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Meetings

MEETINGS

MONDAY, APRIL 1

Peak Rail Association (Sheffield branch) The Harlequin, 108 Nursery St, Sheffield S3 8GG. 19.30. ‘From Monochrome to Fujichrome’: Peter Skelton.

Railway Correspondence &Travel Society (RCTS) Christ Church Community Hall, Burney Lane, Ward End, Birmingham B8 2AS. 14.00. ‘Steam in the West Riding’: Derek Huntriss.

Plymouth Railway Circle St Edward’s Church Hall, Home Park Ave, Peverell, Plymouth PL3 4PG. 19.30. ‘The Devon Belle’: Ken Mumford.

TUESDAY, APRIL 2

Chipping Norton Railway Club Chipping Norton Town Hall, Market Place, Chipping Norton OX7 5NA. 19.30. ‘Heritage Films from the 1950s’: Frank Banfield.

Gravesend Railway Enthusiasts’Society Emmanuel Baptist Church, 50 Windmill St, Gravesend DA12 1BB. 19.30. ‘Tramways of South Wales – Part 2’: Ann Watkins.

RCTS Beeching Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Rd, Watford WD17 1JJ. 19.00. ‘The Current Progress of the Lynton and Barnstable Railway’: Peter Miles.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3

Burton Railway Society Marston’s Sports & Social Club, Shobnall Road, Burton-upon-Trent DE14 2BD. 19.30. ‘BR Working Life on the SR Images & Anecdotes’: Gerald Daniels.

Pennine Railway Society Club 39, 39 College Rd, Waterdale, Doncaster DN1 3JH. 19.30. TBA: Glynn Gossan.

RCTS Haig House Social Club, Woolton Rd, Garston, Liverpool L19 5NQ. 13.30. ‘Manchester to Liverpool by the CLC’: Ken Grainger.

Warwickshire Railway Society Lamp Tavern, Barford St, Highgate, Birmingham B5 6AH. 19.30. ‘Indian Narrow Gauge Steam’: Dave Gorton.

THURSDAY, APRIL 4

Bath Railway Society Church Hall, St Mary’s, Bathwick, Bath. ‘Strictly Freight Only –Part 3’: Brian Ringer.

Great Central Railway Society (Sheffield branch) The Harlequin, 108 Nursery St, Sheffield S3 8GG. 19.30. ‘The West Riding & Grimsby Joint Railway’: John Law.

Irish Railway Record Society (London area) Function Room, Calthorpe Arms, 252 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8JR. 19.00. ‘Classic Irish Steam’: Ciarán Cooney.

Lutterworth Railway Society United Reformed Church, George St, Lutterworth LE17 4EF. 19.30. ‘Brill Tramway & Verney Junction’: Geoff Burton.

RCTS Coop Education Centre, 11 Fore St, Ipswich IP4 1JW. 14.15. ‘A Tribute to Hugh Ballantyne (black and white images from 1950s and 1960s): John Chalcraft.

RCTS Methodist Church Hall, Silver St, Stony Stratford,

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