IPS Meeting Report
11th November 2019 · ’50 Years of Scottish Railways – Part 3′
Presenter: David MacLean Our guest on November 11th David MacLean, a retired senior signalling engineer, presented 50 years of Scottish Railways Part 3. The History of the Highland main line…
Read More6th November 2019 · ‘Lt. Col. Holman F. Stevens – The Man and His Empire’
Presenter: Hugh Smith On 6th November our guest was Hugh Smith to present Lt. Col Holman F. Stephens-The Man and his Empire. He was born in 1868 and trained as…
Read More14th October 2019 · ‘T’ebay – Part 2’
Presenter: Dave Pearce On 14th October we welcome back Dave Pearce from Norwich for the second instalment of his T’eBay presentations. All the images were sourced from the web-based eBay…
Read More9th September 2019 · ‘That Was the Week, That Was – 1963’
Presenter: Geoff Plumb On 9 September our guest was Geoff Plumb to present ‘That Was the Year That Was-1963′. After seeing childhood family images, it was clear how his enthusiasm…
Read More8th April 2019 · ‘West Country in 1960s and1970s’
Presenter: John Cashen On April 8th , John Cashen presented his talk “West Country in 1960s and 1970s” comprising steam and diesel in black and white and colour. His talk…
Read More4th April 2019 · ‘A Tribute to the Late Hugh Ballentyne’
Presenter: John Chalcraft The images were mainly black and white from 1952 to the mid-sixties and showed the rail network countrywide, including some of the secondary and rural routes such…
Read More11th March 2019 · Swindon Works -The Golden Years- Plus [From 1914]
Rev Canon Brian Arman (Bristol) On March 11th Society President Brian Arman paid a return visit to present Swindon Works-The Golden Years plus(1914 onwards) . We started with The Trip,…
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