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WMD West Midlands branch

Donation – West Midlands

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  • A Touch of Eastern Promise

    WMD Coventry Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel/Poitiers Road, Coventry, United Kingdom

    At this meeting Derek Huntriss will present images describing a somewhat adventurous  journey made through Java, Sumatra and Malaya with fellow photographer, John Hunt, in July/August 1977.

  • Images from Glass Plate Negatives – David Postle – Kidderminster Railway Museum

    Cheylesmore Community Centre, Poitiers Road, Coventry 5JX Poitiers Road, Cheylesmore,, Coventry

    Our good friend, David Postle, from the Kidderminster Railway Museum will be presenting a selection of images scanned from original glass plate negatives. These images from the Museum's archive have been restored to a very high standard.

  • The Broad Gauge – Swindon to the West of England

    Cheylesmore Community Centre, Poitiers Road, Coventry 5JX Poitiers Road, Cheylesmore,, Coventry

    After his previous visits taking us from Paddington to Swindon and Swindon to West Wales our president, Brian Arman, will take us from Swindon to the West of England.

  • Nostalgic 16MM Cine from 1920s to 2003 – Chris Pratt

    Cheylesmore Community Centre, Poitiers Road, Coventry 5JX Poitiers Road, Cheylesmore,, Coventry

    In 1966, the last year of the GCR in Rugby Class 5 4-6-0 No.44872 is seen crossing the 'Birdcage' bridge over the WCML. On the right of the picture is the Rugby Testing Station. Our good friend Chris Pratt is returning to visit us after a long break to present an excellent selection of 16mm…

  • Members Images + AGM

    Cheylesmore Community Centre, Poitiers Road, Coventry 5JX Poitiers Road, Cheylesmore,, Coventry

  • Railway Advertising & Posters – Michael Willmot

    Cheylesmore Community Centre, Poitiers Road, Coventry 5JX Poitiers Road, Cheylesmore,, Coventry

    From the earliest days of rail travel, poster advertising was used to encourage people to take the train.  Through the artwork of, and captions on, such posters we can catch a glimpse of not just the advances in engineering and in design, but also the contemporary social concerns addressed in the advertising slogans.  But if…

  • The Vintage Trains Story – Mike Corbett

    Cheylesmore Community Centre, Poitiers Road, Coventry 5JX Poitiers Road, Cheylesmore,, Coventry

    As a former Works Manager at Wolverton with a fifty-year career history with many years as a senior engineering manager and director within the rail industry.  In retirement Mike is now a volunteer for the Vintage Trains Charitable Trust in Tyseley, Birmingham. This year he has undertaken ''The Vintage Trains Story - the rise to…

  • Steam by Night – Joe Connell

    Cheylesmore Community Centre, Poitiers Road, Coventry 5JX Poitiers Road, Cheylesmore,, Coventry

    Our speaker, Joe Connell, Official Photographer for the Great Central Railway, will explain the procedures and pitfalls of shooting steam at night.