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Meetings

WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY

Burton Railway Society Marston’s Sports & Social Club, Shobnall Road, Burton-upon-Trent DE14 2BD. 19.30. ‘Through Kirton Tunnel, Sheffield to Cleethorpes – Part 1’: Stephen Gay.

Pennine Railway Society Club 39, 39 College Rd, Waterdale, Doncaster DN1 3JH. 20.00. ‘43 Years on the Railway’: Robin Skinner.

Warwickshire Railway Society Lamp Tavern, Barford St, Highgate, Birmingham B5 6AH. 19.30. Members slides

THURSDAY, MAY 2

Great Central Railway Society (Sheffield branch) The Harlequin, 108 Nursery St, Sheffield S3 8GG. 19.30. ‘Myanmar Adventure’: Pete Hackney.

Lutterworth Railway Society United Reformed Church, George St, Lutterworth LE17 4EF. 19.30. ‘To Scotland for Steam around 1960’: Peter Groome.

Norfolk Railway Society United Reformed Church Hall, Ipswich Rd, Norwich NR4 6QR. 19.30. Presentations by the Ipswich and District Historical Transport Society.

Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) The Methodist Church Hall, Silver St, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes MK11 1BE.19.30. ‘Railways in the Cornish Landscape’: Stephen Gay.

Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway Darlington Cricket Club, South Terrace, Feethams, Darlington DL1 5JD. 19.10. Monthly meeting.

FRIDAY, MAY 3

Cambridge Railway Circle Arbury Community Centre, CB4 2LD. 19.30. ‘In the Round’, Q & Adiscussions: David Ward.

RCTS St Peter’s Church Hall, Church Rd, Filton, Bristol BS34 7BX. 19.30. ‘Remembering the Withered Arm: Then and Now’: Nigel Wassell.

RCTS Station Hotel, Carnforth 19.30. ‘Sounds Like Trains’: David Bousfield.

Slough & Windsor Railway Society The Manor, Brunel Way, Slough station. 19.45. ‘Aviation Slides’: Ken Tilley.

Stephenson Locomotive Society (SLS) Conference Room (access via Black Swan Court Yard), Newcastle Arts Centre, 67 Westgate Rd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 1SG. 19.00. ‘Absolute Block and Why We Have It’: Simon Cox.

MONDAY, MAY 6

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