Railway Club of the New Forest
Railway Club of the New Forest
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Archive for 2010's
Complete to date - enjoy !!
| 2010 meetings | Speaker | Title |
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January 29th
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Colin
Boocock
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Travelling
44,000 miles around the world by train
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February 26th
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Alan
Thorpe
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All
Sorts and Conditions - Preserved ex-BR steam locos
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March 26th
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Alan
Trickett
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Ships,
Buses, Trams & Trains
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April 30th
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Paul
Gosling
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Travels
in the Brocken Mountains - Harz Mtgs. East Germany
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May 9th
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Club Outing
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Didcot
- Extravaganza to celebrate 175years of GWR
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May 21st
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Alan Wild
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The
Gezira (Sudan) Light Railway
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June 25th
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Dave
Yaldren
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Mid
Hants Railway "Watercress
Line"
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July 30th
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Ted
Vaughan
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Railways
of Switzerland
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August 20th
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Members' Evening
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Exbury
Gardens Railway
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September 24th
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Ted
Goodman
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Mind
the Gap - The history of the Forth & Tay railway bridges
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October 29th
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David
Brace
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Confessions
of a Tour Manager with Great Rail Journeys
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November 26th
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Alan
Inder
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The
Talyllyn Railway
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December 1st
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Annual Dinner
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| 2011 meetings | Speaker | Title |
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January 28th
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Ken
Middleton
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Traction
Engines and stationary engines
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February 25th
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Stephen
Bigley
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Settle
to Carlisle (A scenic view, freight
& infrastructure)
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March 25th
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Graham
Mackenzie
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Shieldhall
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April 15th
|
Don
Mitchell
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The
Joys and Sorrows of a Railway Photographer
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May 15th
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Members' outing
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Isle
of Wight Railway
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May 20th |
Dave
Yaldren
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Mid-Hants
Railway - The Watercress Line new video
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June 24th
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Bert
Moody
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John Bailey Slides - Steam in the
60's
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July 29th
|
Brian
Jackson
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Swanage
- 125 years of railways
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August 19th
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Members' outing
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Beaulieu
River Trip from Bucklers Hard
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September 30th
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Alan
Inder
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Railways
of Rhodesia and Zimbabwe (From 1975
to 2000)
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October 28th
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John
Barrowdale
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Isle
of Man Railways and other aspects of this island
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November 25th
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Tony
Drake
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The
Bluebell Railway - Past present and future
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December 14th
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Annual Dinner
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| 2012 meetings | Speaker | Title |
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January 27th
|
Peter
Keat
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Railways
at War Part 1
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February 24th
|
Colin
Boocock
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Bulleid's
Pacifics
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March 30th
|
Ted
Goodman
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Southern
Signals
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April 27th
|
Alistair
Jeffery
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Railway
Pub Signs
|
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May 18th
|
Dave
Peel
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Trans-Siberian
Odyssey 2006
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May 20th
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Members' Outing
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Basingstoke
Canal Cruise
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June 29th
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Bert
Moody
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Railways
of Southampton Docks
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July 27th
|
Paul
Gosling
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Goslings
Gallivants 2011
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August 17th
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Members' Outing
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Wessex
Bistro - riding on Swanage Railway
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September 28th
|
Brian
Jackson
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The
Lymington Branch and the Ferry Service to Yarmouth
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October 26th
|
Peter
Keat
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Railways
at War Part 2 - and -
Pathe News railway item
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November 30th
|
Simon
Foote
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Heritage
Reclaimed - the resurgence of British Steam
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December 5th
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Annual Dinner
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| 2013 meetings | Speaker | Title |
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January 25th
