Posts by FLL Furness Lakes and Lune

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…

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…

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…

      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…

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…

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…

On the 5th January 2022 the branch welcomed one of our own members Mike Ellis to give a presentation on “Hest Bank and beyond”. Mike started his talk by outlining…

On the 5th January 2022 the branch welcomed Len Clark to give a presentation on “Life on the West coast railway in the 1960s”. Len gave us a brief outline…

Furness lakes and lune presentation On the 1st December the branch had its first live meeting since 6th March 2020 so it was a real pleasure to welcome Paul Chancellor…