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, IpswichThe Great Eastern Railway: ‘Rarely other than Idiosynchratic’
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, ShenfieldWeek of Events
The John Wells Collection – Part 1 – 1952/ 1958 – Chris Berridge / Bryan Acford
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.
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’
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…
Archive and Library Open Day
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.
An Other Evening with Jim Sedgwick
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
Eurostar - Signalling High Speed Connections Across Europe