|
Richard
Golding
|
Southern
Miscellany
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February 22nd
|
Stephen
Bigley
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Railways
of the East Midlands
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March 22nd
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David
Tooke
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The
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
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April 26th
|
John
Barrowdale
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"Unknown
Warrior” - LMS Patriot New Build Project
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May 17th
|
Michael
H.C.Baker
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The
Didcot Story
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May 19th
|
Members' Outing
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West Somerset Railway cancelled
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June 28th
|
Bert Moody
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Railway Steamers from Hampshire
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July 26th
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Mike Pym
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Gresley A4 Pacifics and the Elizabethan Express
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August 16th
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Members' Outing
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River Cruise - Poole to Wareham
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September 27th
|
Brian Jackson
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Quarry and Admiralty Railways of the Isle of Portland
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October 25th
|
Alan Trickett
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European Extremes – From Finland to Portugal
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November 29th
|
Mick Foster
|
A Journey on The Royal Train
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December 11th
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Annual Dinner
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| 2014 meetings | Speaker | Title |
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January 31st
|
Peter
Keat
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Vintage
Railways - an evening of films
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February 28th
|
Charles
Clark
|
The
rebirth of a railway - The
restoration of the Welsh Highland
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March 28th
|
Colin
Stone
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The
railways of Poole
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April 25th
|
David
Mead
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Swiss
Alpine Journeys
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May 18th
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Members' Outing
|
Hollycombe
Working Steam Museum
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May 30th
|
Dave
Peel
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Chinese
steam in Winter and in Summer (1992/3/4)
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June 27th
|
Bert
Moody
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80
years of Southampton Passenger Ships
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July 25th
|
Mike
Pym
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Branch
Lines around Tiverton - the Exe and Culm Valleys
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August 29th
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Members' Outing
|
Boat
trip from Tuckton
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September 26th
|
Brian
Jackson
|
The
Abbotsbury Branch
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October 31st
|
Alan
Inder
|
40
years of Railway Photography
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November 28th
|
Colin
Brading
|
Island
Treasure - Railways on the Isle of Wight
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December 12th
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Annual dinner
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| 2015 meetings | Speaker | Title |
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January 30th
|
Peter
Keat
|
The Railways of Hayling Island
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February 27th
|
Stephen
Bigley
|
Railway
Insignia
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March 27th
|
John
Barrowdale
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Pakistan
1990
|
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April 24th
|
Mike
Pym
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The
route of the Cambrian Coast Express
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May 29th
|
Colin
Brading
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Tunnel Vision - 150 years of the Metropolitan Railway
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June 14th
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Members' Outing
|
Godalming horse drawn canal boat trip
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June 26th
|
Alan
Norris
|
The
LSWR in 1914
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July 31st
|
Bruce
Oliver
|
Aspects
of Preservation
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August 20th
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Members' Outing
|
Puffin
Cruise to Yarmouth
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September 25th
|
Ted
Vaughan
|
The
Rhaetian Railway of Switzerland
|
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October 30th
|
Simon
Foote
|
Salute
to the Great Western and Southern Railways
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November 27th
|
Alan
Inder
|
West
Highland Railway
|
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December 10th
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Annual Dinner
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| 2016 meetings | Speaker | Title | Content |
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January 29th
|
Dave Peel
|
A Tale of Two Cities – Leeds and Bradford
|
Dave explained railway developments over the last 50 years around Leeds and Bradford, 12 miles apart along the scenic Aire valley
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February 26th
|
Bruce Oliver
|
By steam from Liverpool Street to Waterloo
|
A snapshot of the five original operating
divisions
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March 18th
|
Jim Boudreau
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A journey from Bath to Bournemouth on the Somerset and Dorset Rly |
An illustrated history
|
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April 29th
|
Colin Stone
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African Railways
|
Steam in action, much of it British built, in Kenya,
Rhodesia, and South Africa
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May 20th
|
John Hollands
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The railway connections of Lewes, East Sussex
|
How and why railways came to Lewes
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June 12th
|
Club outing
|
Swindon Railway museum
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June 24th
|
Ken
Mumford
|
The
Elan Valley Railway and Dams
|
What
sort of railway was built to take men and materials to the dam sites?
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July 29th
|
John
Barrowdale
|
China
and North Korea 1990
|
NE
China and N Korean steam
|
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August
18th
|
Club outing
|
Holmsley
Tea rooms
|
Talk on the history of the line and Holmsley station
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September
30th
|
David
Brace
|
Indian
Hill Railways (2011)
|
The
diesel operated Kalka to Shimla line in north-west India and the famous
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway from Siliguri to Darjeeling
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October
28th
|
Alan
Norris
|
Woking’s
Railway
|
The
talk included the Brookwood Cemetery railway, Bisley Tramway and the LSWR
railway orphanage.
