John Heaton – An Area Managers Memories

WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church] Fore Street, Exeter, United Kingdom

For our November meeting we welcome the last Area Manager of the Exeter area, John Heaton. John had a long railway career in various parts of the country before he became the Area Manager in the Exeter area, and his time in Exeter area has formed the basis for a series of books that he…

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Epping and Ongar Railway by Rodger Green.

IPS Ipswich Greenfinch Church Hall, Greenfinch Avenue, Ipswich, United Kingdom

A presentation by Rodger Green of the preserved line in North East Essex.

“Peterborough & Werrington”

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

An illustrated talk.

Ramblings with a new camera in 1962/1963

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

Brian Holland brings some images from the early 1960s. This will be a joint meeting with Cheltenham Railway Action Photographers so it will be intriguing to see what we will see. Come along to find out!

South Western Railway – An Update

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

Claire Mann - Managing Director, South Western Railway.

The Long Lost Roy Vincent and Tom Williams Collections

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

For many years both authors and publishers alike would have loved to include images from these collections in their titles. In this presentation our own well versed speaker, Chris Youett, will explain their stories in detail. Roy Vincent was an official photographer for the LNER and later British Railways Eastern region. We will also include…

My life as a Railway Civil Engineer by Steve Brame

NHN Northampton Weston Favell Parish Hall, Booth Lane South, Northampton, United Kingdom

Northamptonian Steve Brame trained as an Engineer and worked for BR on new bridge works in the 1970s, and finished with Crossrail, with  other work in between on projects such as revisions to the Silverstone Racetrack.