Week of Events
Swindon to Swindon via Swindon – Richard Binding
'Swindon-- Swindon via Swindon - incorporating Swindon - Badminton - Gloucester - Sapperton - Swindon - Westbury - (Reading) - Didcot - Swindon' More details to follow
Timetable Planning – A Dark Art, Plus More.
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Dave Hepper. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
Robin Gibbons – The 1923 Grouping
We have all heard of the Grouping but how much do we really know about it? Robin Gibbons takes a deep dive into the Grouping including looking at the development of the railway companies in Great Britain up to that point, their uneasy relationship with Parliament, the background to the Grouping including the impact of…
“1972 – That Was The Year That Was” by Geoff Plumb
We are delighted to welcome Geoff Plumb again for another of his selections of images covering the wide variety of motive power at work on the railways, this time in the year 1972.
Croydon & SL Branch AGM and Members’ Images
Our Annual General Meeting, to be followed by Members’ Images. Your chance to speak up and show off! Since our last AGM a year ago, it is fair to say the Branch has had another somewhat problematic year, struggling to keep going. So I would urge you all to attend, to discuss the future of…
Paddle Steamer Waverley – 50 years of preservation
Ian Quinn will tell us the story, recollections and memories of keeping the LNER's 1947-built PS Waverley afloat during her preservation years and beyond. A book based on the presentation title, written by the speaker and featuring over 200 photos from around Britain, including the Forth, will be available @ £20.00, sales of which will…
