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  • AGM + Members Images

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

    The purpose of this meeting is to conduct our Branch AGM. Following this two members have already offered the following :- Chris Youett will present images from the David John Morton collection. David was a lifelong member of our branch who took a large number of monochrome pics from the 1930s to the 1970s. He…

  • The John Wells Collection – Part 2 – Presented by Bryan Acford

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

    On Monday 26th September 2022 our guest speakers, Chris Berridge and Bryan Acford presented Part 1 of the John Wells Collection. Since that date we have sadly lost our Branch Member, Chris Berridge. Part 2 of the excellent John Wells Collection will be presented by his colleague, Bryan Acford. This black and white collection was…

  • 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…