Events for 10-Oct-2023
‘Seventy Years of Railway Photography’ by Colin Boocock
Colin’s presentation will be based on his book 'Seventy Years of Railway Photography: Seven Decades Behind the Lens’. Note this is a change from the originally advertised speaker.
The LMS Patriot Project
The project is recreating a working replica of an express steam locomotive type – the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) ‘Patriot’ class - which did not survive in the…
Charles Firminger Looks Back
Charles Firminger, President of the Locomotive Club of Great Britain, comes to look back to the 1950s, with a selection of images taken between 1957 and 1959, both in Britain…
“The Fylde Line: An 80s Ride from Manchester Victoria to Blackpool” by Alan Jones
The 1980s were a period of significant change on BR. New multiple units began to replace first generation ones. Long standing traffics moved to road, such as newspapers printed in…
Steam in the 1960’s
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Chris Wright. Chris Wright, a native of Gorleston-on-Sea, spent many school holidays 1959-1965 spotting in Hitchin. In a two-part presentation, the…