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Branch AGM, followed by ‘The Story of the Travelling Post Office’ by Roland Gillott
Branch AGM, followed by ‘The Story of the Travelling Post Office’ by Roland Gillott
The Watford Branch AGM will commence at 18:45 (please note this is earlier than our usual start time) and we hope to conclude that by 19:00. This will be followed…
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London Midland Region – Review of the 1950s/1960s
London Midland Region – Review of the 1950s/1960s
Please note that this is a change of subject and speaker because the intended speaker, Paul Shackcloth, is unwell.
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Great Central Railway – Re-Unification
Great Central Railway – Re-Unification
Tom Ingall from the Great Central Railway gives a talk on possibly the UK’s biggest heritage railway project, the re-unification of the two halves of the preserved section of the…
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‘East Coast Main Line part 2 – North From York’ by Stephen Gay
‘East Coast Main Line part 2 – North From York’ by Stephen Gay
Following the East Coast Main Line North from York to Edinburgh Waverly this 205 mile journey calls off at the principal stations en-route. The show uses Stephen's recently taken slides…
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Roaming Around London With a Camera
Roaming Around London With a Camera
Geoff 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…
John Day “East Anglian Railways in Transition”.
John Day “East Anglian Railways in Transition”.
From BR through Sectorisation to Privatisation - 1980s to date.
“An Evening with Father’s Slides” by David Cross
“An Evening with Father’s Slides” by David Cross
David presents his father's (Derek Cross) magnificent photographs in a slide show of mainly steam but with some pictures of early diesels. The West Coast route from London to Carlisle…
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Newport : The South Wales Main Line Recalled
Newport : The South Wales Main Line Recalled
Ray Viney Ray is a very well known and respected authority on railways of South Wales and is the Editor of the Monmouthshire Railway Society Journal
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Diesels Through Devon
Diesels Through Devon
Amyas Crump returns to the branch with a new talk entitled Diesels Through Devon. This will cover new ground for Amyas as rather than a delve into the past of…
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A Touch of Eastern Promise
A Touch of Eastern Promise
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.
Inter-railing for the Older Crowd
Inter-railing for the Older Crowd
Physical/Hybrid Meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall - This meeting will also be avaialble via Zoom The title comes from a Facebook page of the same name, which was a helpful…
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East Midlands Day Ranger
Please note that this fixture has been put back one week from its original date of 9th April because of ongoing industrial action.
LMS Patriot Project
LMS Patriot Project
We are building a working steam locomotive as a National Memorial Engine, recreating a Remembrance link established after the Great War and lost in the 1960s. None of this type…
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Branch ABM and Cheltenham St. James to Broadway
Branch ABM and Cheltenham St. James to Broadway
We will conduct our Branch Annual Business Meeting, receive reports from the Committee and elect officers to serve for the 2024/5 period. We will endeavour to keep this bit of…
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Members’ Day and AGM 2024
Members’ Day and AGM 2024
The AGM part of the day will allow remote participation via Zoom. If attending remotely, you must pre-register with Zoom, using the link below. Brunel Suite, Grand Station, Sun Street,…
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Just Like the Old Days
Just Like the Old Days
Des will present an historical photographic journey with images taken in recent years but which scenically could have been taken many years ago and he did
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The1968 Hixon Level Crossing Disaster
The1968 Hixon Level Crossing Disaster
In this dreadful accident a huge articulated transporter lorry, carrying a 120-ton transformer slowly over the automatic level crossing at Hixon, was hit by a 500-ton express train travelling at…
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The Narrow Gauge Railways of France
The Narrow Gauge Railways of France
Tony Bowles brings us another selection from The Restoration & Archiving Trust, this time comprising a mixture of colour and black & white photographs covering the narrow gauge lines in…
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Swindon Works and Railway Sites Walkaround Tour
Swindon Works and Railway Sites Walkaround Tour
We plan to have a walkaround tour of the various remaining railway sites in Swindon. The tour will last approximately two hours and will be led by a former Swindon…
That Was The Year That Was – 1971
That Was The Year That Was – 1971
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation. Presenter: Geoff Plumb Geoff returns with another of his popular TWTYTW series. ‘That Was the Year That Was – 1971’. A very…