
Details yet to be advised
Wednesday 18 December:
Details yet to be advised
- Redditch Railway Interest Group
(Venue: Forge Mill & Bordesley Abbey Visitors Centre, Needle Mill Lane, Redditch, starts 2pm)
Friday 11 October: Talk
‘Darjeeling Himalaya Railway’
Presented by David Churchill
Friday 8 November: Talk
‘Still Spotting After All These Years!’
Presented by Dave Besley
- Shropshire Railway Society
(Venue: The Gateway Education & Arts Centre, Chester Street, Shrewsbury SY1 1NB, starts 7pm)
Thursday 10 October: Talk
‘What has Privatisation done for us? - 30 years on’
Presented by Ian Walmsley
Saturday 12 October: Visit
Locomotive Services Ltd, Crewe
Afternoon visit taking in the boiler shop, workshops and outside storage area.
Thursday 24 October: Talk
‘Every picture tells a story’
Presented by John Baxter
Thursday 14 November: Talk and Film
‘British Transport films’
Presented by Jeremy Nicholls
Thursday 28 November: Talk
‘Restoration of a NSR carriage’
Presented by Dr David Woolliscroft
Thursday 12 December: Talk
‘Isle of Man Transport 1982’
Presented by Steve Price
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- Slough & Windsor Railway Society
(Venue: The Manor, Slough Railway Station, Brunel Way, Slough, starts 7.30pm
Friday 4 October: Talk
‘Medium Gauge Steam’
Presented by Neil Kearns
Friday 11 October: Talk
‘Chasing Elusive Steam in the 70s and 80s - Austria, Italy, Yugoslavia’
Presented by Donald Wilson
Friday 18 October: Talk
‘Travelling with my Camera in 1994’
Presented by Derek Spicer
Friday 25 October: Talk
‘Britain, India and the US in the 19th Century’
Presented by Andy Brown
Friday 1 November: Talk
‘Class 91 Presentation’
Presented by Ben Denton-Cardew
Friday 8 November: Black and white slide show
‘Euston to Carlisle in the Fifties’
Presented by David Cross
Friday 15 November: Talk
‘Both Sides of the Tweed’
Presented by Dennis Lovett
Friday 22 November: Talk
‘Snow and Scandinavia’
Presented by Geoff Warren
Friday 29 November: Talk
‘The Liberation Line’
Presented by Christian Wolmar
Friday 13 December: Talk
‘Year 2001 Travel log’
Presented by Adrian Palmer
- South East Essex Railway Society
(Venue: Dundonald Drive, Leigh on Sea, Essex, starts 8pm)
Thursday 24 October: Extraordinary General Meeting [Members only]
Thursday 28 November:
‘Night of the Dusty Bins’ (facts, a photo gallery, memories and the future of the class)
Presented by Lydia Clary
Thursday 5 December: Social
Christmas Social at ‘The Elms’ PH London Road Leigh on Sea from 6pm.
Thursday 12 December: Social
Mince pies and Track night - setting up from 7pm
- Southern Counties Railway Society
(Venue: George Lee Room, Christ Church, Freemantle, Southampton, starts 6.45pm)
Saturday 21 October: Talk
'Cross Channel Rail Ferries WW1 / WW2'
Presented by Gordon Adams
Saturday 18 November: Talk
'Mixed Transport'
Presented by Martyn Davies
Saturday 16 December: Film and Social
Film Show - also Small Christmas Buffet
Martin Davey
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- Stevenage Locomotive Society
(Venue: Community Arts Centre, Roaring Meg Retail Park, Stevenage, starts 7.30pm)
Thursday 31 October: Talk
‘Colourful Colorado’
Presented by Barrie Woods
Thursday 28 November: Talk
‘The Corris Railway – past, present & future’
Presented by Chris Jones
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- Stratford-upon-Avon Railway Group
(Venue: St. Andrews Church Hall, Shottery, CV37 9HQ, starts 7.30pm)
Talk season resumes in the Autumn – Awaiting Details
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- Sutton Coldfield Railway Society
(Venue: St James Church Centre, 61 Mere Green Road, Sutton Coldfield B75 5BW, starts 7.45pm)
Wednesday 23 October: Talk
The Hixon Rail Disaster
Wednesday 30 October: Talk
Railways Through the Cornish Landscape
Wednesday 13 November:
Members Digital Evening
Wednesday 20 November: Talk
Photographic Selection
Wednesday 27 November: Talk
Travels of a Railway Writer
Wednesday 11 December: Talk
Railway Engineering
Wednesday 18 December: Talk
More Bits and Pieces
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- Sutton Railway Group
(Venue: St Clement's Church Hall, Church Lane, Sutton on Sea, Lincs LN12 2FE, starts 7pm)
Thursday 3 October:
Meeting. All the Regulars. Group discussion. Videos
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Thursday 7 November:
Meeting: Details to be released
Thursday 5 December: Social
Christmas bash including buffet
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- Tewkesbury YMCA Railway Society
(Venue: YMCA, 97 Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RS, starts 7.45pm)
