CHM Cheltenham
A Tribute to John Benson
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomBranch members with longer memories will fondly remember Johns Benson and Champion trading stories and photographs, comparing notes of their service in the military, always with camera in hand to record railway scenes wherever they were. John Benson was able, during service with the RAF, and later in life to travel to some countries not…
Biscuit Tin Discoveries
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomHow many of us have rare or interesting photographs and excerpts stored in a biscuit tin for later reminiscences? Mike Dodd has unearthed some real gems and presents a show of what he has discovered.
Rail in Japan
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomThere's more to the system than bullet-trains and cramming commuters onto suburban trains. Old bogie tramcars running on the streets of many cities, tilting and double-deck trains on the 3ft 6ins, childish trains, ugly trains, pay-as-you-leave single-unit diesel railcars, even scheduled steam operation. All will be revealed. And of course legendary cleanliness, punctuality, and politeness.
Great Western, The Hawksworth Years 1941-1947
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomFrederick Hawksworth became the last CME for the Great Western Railway, taking up the reins in 1941. Although he had only a relatively short period 'in the chair', he contributed some fine locomotives to the GWR portfolio. Society President, Revd Canon Brian Arman, returns to Cheltenham to bring us this chapter in the history of…
Three Years in the life of the Western Locomotive Association
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomUnquestionably the very best diesel locomotives ever to grace the railways of Great Britain were the Western Class 52 diesel hydraulics. The Western Locomotive Association is responsible for two of the class which made it to preservation (seven of the original 74 are still alive around the country) and we are delighted to welcome Peter…
76077
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomIan presents a fascinating look at the development of the Standard class 4 2-6-0s and 76077 in particular.  The engine spent almost all of its short life allocated to Sutton Oak depot and Ian explores the engine’s time there, before transferring to Springs Branch when the shed closed.  Six months later in December 1967, 76077…
Fun with Southern Steam in the 1960s
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomWe are looking forward to the weather playing nicely for Malcolm Garner to come with a digital presentation on his time chasing steam around the Southern Region in the 1960s. Malcolm was due to come in December last year, but heavy snow put that plan in the bin!
Branch AGM and members entertain
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomThis is our Branch Annual General Meeting - to receive reports on activities and finances from the past year. Following the, hopefully brief, business meeting we will see images of what our members have been up to in the past year or so.
Memories of the Last Steam around Gloucester
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomBranch member Chris Baldwin returns, this time with his memories of the last days of steam in and around the City of Gloucester.
The LMS Patriot Project
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United Kingdomtonight we welcome Colin Hall to report on progress with the LMS Patriot Project, the scheme to re-create a locomotive from a class which did not survive into preservation. 5551 The Unknown Warrior is the chosen number and name of the new build loco.
The Collett Years
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomSociety President Revd. Canon Brian Arman returns to the Branch - this time with his presentation on "Great Western - The Collett Years". Some pandemic thing got in the way of Brian's first attempt to bring this presentation to us in 2020, so we are very much looking forward to now getting chance to welcome…
NOT “Fun with Southern Steam” – but something from the Branch Committee
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomUnfortunately our planned presenter for Thursday 15th December, Malcolm Garner, is not able to travel to Cheltenham. We will, instead have an impromptu members entertain evening with our Branch Chairman and Treasurer providing some images. Treasurer has a few presentations on the laptop, so there could be a choice of what to see! We hope…