CSL Croydon & South London branch
Sir Nigel Gresley: The LNER’s First C.M.E.
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomHaving previously given us a presentation on Edward Thompson, Gresley Society member Simon A. C. Martin returns to tell us about his predecessor, Sir Nigel Gresley, who he has been researching for a coming book. In the course of thirty years as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Northern Railway, and then after the grouping…
Railways in Italy in the 1990s
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomJeremy Harrison made a number of visits to Italy in the 1990s, travelling on and photographing the railways, and today comes to show us some of the fruits of this, with images of steam, electric and diesel traction. Note: From this meeting (start of season) we will be meeting in the Primary Room, rather than…
The Bluebell Railway
CSL Redhill Redhill Methodist Church, Gloucester Road, Redhill, United KingdomAn illustrated presentation on our local preserved railway by excellent photographer, and Bluebell Railway loco driver, Ian Wright. His role on the railway, over many years, has let him know what to photograph, and where to go for the best images.
Charles Firminger Looks Back
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomCharles Firminger, President of the Locomotive Club of Great Britain, comes to look back to the 1950s, with a selection of images taken between 1957 and 1959, both in Britain and Europe. Note: Since the start of this season, we are meeting in the Primary Room at the East Croydon URC (rather than the Small…
A Tenth Colour-Rail Journey
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomTen photographers take us on a journey all around Great Britain, and down through the years from 1955 to the present day, covering all the regions and all forms of motive power, conducted by Paul Chancellor: Mr Colour-Rail (and Society Strategic Planning Officer). The ten photographers, some well known such Roger Siviter and John Spencer-Gilks,…
Stuart Underdown’s Southern Memories
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomThe late Stuart Underdown was a Society member and an accomplished photographer, who put together a number of presentations, including this one, of his 'Southern Memories', of his own photographs covering the period from the early 1960s through the 1970s, together with some much older images that he had collected, and ranging from Kent to…
That was the Year that Was – 1966
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom1966 was a busy year for Geoff: whilst still a schoolboy, he covered a considerable amount of the country. This presentation includes scenes on various North Wales Narrow Gauge Lines and the Cambrian Coast, holidays in the north west of England and several RCTS railtours. These include the ’Somerset & Dorset Farewell’, the ‘Longmoor Military…
Railways in 1950 and 1951, from the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society’s Moseley collection
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomA further presentation of photographs from the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society’s Moseley Archive of over 2000 photographs taken by the late Percy Moseley between 1911 and the 1970s. Following previous presentations of images from the 1940s, this will cover the years 1950 and 1951 – just after Nationalisation, when British Railways was establishing its own…
Croydon & South London Branch Lunch
Toby Carvery, Redhill 2 Redstone Hill, Redhill, Surrey, United KingdomAs a change from having a Branch Christmas Dinner at the Porter and Sorter in Croydon, this season we have decided to have a Branch Lunch, at the Redhill Toby Carvery, which is very close to Redhill Station. Table is booked for 13:15; meet in the bar area from 12:15 for a pre lunch drink.…
A Lifetime of Railway Photography
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomNot quite a lifetime, John took his first picture at the age of nine using his mother's rather ancient folding camera. He was already interested in railways as most boys of his generation were, where the passion came from for recording what he saw on film is lost in the mists of time but it's…
A London Brighton and South Coast Railway Miscellany, 1862-1923
CSL Redhill Redhill Methodist Church, Gloucester Road, Redhill, United KingdomA selection of images of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway from Victorian days to the grouping, now over a hundred years ago. Views of our local railway, but not as we know it today.
Roaming Around London With a Camera
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomGeoff Brockett brings the results of his photographic roamings, to show us the great diversity of trains and liveries to be seen around the capital in recent years. As he lives in London and so does a lot of his photography there, it seemed a good idea to do a show based specifically on what…