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From the Sutton Coldfield Percy Moseley archive – scenes from 1937 to 1945 presented by the Joint Archivist
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A look at the history and present operation of the Welshpool and Llanfair Railway
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A presentation by Chris Wright for the Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch. From the presenter, in his own words: Chris Wright grew up in the 1950s and 60s in the Norfolk seaside town of Gorleston-on-Sea. His talk covers memories of early days spotting in Norfolk: on holidays with the family, and numerous school holiday… |
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A further presentation of Black and White images, drawn from the Ken Nunn collection and scanned from glass plates, illustrating railways in Britain before the Great War. Tonight's is the second of the three parts, featuring Southern and Western (the railways which would be amalgamated into the Southern, GWR and LMSR in 1923). The Ken… |
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For our February meeting we welcome back Barry Jones from Plymouth who will be entertaining with some more of his excellent photographs of Diesels, the evening will be a photographic tour around Wales and Scotland from the late 1970s to date. A digital show. ****Please note the change of date from the second Saturday…
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Bernie Holland takes us from Shrewsbury to Hartlebury and Kidderminster taking in the branch from Northwood to Woofferton. Black and white and colour images from the 1950s and 1960s along with some views of what remains in preservation between Bridgnorth and Kidderminster. Please note this is a virtual Zoom meeting, you will need to register via the… |
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this session will feature an area not normally featured in our presentations so we welcome ian pilkington to give us his presentation
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Join us for our second meeting of the year on Zoom – Clive Pepper will take us on a look back over the last forty years at some of the railway traffic and operations in North Bucks. Particular emphasis will be on the wide variety of colourful liveries seen on both passenger and freight workings… |
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After a short AGM Branch Chairman Brian Arman will present part two of 'To Scotland for Steam', featuring the HR, CR, and G&SWR lines. |
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A photographic review of the southern ECML, drawn from the Society’s Photographic archive by David Jackman. This features both the steam and diesel eras – while not completely forgetting the electric era – with the odd deviation along the way.
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Our second afternoon meeting of the season starting at 13.00.
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Nigel Wassell will present another set of images which he has curated from John's extensive collection. |
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This meeting is being planned and details will be confirmed soon |
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Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall which will also be available on Zoom as a Hybrid Meeting. Railway photographers often have their step-ladders in the boot of their car to allow them to get a few feet higher in search of the ideal image. Tonight's presentation promises a more lofty view still. This presentation takes… |
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Colin Brading gives us a very wide-ranging presentation: starting from his early railway interests and lineside haunts to the highlights of a diverse engineering career spanning fifty years, ‘Remembering My Lines’ is an illustrated medley of memories and experiences seasoned with many of the presenter’s own favourites. On this journey ‘from anorak to hi-vis’ we…
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"Industrial and Railway historian Richard Marks explores the impact of World War Two upon Britain's railways. Find out the important role that Britain's four railway companies had in achieving victory in World War Two. Discover the war work that was undertaken in the railway company works across the country and the impact of Luftwaffe operations…
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It is famously said that when HM Queen Victoria travelled to/from Windsor by train, the driver was instructed to "proceed at no more pace than the horses would reach". Until, that is, the occasion of her funeral when there was a bit of time pressure, so the Great Western crew got a bit of a…
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Ian Pilkington travels across The Pennines to bring us images of steam and diesel hard at work across the northern fells of England. |
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This presentation will examine a variety of diesel and electric locomotives/trains from the BR blue era through to privatisation. Ian will cover a wide range of locations, mainly across England but also a few from Scotland, Wales, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and even some from California. Note that this is a Saturday afternoon meeting. … |
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A speed look at what 30 years of Eurostar has done for connecting the UK with Mainland Europe before embarking on a high speed journey into the future. There will also be a small celebration to mark this milestone meeting for the branch.
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In a change to the advertised programme Robin will present his talk It is an augmented slide show with plenty of images but with a lot of information. It covers mainly the enthusiast era (roughly 1976 - 2012) but with a little bit of more historic information to put things in context.
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A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Colin Brading. 'Remembering My Lines' is a personal 'photographic potpourri' of many and varied railway themes. On a wide-ranging journey, Colin will share favourite scenes, places and images that span from his early years with notebooks on platforms to the present-day, reflecting a life-long passion for… |
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Recently published by Crécy is Railways Remembered: North East England. This full colour volume covers the area from the Scottish Border to the Tees, and inland to the North Pennines. All facets of railway operations are covered: steam, diesel and electric; town and country; freight and passenger; BR and industry. One of the co-authors, Charles…
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A further presentation of Black and White images, drawn from the Ken Nunn collection and scanned from glass plates, illustrating railways in Britain before the Great War. Tonight’s is the final part, featuring Welsh railways, ventures to Belgium and France, and then a wider look at British railways in 1914 and 1915, when it was… |
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