Tuesday 1 October: Talk
‘A lad with a camera’
Presentation by Mr Peter Evans
Tuesday 15 October:
Members evening bring your slides, memory sticks & DVDs to share
Tuesday 22 October:
‘The Honeybourne line & beyond’
Presentation by John Dagley Morris
Tuesday 29 October
Members evening bring your slides, memory sticks & DVDs to share
Tuesday 5 November: Talk
‘Countries & stations beginning with the letter ‘A’’
Presentation by Mike Dodd
Tuesday 12 November
Members evening bring your slides, memory sticks & DVDs to share
Tuesday 19 November: Talk
‘More archive slides – the latest acquisitions’
Presentation by Chris Smith
Tuesday 26 November
Members evening bring your slides, memory sticks & DVDs to share
Tuesday 3 December: Talk
‘Medium format railway views over the last few years’
Presentation by Mike Wathen
Tuesday 10 December: Talk (open meeting held at Tewkesbury Baptist church)
Presentation by Ian Boskett entitled “The great train robbery”
Tuesday 17 December: Social
Christmas party - fun for all including buffet food
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- The 8D Association
(Venue: DCBL Stadium/Widnes RLFC, Lowerhouse Lane, Widnes, WA8 7DZ, starts 7pm)
Thursday 3 October: Talk
‘Mid Sixties Steam in the North West’
Presented by John Sloane
Thursday 7 November: Talk
‘The Great Central / Midlands Railway Joint Widnes Branch’
Presented by Paul Wright
Thursday 5 December: Talk
‘The Lettuce Line’ (West Lancashire, Liverpool, Southport & Preston Junction Railway 1878-1964)
Presented by Keith Hick
- The 8E Railway Association
(Venue: Gladstone Club, Station Road, Northwich CW9 5RB, starts 7.45pm)
Tuesday 8 October: Talk
‘The P2 Prince of Wales. Building Britain’s most powerful steam locomotive.’
Presented by Graham Nicholas
Tuesday 12 November: Talk
‘Navigation Road and All That’
Presented by Ted Buckley
Tuesday 10 December: Talk
‘Steam in North Wales and the Borders since 2010’
Presented by Ian Pilkington
- The Enfield Transport Circle
(Venue: Enfield Drill Hall Sports Club, 1 Old Park Avenue, Enfield EN2 6PJ, starts 8pm)
Tuesday 1 October: Talk
‘Railways before the War - That's the Great War’ - Part 2
Presentation: Jeremy Harrison
Tuesday 5 November: Talk
‘The 2024 Bob Todd Tribute Presentation’ - 20th Anniversary Meeting
Presentation: Kenneth Crane
Tuesday 3 December: Talk
‘The Liberation Line’
Presentation: Christian Wolmar
- WC&P Railway Group
Friday 22 November: Talk
‘Swindon Works from the beginning (part 2)’
Presented by Brian Arman
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 8 October: Talk
‘The Abbotsbury Branch’
Presented by Chris Challis
Tuesday 12 November: Talk
‘Railway Engineering in Chippenham - An Industrial and Social History’
Presented by Mark Glover
Tuesday 10 December: AGM
AGM followed by Quiz set by last year’s winner
Presented by Andy Ball
- Weston-Super-Mare Railway Society
(Venue: Conservative Club, 24-26 Alexandra Parade, Weston-Super-Mare, starts 8pm)
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Tuesday 1 October: Talk
‘The Paul Riley Tribute Show - Part 2’
Presented by Mike Dodd
Tuesday 5 November: AGM
Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 3 December: Talk
‘35 Years of Photographing Railways - Part 4’
Presented by Lionel Jones
- Wimborne Railway Society
(Venue: United Reformed Church Hall, Chapel Lane, Wimborne BH21 1PP, starts 7.30pm)
Thurs 14 December: Brian House's Audio-Visual Christmas Treat
Thursday 3 October: Talk
‘Joining The Dots - Bournemouth Transport in the 1920s’
Presented by Colin Edwards
Thursday 17 October: Talk
‘The T3 And T9 Story’
Presented by Nathan Au
Thursday 31 October:
Quiz Night
Thursday 14 November: Talk
‘Ibsley - The Story of an Airfield’
Presented by Nigel Seymour
Thursday 21 November
‘Wimborne’ Running Evening - A Chance To Catch Up With The Club's Showcase Layout
Thursday 28 November: Talk
‘More Stations’
From The Camera of Paul Carpenter
Thursday 12 December: AGM
Annual General Meeting 8.00pm
Thursday 19 December:
Brian House's Audio-Visual Show.
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- Worcester Locomotive Society
(Venue: Barbourne Ex-Services Club, The Moors, Worcester WR1 3ED, starts 8pm)
Tuesday 1 October: Talk
‘Lost images from Richard Moreton's loft and image sale’
Presented by Chris Wilkinson
Tuesday 19 October: Social
85A Reunion - Details from the Society
Tuesday 5 November: Talk
‘Ashchurch to Tewkesbury’ by Ian Boskett
‘Saving the Worcester News Newspaper Archives’ by Chris Wilkinson
Tuesday 3 December: Talk
‘1970's and 1980's Worcester Locomotive Society Tours’
Presented by Mike King
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