WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church]

Our November Meeting will feature the return of an old friend of the Branch, Bernard Mills. Bernard will be entertaining us with another of his excellent talks. Based on his forthcoming book for Platform 5 Bernard will be taking us on a journey to the West using his extensive collection of images, which will give…

For the first meeting of the 2023/24 programme, David Hunt, will provide an evening of nostalgia which will cover the railways of the UK in the corporate rail blue era of the 1970s with its variety of loco classes and variety of freight, the majority of which is long gone. It will be an entertaining…

Our December meeting welcomes one of branch members Geoff Kerr with a talk that will cover a journey across the Pennines covering the period 2003-20, with some nostalgia thrown in for good measure with some pictures from an earlier period. In this talk Geoff will be looking at the national rail scene with an emphasis…

For our November meeting we welcome the last Area Manager of the Exeter area, John Heaton. John had a long railway career in various parts of the country before he became the Area Manager in the Exeter area, and his time in Exeter area has formed the basis for a series of books that he…

We start our 2022-23 programme with a presentation from the Branch Chair, David Mitchell. The talk will cover the Southern lines in East Devon through the years with an eclectic mix of steam, modern(ish) traction and the modern era. As with any talk from Dave there will be something for everyone! We hope to see…

After the AGM, we welcome Alan Hopkins, for a presentation entitled "A journey north from Euston in the BR steam era (with some stops, sheds and diversions on the way) using archival images"