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Historical Line Societies
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Q4 2024
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October to December 2024
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- Brighton Circle
Tri-annual Journal ’The Brighton Circular’ (Winter 2024) due out soon
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- Caledonian Railway Association
Quarterly Journal ’True Lines’ (October 2024) due out soon
Saturday 5 October
‘Forum of Scottish Line Societies - Fifth Scottish Railway History Conference'
Venue: A K Bell Library, Perth
- Cumbrian Railways Association
Quarterly Magazine ‘Cumbrian Railways Journal’ (November 2024) due out soon
- Friends of Stockton and Darlington Railway
Tri-annual Journal ’The Globe’ (August 2024) now out
Thursday 3 October
October Member’s Meeting
Venue: Darlington Cricket Club (Club House), Feethams South Terrace, Darlington
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Thursday 5 December
December Member’s Meeting and Christmas Social
Venue: Darlington Cricket Club (Club House), Feethams South Terrace, Darlington
Time: 7pm to 9pm
- Glasgow and South Western Railway Association
Annual Journal, ‘Sou’ West Journal’ is now out
Saturday 9 November:
Talk: Topic to be advised
Venue: The Panel Room, Paisley Abbey
- Great Central Railway Society
Quarterly Journal ’Forward’ (September 2024) now out
Saturday 26 October
‘The Great Central Railway Society Autumn Meeting’
The Mansfield Special
Venue: St Peter's Centre, Church Side, Mansfield NG18 1AP
10:30 - Doors open, 11:00 - 'Steaming Back to Kirkby: A railway heritage project' by Keith Murray and David Amos, Lunch break, 14:00 - 'A Railway Photographer 1959 to 1967' by Chris Nettleton.
16:00 - Finish.
GCRS Sheffield Branch
(Venue for all Talks and Events: Farm Road Sports & Social Club, Farm Road, Sheffield)
(Starts 7.30pm)
Thursday 3 October:
Talk: ‘Through Kirton Tunnel - Part One'
Presented by Stephen Gay.
Thursday 7 November:
Talk: 'From Canklow to Cape Town'
Presented by Mike Eggenton
Thursday 5 December:
Quiz and Review of the Year
- Great Eastern Railway Society
Quarterly Magazine ‘Great Eastern Journal’ (Autumn 2024) now out
Quarterly Newsletter ‘Great Eastern News’ (Autumn 2024) now out
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Saturday 5 October
Society Half Yearly Meeting
Venue: 30 Bethal Street, Norwich NR2 1NR
Tuesday 22 October
Members Social Zoom, starts 7.45pm
Tuesday 19 November
Members Social Zoom, starts 7.45pm
Tuesday 17 December
Members Social Zoom, starts 7.45pm
- Great North of Scotland Railway Association
Quarterly Journal ’The Great North Review’ (November 2024) due out soon
- Great Northern Railway Society
Newsletter: ’Great Northern News’ (September/ October 2024) now out
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Saturday 26 October:
Annual General Meeting and Social Meeting
Venue: Grantham Railway Club, Huntingtower Road, Grantham NG31 7AU
Keynote talk by Stewart Squires on Aspects of GNR Architecture.
