Posts by SFD Sheffield
Annual General Meeting followed by More gems from the archive – Mick Brownhill
MEETING REPORT 8th MARCH 2023 Our March meeting, in a temporary venue in a room at “Rutland Arms” on Brown Street before we settle into new premises at Farm Road…
Read MoreRails around Sheffield and beyond – Steve Armitage
MEETING REPORT 8th FEBRUARY 2023 Our February afternoon meeting welcomed back Steve Armitage, with an extensive set of slides entitled ‘Rails around Sheffield and beyond’. The timing of, and the…
Read MoreOut and about post the pandemic – Robert Pritchard
MEETING REPORT 11th JANUARY 2023 The Sheffield branch hosted its only Zoom meeting of the season on 11th January: it was a great success with an excellent presentation, ‘Out and…
Read MoreChristmas Social Evening
MEETING REPORT 14th DECEMBER 2022 Our December meeting was planned to be the attended, traditional Christmas social. However, the inclement weather in Sheffield and elsewhere precluded this, so we reverted…
Read MoreLet’s go round again! – Anthony Hicks
MEETING REPORT 9th NOVEMBER 2022 Sheffield branch offered a warm welcome back to Anthony Hicks for our November meeting. Anthony made the journey down from West Yorkshire and gave us…
Read MoreLet’s go round again! – Anthony Hicks
MEETING REPORT 9th NOVEMBER 2022 Sheffield branch offered a warm welcome back to Anthony Hicks for our November meeting. Anthony made the journey down from West Yorkshire and gave us…
Read More10 years of rail travel in UK and Europe – Alan Yearsley
MEETING REPORT 12th OCTOBER 2022 Alan Yearsley was our speaker for October: he’s been a regular attendee at branch meetings but had not previously given us a presentation, so we…
Read MoreWait and see – Andrew Barclay
MEETING REPORT 14th SEPTEMBER 2022 Our September meeting (the first of the 2022/2023 season) was very disappointing in terms of the numbers attending. However, this did not detract from the…
Read MoreDiverted! Swinton to Chesterfield via Rotherham, Barnsley & Sheffield
MEETING REPORT 11th MAY 2022. For our final meeting of the 2021/22 season we welcomed the return of Phil Lockwood and Enid Vincent with the fourth instalment of their epic…
Read More“1992” – A tour around the UK with a collection of images bringing back memories from 30 years ago
MEETING REPORT 13th APRIL 2022 Our guest presenter for the April meeting was long-time branch supporter Keith Marshall. Keith had gamely stepped in when the planned speaker became unavailable. The…
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