NOT “Fun with Southern Steam” – but something from the Branch Committee

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

Unfortunately our planned presenter for Thursday 15th December, Malcolm Garner, is not able to travel to Cheltenham. We will, instead have an impromptu members entertain evening with our Branch Chairman and Treasurer providing some images. Treasurer has a few presentations on the laptop, so there could be a choice of what to see! We hope…

Surrey Branch AGM Followed by Toy Train To The Clouds – The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

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

The evening will begin with the Surrey Branch AGM.  The agenda and Committee reports will be availiable late November. If you would like to join the Surrey Committee please discuss with one of the committee members. The AGM will be dealt with as quickly as possible and will be followed by a talk on The…

The Ian Allan Story

WMD Coventry Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel/Poitiers Road, Coventry, United Kingdom

This rarely seen presentation will be given my Ian Allan's former publisher, Peter Waller. Having closed as a railway publisher some years ago Peter will tell us the whole story of this interesting publisher.

Windsor & Maidenhead Branch AGM

MHD Cox Green Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, United Kingdom

It's time to have your say or even volunteer to assist the branch committee. Or alternatively give a short presentation. There will also be mince pies served after the formal meeting

£2

AGM and Members Slides

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

The meeting will be held at Shenfield Parish Hall but the formal AGM part of the evening will be held as a Hybrid meeting in order to be as inclusive as possible. Remote comments and contributions will, in general, only be possible via the Zoom 'Chat' function. Should you wish to remotely address the meeting…

Visit to Stafford

Please note the rearranged date because of rail strike scheduled for 13th December.

150 Years – GNR from Wood Green to Enfield

HTC Welwyn Garden City Ludwick Way Methodist Church, 149 Ludwick Way, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom

A Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City Branch Presentation. Presenter: Dave Cockle. Dave will be talking about “150 years of GNR from Wood Green to Enfield”. On 1st April 1871, the Great Northern Railway opened their Wood Green to Enfield Branch through Palmers Green & Winchmore Hill. The coming of the railway had a profound impact…

“The Gulf Oil Refinery Branch Line” Building a Railway in the 1960’s – Dick Watts preceded by Branch AGM

Richard Watts is a Chartered Civil Engineer (known professionally as Dick Watts) who, spent nearly 40 years in design and construction of railway Civil Engineering works, originally in the Chief Civil Engineer’s Office of British Railways Western Region at Paddington and latterly with consultants Scott Wilson & Kirkpatrick at Swindon. During the 1960s he spent…

Member’s Night

SOE Eastleigh Junction Church (formerly Eastleigh Railway Institute), 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, United Kingdom

A chance for members to take the floor for 15 minutes and show a range of slides/digital photographs from their own collections. A festive buffet will be provided by the Branch for those attending.