Starts 11am
- Great Western Society
Society Quarterly Magazine ‘Great Western Echo’ (Autumn 2024) now out
Great Western Society -Bristol Local Group
(Venue for all Bristol Talks: BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol, starts 7.45pm)
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Tuesday 8 October
Talk: ’The Bill Potter Collection 1938-1988’
Presented by Chris Smith
Tuesday 12 November
Talk: ‘The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway 1979 to Current Date’
Presented by Mark Bladwell
Tuesday 10 December
Talk: ‘A Brief History and a Trip Over the Somerset & Dorset Railway’
Presented by Richard Harman
- Great Western Society - Taunton Local Group
Venue for all meetings: Stoke St Mary Village Hall, near Taunton TA3 5BY, starts 7.30pm
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Friday 18 October
Talk: ‘Multi-Coloured Railways’
Alan Randle
Friday 1 November
Talk: ‘London Then and Now’
Peter Triggs
Friday 15 November
Talk: ‘Yet More Railway Tales’
David Hartland
Friday 20 December
Talk: ’Tony Whitby Collection Part Two’
Peter Triggs
- Highland Railway Society
Quarterly magazine ‘Highland Railway Journal’ ([Autumn] 2024) now out
Saturday 14 September
‘AGM and Gathering’
Venue: Cairngorm Hotel, Aveimore
- Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
Quarterly journal ‘Magazine’ (Autumn 2024) now out
Saturday 12 October
AGM and Members’ Day
Venue: The Fielden Hall in Todmorden
- The LNER Society
Quarterly magazine ‘The LNER Society ‘Journal’ (Autumn 2024) now out
- London & North Western Railway Society
Quarterly magazine ‘LNWR Society Journal’ (September 2024) now out
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Saturday 5 October:
Event: LNWRS Open Day
Venue: Kenilworth Study Centre, CV8 2FD. Booking essential. 10am to 4pm
Saturday 2 November:
Event: LNWRS Open Day
Venue: Kenilworth Study Centre, CV8 2FD. Booking essential. 10am to 4pm
Saturday 7 December:
Event: LNWRS Open Day
Venue: Kenilworth Study Centre, CV8 2FD. Booking essential. 10am to 4pm
- London Underground Railway Society
Monthly magazine ‘Underground News’ (October 2024) due out soon
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Tuesday 5 November
Talk:
‘The Northern Line Extensions of the 1935-40 New Works Programme’
Presented by Brian Hardy
Venue: Gallery at Alan Baxter, 77 Cowcross Street, London, starts 6.30pm
- M&GN Circle
Monthly Newsletter ‘The Bulletin’ (September 2024) now out
- Midland Railway Society
Tri-annual magazine ‘Midland Railway Society Journal’ now due out
Saturday 16 November
‘Sheffield Autumn Members Meeting’
Venue: The Showroom at 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX. From 10:30am.
Includes ‘Baildon Station and the Shipley to Guiseley Railway 1876 – 2016’ presentation by Geoff Shaw-Champion.
- Monmouthshire Railway Society
Bi-annual magazine ‘Journal’ (September 2024) now out
Thursday 17 October
Michael Clemens ‘South Wales - images from the Richardson Collection’
Venue: Lysaght Institute, Orb Drive, Newport NP19 0RA, starts 7pm
Thursday 14 November
Pete Brabham ‘South Wales Industrials in the 60s and 70s (Chaplin & Wiltshire)’
Venue: Lysaght Institute, Orb Drive, Newport NP19 0RA, starts 7pm
Thursday 5 December
Paul Chancellor ‘Colour Rail Evening’
Venue: Lysaght Institute, Orb Drive, Newport NP19 0RA, starts 7pm
- North British Railway Study Group
Tri-annual magazine ‘Journal’ (November) due out soon
- North Eastern Railway Association
Quarterly magazine ‘North Eastern Express’ (November 2024) due out soon
- North Staffordshire Railway Study Group
Bi-annual magazine ‘Journal’ now out
Quarterly Newsletter ‘Loop Lines’ (October 2024) due out soon
- Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust
Quarterly Magazine ‘Pines Express’ (Autumn 2024) now out
- South Eastern & Chatham Railway Society
Bi-annual Magazine ‘Invicta’ now out
- South Western Circle
Quarterly Magazine ‘South Western Circular’ (October 2024) due out soon
Saturday 19 October
‘An illustrated history of Wimbledon Station, its yards and depots 1838-1927’
Presented by Matthew Hillier
Venue: Usual West Byfleet venue, 2pm
- Southern Railways Group
Quarterly newsletter ‘Southern Notebook’ now due out
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Saturday 21 September
Society Open Day and AGM
- Welsh Railways Research Circle
Bi-annual magazine ‘Welsh Railways Archive’ (October 2024) due out soon
Saturday 12 October
Talk: ‘The Llangollen Railway’
Presented by Peter Dickinson
Venue: Clayton Hotel, Cardiff CF10 1GD (next to Cardiff Central station): 2pm
Tuesday 22 October
Archiving Day at Rhiwderin Community Centre, Rhiwderin, Newport NP10 8RL
Saturday 9 November
Talk: To be confirmed
Venue: Clayton Hotel, Cardiff CF10 1GD (next to Cardiff Central station): 2pm
Tuesday 26 November
Archiving Day at Rhiwderin Community Centre, Rhiwderin, Newport NP10 8RL
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