20th March 2019 · ‘An Evening of Nostalgia’

Presenter: Mike Ellis

Mike Ellis gave an evening of nostalgia at our meeting on 20th March. Extracts of Mike’s video films are included on commercial videos and some of these form the basis of the evening.

The first half of the evening comprised extracts in the form of still frames with short videos in the second half.

After the break we started and finished with trams in Blackpool. Heritage vehicles still ply the Promenade but we also ventured to Fleetwood with conventional street scenes.

Venturing to the Settle and Carlisle line we found The Great Marquess on a special working, whilst another special was headed by a pair of Black 5s.

Living in Morecambe it is inevitable Mike has filmed the Cambrian coast line, mainly class 37s on the passenger workings. These were also seen heading along the West Coast line. In this area if there was no attraction with the trains there was always the scenery behind.

Our thanks to Mike for a relaxing evening.