Archive And Library Open Day
Archive And Library Open Day
Archive And Library Open Day
Geoff 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…
presented by Mike Wedgewood
Archive And Library Open Day
Presented by Chris Webster
Richard Barber returns to present the second part of his Railways of North Yorkshire series
Local railway historian Ian Boskett gets our 2026/27 season off to a flying start with a presentation on the long lost Ashchurch to Malvern line. There are a few places where evidence of the line still exists.
Great Victorian Engineers - Isambard Kingdom Brunel By Chris Green
Our speaker, Richard Clifford, interested observer of HS2 (who owns a drone !) will give us a detailed presentation of this ongoing project.
Maggie Simpson from the Rail Freight Group will be giving us an insight into the current issues facing the rail freight sector. Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall. This talk will also be available on Zoom as a Hybrid
A presentation by John Douglas covering the rise, peak, and eventual decline of the vast network of industrial, standard-gauge, and narrow-gauge railways that served the ironstone quarries and blast furnaces of Northamptonshire. Please note change from previously advertised talk. This is a joint meeting with the Milton Keynes branch; the venue is Roade Village Hall.