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Posts by CHR Chichester

23 October 2024 The Railways of Iran

By CHR Chichester | 2024-11-02

Presenter: Tim Morton Unusual subject matter for our October meeting, with much anticipation, as nobody in the audience had ever visited Iran. This was to be no conventional holiday snap…

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25 September 2024 Watercress Line Film Unit

By CHR Chichester | 2024-10-05

Presenter: Will Stratford The Chichester Branch’s 2024/25 Indoor Meeting Programme got off to an excellent start with a highly interesting and entertaining presentation by Will Stratford, who heads up the…

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22 May 2024 With Lance King in Ulster: The Great Northern Lines: 1957-65

By CHR Chichester | 2024-06-07

Presenter: Leslie McAllister On 22 May we were treated to an excellent presentation about the Railways of Ulster by Leslie McAllister  Before the presentation the only thing I knew about…

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24 April 2024 The 1968 Hixon Level Crossing Disaster

By CHR Chichester | 2024-04-26

Presenter Malcolm Garner Perhaps it is because railways are such a relatively safe form of transport that the subject of railway accidents is a topic of much interest and indeed…

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27 March 2024 Eastleigh from Railway Junction to Railway Centre

By CHR Chichester | 2024-04-16

Presenter: Gordon Adams Eastleigh has been very much a focal point in the South of England for those interested in railways. However, this presentation focused on the history of the…

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28 February 2024 That Was the Year That Was – 1962

By CHR Chichester | 2024-03-03

Presenter Geoff Plumb: The branch was entertained by well known RCTS member Geoff Plumb who regularly presents both face-to-face and zoom shows for our Branches, this time with ‘That was…

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08 February 2024 109 Years of Southern Electric

By CHR Chichester | 2024-02-14

Presenter: Stuart Hicks On the afternoon of 8th February an audience of 40 heard Stuart Hicks give an illustrated talk about the 109 years of Southern Electric. Prior to 1923…

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24 January 2024 Steam in the British Isles

By CHR Chichester | 2024-02-11

Presenter: Tony Bowles 2024 for Chichester Branch started with an enjoyable Zoom presentation from Tony Bowles, entitled “Steam in the British Isles”.  We were entertained with Tony’s photos from all…

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13 December 2023 The Railways of Colonel Holman Stephens

By CHR Chichester | 2024-01-05

Presenter: Chris Jackson Chris Jackson travelled from London to give an eagerly anticipated talk on The Railways of Colonel Holman F Stephens, the well known pioneer of Light Railways, built…

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22 November 2023 The Coming of the Railway to Southampton

By CHR Chichester | 2023-11-23

Presenter: David Brace The title of the talk gave our speaker the opportunity to give a wide ranging and well researched presentation on the building of one of the principal…

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