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| 16 May 2024 |
Richard Crane |
"Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire Branch Lines"
Richard will be reviewing past and present branch lines in these counties contrasting long forgotten scenes of a pre-Beeching steam railway with the much changed situation on the few surviving branch lines. This will be a Hybrid Meeting, with an actual meeting taking place at the Bourne End Comunity Centre, and also a Zoom Presentation for MDRS Members. |
| 20 June 2024 |
Tim Speechley |
"Looking Back"
An autobiographical journey in pictures through 60 years of enthusiasm. Primarily a 'loco' man but with very widespread interests, there will also be photos of other forms of transport, not just trains. This will be a Hybrid Meeting, with an actual meeting taking place at the Bourne End Comunity Centre, and also a Zoom Presentation for MDRS Members. |
| 18 July 2024 |
Jeremy Harrison |
"Railways before the War - that's the Great War (Part 1)"
A presentation of Black and White images, drawn from the Ken Nunn collection and scanned from glass plates, illustrating railways in Britain before the Great War. Tonight's is the first of three parts, starting with a few images from before the Great Boer War (as it was known at the time), and then featuring Eastern England, Scotland and Ireland. The Ken Nunn collection was acquired by the LCGB after Ken's death, and although it has now been transferred to the NRM, 'showing rights' to the scanned images were retained. This will be a Hybrid Meeting, with an actual meeting taking place at the Bourne End Comunity Centre, and also a Zoom Presentation for MDRS Members. |
| 18 August 2024 |
Martin Stoolman |
"Student Life and Trains in the Mid-1970's"
In the mid 1970s Exeter was still a mecca for semaphore signals along with the last remaining Western diesel hydraulics. Perhaps it was this rather than the course that tempted Martin to study at Exeter University from 1974 to 1977. This is his story about what he got up to...... This will be a Hybrid Meeting, with an actual meeting taking place at the Bourne End Comunity Centre, and also a Zoom Presentation for MDRS Members. |
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