Colchester in the Age of Steam by Dave Goodyear.
IPS Ipswich Greenfinch Church Hall, Greenfinch Avenue, Ipswich, United Kingdom
Slovakia’s Railways – 12 years of travels
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomRobert Pritchard will give a presentation on the railways of Slovakia over the last 12 years, from 2012 to 2023. He will give us a tour of Slovakia by rail including some general interest photos and maybe the odd tram thrown in. The talk will be in three geographical sections - covering the capital Bratislava…
Sheffield Branch AGM + Robert Pritchard “Behind the Scenes”
SFD Sheffield Farm Road Sports & Social Club Farm Road, Sheffield, United KingdomAGM : The chance to have your say. Also speaker Robert Pritchard from the Sheffield committee presents a new show “Behind the Scenes”, focusing on depots, workshops and other normally unseen locations.
Challenging gravity – steep railways – Felix Schmid – afternoon meeting 14.00
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom
“That Was The Year That Was – 1971” by Geoff Plumb
CBR Fulbourn, Cambridge The Swifts, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, United KingdomThe results of a very busy year of railway photography in 1971 are the basis of this presentation. These include British Railways, Industrial locations, North Wales narrow gauge, last steam on London Transport, Humber paddle steamers, and the return of mainline steam with 6000 'King George V' on Bulmer's Cider special. Also featured are scenes…
Railways in 1950 and 1951, from the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society’s Moseley collection
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomA further presentation of photographs from the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society’s Moseley Archive of over 2000 photographs taken by the late Percy Moseley between 1911 and the 1970s. Following previous presentations of images from the 1940s, this will cover the years 1950 and 1951 – just after Nationalisation, when British Railways was establishing its own…
Edward Thompson, Wartime CME
HTC Hitchin Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Upper Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation. Presenter: Simon Martin "I have much to do, gentlemen, and little time in which to do it". These words are attributed to Edward Thompson and have been taken in the past as meaning little time in which to enact change, specifically to the work of his predecessor,…
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
25 Years of Derek Cross’s Diesels 1959 to 1984
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomPresented by David Cross
Biscuit Tin Discoveries
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomHow many of us have rare or interesting photographs and excerpts stored in a biscuit tin for later reminiscences? Mike Dodd has unearthed some real gems and presents a show of what he has discovered.
Funeral Trains
SRY Woking Woking United Reform Church, White Rose Lane, Woking, United KingdomFuneral Trains