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November
18th
|
Colin
Boocock
|
Irish
Surprises
|
The
very great changes in the railways of Ireland that have taken place over
the period from 1956 to the present day
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December
15th
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Annual dinner
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| 2017 meetings | Speaker | Title | Content |
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January 27th
|
Peter Keat
|
Railways of the Gosport Peninsular
|
The troubled history of the line into Gosport.
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February 24th
|
Valerie Young
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Bletchley Park
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A large station once saw many commuters to the wartime activity at the decoding centre nearby.
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March 24th
|
John Fissler
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The Rhaetian Railway
|
A stunning photo journey through breathtaking scenery in Switzerland.
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April 28th
|
Stephen Bigley
|
Vintage Bus Running Days
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The vissicitudes of setting up scenes that reminisce earlier times to include the venerable vehicles and match the surroundings.
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May 19th
|
Simon Foote
|
An evening of Steam nostalgia
|
Southern fans were taken back to their trainspotter days.
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June 18th
|
Club outing
|
Amberly Park
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June 30th
|
Brian Jackson
|
Weymouth Harbour Tramway
|
Trains that ran over a public road to service the harbour freight.
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July 28th
|
Colin Brading
|
Confessions of a Narrow-Minded Enthusiast
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Miniature railways in the UK
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August 16th
|
Club outing
|
Hurst Castle
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September 29th
|
David Brace
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Colorful Colorado
|
Splendid scenes from the USA preserved lines.
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October 27th
|
John Fissler
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Rhatische Bahn revisited
|
Further delightful footage continued from the March evening
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November 17th
|
Mark Pedley
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The Urie Locomotive Society
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The project to restore two S15 4-6-0 locos
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December 7th
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Annual Dinner
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| 2018 meetings | Speaker | Title | Content |
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January 26th
|
Ken Mumford
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Siberian Yorkshire
|
Inaugural run of restored tank loco LNWR
No.1054 at Keighley
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February 23rd
|
Nigel Mussett
|
Up Hill & Down Dale
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The Settle and Carlisle Railway
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March 23rd
|
Dave Peel
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Railways in Jordan, Syria and Lebanon
|
A 1998 rail-tour in the middle East.
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April 27th
|
John Hollands
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“Frank Hornby "
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The man who made Meccano - His Life and Work.
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May 18th
|
Stephen
Bigley
|
Railways
of Hampshire
|
Developments
over a lifetime
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June 29th
|
Colin
Brading
|
More confessions of a narrow mind
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The story of 150 years of the narrow
gauge
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July 27th
|
Michael Baker
|
The Southern since 1953
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Southern
Region of British Railways, 1950's to the present day
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August 18th
|
Club outing
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Eastleigh Lakeside NG Railway
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September 28th
|
Ken
Livermore
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Engines
of the North British Loco Co
|
The immense variety of steam, diesel and electric
locomotives produced by the world famous firm.
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October 26th
|
John
Barrowdale
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Cuba 1993
|
A rail tour of sugar mills sites and scenic aspects
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November 23rd
|
Jim
Boudreau
|
Among
the Dying Fires
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The
End of Steam around Bournemouth 1964-67
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December 10th
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Annual Dinner
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| 2019 meetings | Speaker | Title | Content |
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January 25th
|
Peter Keat
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Along the Portsmouth Direct
|
A photo survey around the rail route.
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February 22nd
|
Frank Thurlby
|
My Railway images
|
Quality rail images in the local area
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March 29th
|
Brian Jackson
|
The Paddle steamer engine
|
200 years of the history of its development
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April 26th
|
Alan Hayward
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The Severn Bridge Rail disaster
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The fascinating and complex history of a disaster
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May 31st
|
Jack Bath
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Shillingstone Rail Project
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Restoring the station to its former glory
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June 28th
|
Colin Stone
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Wander round the West country
|
A visual rail tour
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July 13th
|
Club outing
|
Fawley Hill Railway
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July 26th
|
Mike Underwood
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The Great Cockrow Railway
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The Surrey NG railway - its origins and operation.
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August 3rd
|
Club outing
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FONFA museum
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September 27th
|
Alan Norris
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Railways of Sweden
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Their history and development
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October 25th
|
Ian Foot
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North York Moors Railway
|
a tour of the railway and its workings
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November 22nd
|
Colin van Geffen
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Flying boats of Southampton
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The short but important local input to flying history.
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December 17th
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Annual dinner
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