Week of Events
‘That Was the Year That Was – 1973’, by Geoff Plumb
‘That Was the Year That Was – 1973’, by Geoff Plumb
Starting with a visit to the border area of West and East Germany at Bebra in January 1973, followed by scenes on the ‘Erzbergbahn’ (Iron Mountain Railway) and the Steyrtalbahn in snowy Austria, then moving on to the Royal opening of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in May. The main event is a visit to…
Archive and Library Open Day
Peterborough Trams – a distant memory
Peterborough Trams – a distant memory
Brendan Fox explores the Peterborough tram systems which ran from 1903 to 1930. The presentation includes other items of interest in Peterborough's history.
Britain’s Railways Through The Lens – an evening with Jack Boskett
Britain’s Railways Through The Lens – an evening with Jack Boskett
Back by popular demand, our first face to face meeting of the season welcomes multi award winning photographer Jack Boskett, who has an extensive catalogue of railway images in his portfolio and regularly travels across the UK to follow different excursions and special train movements.
A Medley Medley 4
A Medley Medley 4
Following on from the success of his last talk John returns with another selection of pictures from his extensive collection. It promises to be an evening of nostalgia from John as he cover some of the more unusual trains to pass through Devon in the recent past. Please note owing to a concert at the…