Posts by BTL Bristol
1 December 2023 ‘ Steam in South Africa Through 20 Years’ by Roger Griffiths.
On Friday 1st December 2024 24 members and guests attended to listen to Roger Griffiths talk on South African Steam Roger started by telling us of his time working in…
Read More3 November 2023 ‘That Was The Year That Was 1964’ By Geoff Plumb.
On Friday 3rd November 52 Members and Guests welcomed Geoff Plumb for his talk titled “That was the year that was 1964” he took us on a tour of the…
Read More6 October 2023 ‘An Audience with Professional Photographer – Jack Boskett’
On October 6th 42 Members were present to listen Jack Boskett’s talk, Railways and Royalty Jack covered assorted subjects including weddings, Cheese rolling, Firemen cooking breakfast on their shovel, and…
Read More1 September 2023 ‘My 49 Year Railway Career’ by Dennis Flood’
On Friday 1st September 2023, 29 members and guests met to hear Denis Flood tell his 49 year railway career. Denis started in Edgehill Liverpool. He described seeing the Great…
Read More2 August 2023 – Visit to the Avon Valley Railway
On a typically wet and windy Wednesday in August more than a dozen branch members made their way to Bitton Station on the former Midland Railway line between…
Read More14 April 2023 ‘East Coast Main Line – King’s Cross to York’ Presented by Stephen Gay.
41 members and guests attended a talk by Steven Gay: Kings Cross to York, The East coast mainline. Kings Cross in the 70’s still had plenty of Deltics and other…
Read More3 March 2023 A.G.M. followed by ‘A Roger Newman Tribute’ Presented by Brian Arman.
Brian Arman: Tribute to Roger Newman After a short AGM, Branch Chairman Brian Arman Presented the photographs of Roger Newman. These Photos were from the 1960’s period. We were privileged…
Read More3 February 2023 ‘Steam and Semaphores to Penzance’ by Nick Dudman.
Maurice Dunman’s excellent slides, presented by his son Nick. 68 members were present. Nick began the talk by telling us how his father started between 1958 and 1965 The photos…
Read More6 January 2023 ‘To Scotland for Steam’ by Brian Arman.
Brian split the Scottish Railways into two halves, planning to deal with the North British and Great Northern of Scotland Railway this year, and hopefully deal with Caledonian and the…
Read More2 December 2022 ‘Railway Holidays in the West Country Part 2’ with Stuart Warr
Stuart Warr was due to give a presentation ‘Railway Holidays in The West Country Pt 2 – Devon & Somerset’. Due to bad weather in South Wales, Stuart was not…
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