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Bristol Branch – ‘Railways in a Cornish Landscape’ by Stephen Gay
BTL North Filton St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road, North Filton, United KingdomJoin Stephen and Wrawby on a selection of their favourite lines between Saltash and Newquay. Using slides taken over the last 10 years, this show includes historical infrmation, a few poetry readings and many laughs along the way. Take your seats and settle down for a rover with a difference!
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A Wee Look Around Scotland
HTC Hitchin St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin &Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Robin Mathams. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
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East Midlands Branch – British Transport Films
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United Kingdompresented by Barry Coward
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Cambridge Branch – “The North Eastern Railway and the Beginnings of the East Coast Main Line” by Ray Schofield
CBR Fulbourn, Cambridge The Swifts, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, United Kingdom -
Oliver Bulleid and 35028 Clan Line
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomOliver Bulleid was one of Britain's last great steam locomotive engineers, and arguably one of the most controversial. Perhaps his best locos were the Merchant Navy class Pacifics - capable of great feats, but also suffering problems which led to them being rebuilt - did this perfect or spoil them? 35028 Clan Line of the…
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40 years on the footplate
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomLee Davies started working on the railway after spending 12 months on a Youth Training Scheme (YTS) and just two months in a “proper job”. Four decades later, he’s still there. After all, in the words of Ellesmere Port driver F. A. Jones, “Why work when you can drive trains for a living?” On Wednesday…
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Scottish Branch, Haymarket – 35mm Gricing 1964-1972
SCT Edinburgh Scots Guards Club, 2 Clifton Terrace,, Edinburgh, United KingdomThis will be the first Scottish Branch meeting in September for several years. The Railway Observer Managing Editor Mike Robinson will make a welcome return when he tells us, through his photography, about his gricing days in the UK, plus a few visits to northern Europe. 1971 Open Day at Haymarket Depot (image by Callum…
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Archive And Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive And Library Open Day
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Thames Valley Branch – That was the year that was – 1962
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomGeoff was born in Sheffield in 1949, into a railway-mad family, starting his railway enthusiasm at the age of around 18 months. After some early attempts with the family Box Brownie camera in the 1950s, he was given his first ‘proper’ camera for his thirteenth birthday in March 1962, this eventually leading to his career…
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Humberside Branch – Lincolnshire Joint Line and its Branches
HSD Hull The Highway, Willerby Road, Hull, United Kingdompresented by Mike Wedgewood
