Posts by FLL Furness Lakes and Lune
The Stainmore Railway
On 3rd May Mike Thompson gave a presentation on the Stainmore Line and the work of the Stainmore Railway Company at Kirkby Stephen. The line was built in the 1850’s…
Read Morethe Railways of Warwickshire
Wednesday 5th April 2023 Our speaker tonight Anthony Hicks travelled over the border from Leeds to give us a presentation on Warwickshire’s railways. Anthony focussed on his home town Leamington…
Read MoreRound Britain preserved lines
Due to the late cancellation of our booked speaker for this event our Committee Member, Will Gibson, stood in having put together a set of videos illustrating a number of…
Read MoreRound Britain film night
Wednesday 8th Feb 2023 As our original speaker was unable to travel due to the rail strike our own member Will Gibson offered us a different approach, a series of…
Read More24 Hours(A day on the railway)
Wednesday 4th Jan 2023 It was rewarding to see a larger audience than at our recent meetings to hear one of our members David Bousfield talking about a day on…
Read MoreThe last days of steam in China
For our 2nd session in the new season David Hugill gave us a presentation on the last days of steam in China. David started by giving us a background into…
Read MoreOct 12th Meeting Notes The Clan Project
For our 1st session in the new season Ian Henderson gave a presentation about Hengist Clan no 72010 to a surprisingly small but select audience. Ian outlined his background as…
Read MoreCarnforth to Wennington
Roy Davies visited the Branch to talk about his book, published in Autumn 2021 by Middleton Press, covering the history of the railway network between in the…
Read MoreRails,Railwaymen and literature
RCTS FURNESS, LAKES & LUNE BRANCH Railways, Railwaymen and Literature by Prof. Paul Salveson Wednesday 6th April 2022 At the April meeting of the Branch Professor Paul Salveson entertained the…
Read MoreFurness lakes and lune presentation
RCTS FURNESS, LAKES & LUNE BRANCH Bahamas, the Story of a Locomotive by Peter Skellon Wednesday 2nd March 2022 Peter Skellon of the Bahamas Society presented an illustrated talk on…
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