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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