FLL Meeting Report
Members presentations dec 2023
Wednesday 6th December 2023 Following the AGM a Members evening was held featuring a picture Quiz kindly compiled by Will Gibson for the Stephen Machell Trophy. The subjects were mainly…
Read MoreVideo miscellany Germany and the Baltic
As our scheduled speaker could not travel due to the rail strike Colin Kellington kindly provided us with our program for the evening. Our first session covered railways in 1988…
Read MoreKirkby stephen trip
Stainmore railway trip Following Mike Thompson’s outstanding presentation on this railway in May 2023, we were offered the opportunity to make a trip to visit them to see their latest…
Read MoreThe 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…
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