The John Wells Collection – Part 1 – 1952/ 1958 – Chris Berridge / Bryan Acford
WMD Coventry Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel/Poitiers Road, CoventryRailtours and Specials-The last forty years by John Day.
IPS Ipswich Greenfinch Church Hall, Greenfinch Avenue, Ipswich
The Great Eastern Railway: ‘Rarely other than Idiosynchratic’
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, ShenfieldWeek of Events
Monday, May 15, 2023
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May 15, 2023 -The John Wells Collection – Part 1 – 1952/ 1958 – Chris Berridge / Bryan Acford
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May 15, 2023 -Railtours and Specials-The last forty years by John Day.
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May 15, 2023 -The Great Eastern Railway: ‘Rarely other than Idiosynchratic’
The John Wells Collection – Part 1 – 1952/ 1958 – Chris Berridge / Bryan Acford
John Wells was born in 1935 and having been evacuated to Sandy, Bedfordshire, during the 2nd World War lived there for many years. After school he worked for a large insurance company so commuted daily to London, often carrying his camera. He held a lineside permit and photographed widely on the southern section of the ECML…
Railtours and Specials-The last forty years by John Day.
Owing to our booked speaker being unavailable John will present the above from his extensive collection.
The Great Eastern Railway: ‘Rarely other than Idiosynchratic’
Following the openings, in successive years, of the significant London main line stations at London Bridge, Euston and then Paddington, there followed a minor station in Mile End as the terminus of a railway planned to link the capital to Norwich via Colchester and Ipswich. Another early railway was to use the same terminus, but…
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
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May 16, 2023 -Archive and Library Open Day
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May 16, 2023 -North Staffordshire Railways (Part 2)
North Staffordshire Railways (Part 2)
Part II of the North Staffs talk covers the line from Derby to Uttoxeter and then onwards to Stoke. We then continue to Kidsgrove via the Harecastle diversions, and then run via Alsager to Crewe.
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Thursday, May 18, 2023
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May 18, 2023 -An Other Evening with Jim Sedgwick
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May 18, 2023 -Eurostar – Signalling High Speed Connections Across Europe
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May 18, 2023 -“NYMR 1969 – 2022” – David Birtle
An Other Evening with Jim Sedgwick
(Change of speaker) Jim's photos are superb and often of unusual locations taken in the 1950's to early 1960's.
Eurostar – Signalling High Speed Connections Across Europe
Eurostar - Signalling High Speed Connections Across Europe
Friday, May 19, 2023
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Saturday, May 20, 2023
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Sunday, May 21, 2023
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