Posts by SFD Sheffield
10th February 2020 · ‘ A Taste of Japan’
Presenter: Gordon Davies I don’t know if it was the aftermath of Storm Ciara but the attendance was very poor for the excellent presentation ‘A Taste of Japan’ by our…
Read More27th January 2020 · ‘The L & Y in LMS Days’
Presenter: Noel Coates For our first evening meeting of the year on Monday, 27th January, we welcomed back Noel Coates from Burnley with his talk – the L & Y…
Read More13th January 2020 · Disused Stations
Presenter: Alan Young Many members will be familiar with the disused station website (disused-stations.org.uk) and so it was with eager anticipation that those attending our first meeting of 2020 waited…
Read More25th November 2019 · ‘An Eighth Colour Rail Journey’
Presenter: Paul Chancellor Our last speaker for the autumn season was Paul Chancellor who presented his Eighth Colour-Rail journey. It had been some years since we last welcomed Paul to…
Read More11th November 2019 · ‘Sheffield and South Yorkshire – Past and Present’
Presenter: Michael Eggenton On 11 November Michael Eggenton made a welcome return to the Branch with a special programme tailored for our local audience. Taking us around Sheffield and South…
Read More28th October 2019 · ‘The 125 Group – Preserving the HST’
Presenter: John Zabernik At our second meeting in October we had a most interesting presentation by John Zabernik of the 125 Group. John, a nominee for the prestigious Train Driver…
Read More14th October 2019 · Audience Selection
Presenter: Gavin Morrison Our meeting on 14 October opened with the sad and unexpected news that Alan Lovecy, our Branch Chairman (since 2014) and longtime Secretary had died suddenly the…
Read More23rd September 2019 · ‘The Peter Fox Collection – Steam, Diesel and Electric Traction through the Decades’
Presenter: Andrew Barclay The first meeting of the 2019/20 session on Monday 23rd September was rather poorly attended by past standards. However Andrew Barclay’s presentation of 200 more slides from…
Read More25th April 2019 · ‘Tram Operations of SYPTE’
Presenter: Christopher Hopkinson For the final meeting of the 2018/19 session, 20 members and guests assembled for a presentation from Christopher Hopkinson the SYPTE Tram Concession Manager on the Sheffield…
Read More8th April 2019 · ‘A trainspotter’s Odyssey’
Presenter: Brian Arman – RCTS President An excellent end to the indoor meeting session. On 8th April, the branch was pleased to welcome the Society President Brian Arman who came…
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