The legacy of Eric Oldham

PBR Peterborough St Luke’s Church, Mayor's Walk, Peterborough, United Kingdom

A presentation on the legacy of Eric Oldham, a photographer and painter active from the 1940s to the 1980s..

25 Years of Derek Cross Diesels 1959 to 1984

ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United Kingdom

Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall which will also be available on Zoom as a Hybrid Meeting. David Cross will present some more of his father's slides which this time will feature diesels photographed in England between the years 1959 and 1984. Derek was a prolific photographer in the sixties and seventies but unlike many…

Archive And Library Open Day

RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom

Archive And Library Open Day

The Western Locomotive Association

TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United Kingdom

Paul Finch the Vice Chairman & Publicity Officer of the Western Locomotive Association, gives us his presentation covering the highs and lows of preserving and operating three Western Class 52 diesel hydraulic locomotives, for more than four decades.

North East Branch – The Waverley Route

NEA Darlington Darlington Cricket Club, South Terrace, Darlington, United Kingdom

The iconic Waverley Route - from Edinburgh to Carlisle via Galashiels and Hawick is the subject for Dennis Lovett. The Northern section of the route from Edinburgh to Tweedbank is, happily, resurrected as The Borders Railway, opening as such in September 2015.

CHM Branch – South Western England

CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Michael Clemens comes to us with some cine film and stills of the good old days of the Midland and South Western Junction Railway and the Somerset and Dorset, so something for everyone. The films and slides were taken by much respected railway film maker and photographer Jim Clemens and Michael has transferred them onto…

The Rail Industry and Political Intervention – 1923 to 1973

SRY Woking Woking United Reform Church, White Rose Lane, Woking, United Kingdom

The Rail Industry and Political Intervention - 1923 to 1973 Note that the talk title has been changed from "The Post War years to Railway 200 with a glimpse to the future". Stuart Palmer Lifelong railwayman and former Managing Director of South West Trains