‘Memories are Made of These!’, by Phil Darlaston, 1st October 2024
1st October 2024 Meeting
For our October meeting we welcomed Thames Valley Branch Chairman Phil Darlaston, who although he lives in Wallingford also volunteers on the GWSR and is a member of quite a few other Heritage Railways as well!
He spent his working life with the CEGB, later known as National Power, and to this end we saw quite a few photos of BR locos as well as the CEGB's own locos at various sites including Didcot, Ironbridge and Stanlow amongst others.
The first half consisted of slides mainly taken by Phil but spattered with some Michael Mensing shots and a few others from Colour Rail. The second half were all digital but quite a few were scanned from Phil’s own slides or photos. These were on a timeline from 1973 right up to date and featured many Heritage Railways, main line steam, diesel and electric and foreign railways.
Around 260 photos were shown, and the excellent attendance of 24 enjoyed their evening with Phil answering questions as we went along.
Rob Davidson, Branch Secretary