Meetings and visits incorporating the Perpetual Calendar (last page update 25 Jul 2010)
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About our programme of meetings and visits Meetings venue page (Includes Centre map & contact details)
The SLS offers many services to members including the regular society magazine ( the Journal) an Internet Forum and also a range of meetings. There are two types of meeting and events. Our Centres run a series of indoor meetings at regular venues over the Autumn, Winter, and Spring periods.This regular, winter series, of meetings is also generally open to guests and non-members. Where this is not the case it is stated in the Centre's listing. The Society has several Centres, local branches, around the country from Scotland to the south of England, These have a regular programme of meetings for members including indoor based illustrated talks of a variety of railway topics both home and overseas and outdoor trips in the summer months. Other meetings are occasionally held on an as required basis in Central London, Leicester, Bristol, Swindon and Weymouth.
Saturday and midweek meeting dates Meetings venue page (Includes Centre map & contact details)
Most of the winter indoor series meetings are arranged on weekday evenings. However it is appreciated that returning home late into the evening can be a problem for those members residing some distance away from their nearest centre base. Therefore we would like to draw your attention the fact that the Midland Centre, based in Kidderminster and the North Western Centre in Manchester do offer the opportunity to attend regular Saturday afternoon meetings for those able, and prepared, to travel longer distances at the weekend. The Severn Valley Railway's Kidderminster Station Museum is home to the Midland Centre's meetings (see Venue map). Access by main line rail (Central Trains) to the adjacent station is good as is road access. There is ample, relatively inexpensive, parking and catering is available from a choice of two SVR facilities. The Manchester meetings are held in the City Centre and the opportunity to travel by train to the meetings from a wide area of the North exists. The venue is very central and close to both Albert and St Peter's Squares. (See Venue map) Both these Centres therfore provide the opportunity for members from a wide area the opportunity to travel to an event without being forced into the necessity of a very late return home time. Although we do not currently promote Kidderminster as a national SLS Centre as a consequence of having such a physically central geographical location, it does go a long way towards offering members from an extremely large catchment area, far larger than the obvious Birmingham/Midlands area, a Centre base that is accessible.
Rail charters
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Although chartered main line rail excursions, the classic "SLS Special's" of the end of steam era, are no longer run, a range of one-off' trips and visits remains in our summer programme. As you can see from the photograph to the left , which was taken inmmediately after a party of SLS Members had travelled over the Severn Valley Railway during the 2005 AGM weekend, rail based trips are still organised. During the 2007 summer season such rail borne trips included runs over the Great Central Railway, Severn Valley Railway and Weardale Railway. Photo © John New / SLS 2005. |
- Perpetual Calendar - Meetings venue page / centre details
Policy change - Regrettably experience over time has proved that maintaining duplicated calendars (By centre and here in date order) and a separate meetings pagte is extremely time-consuming and therefore summer visit dates and winter indoor meeting dates will in future only be added to this page. All necessary contact information regarding the centres, contact details, venue maps etc., is availble on our Meeting Centres page with hot links to each centre included with the event information below. As webmaster I applogise for this apparent reduced level of service but by removing the duplication the process of keeping the site date information both current and accurate will be much simplified and therefore benefit all site visitors. John New 26 May 2010.
Last update 24 Jun - Updates this time for Manchester Centre. Further dates for 2010 & 2011 will be added as they are sent to the webmaster by our Centres.
Page updated 4th August 20100 - Dates are 2011
1 Jan - No meeting. Note Manchester meetings for Jan, Feb & Mar 2011 have been moved from a repeating 1st Saturday of the month to the 3rd Saturday .
6 Jan - Kendal - Preserved steam safaris (Adventures in Switzerland & Austria) by A Nicholls.
7 Jan - Middlesbrough - “Diesel Delight” David Warren
8 Jan - Kidderminster - members' slides and mementoes
10 Jan - Ayrshire - The Scottish Industrial Railway Centre, then & now and The Ayrshire Railway Preservation Group involvement from 1980. - Mr G. Thomson.
15 Jan - Manchester - Area A G M followed by: Dr Angus McDougall “ An Enthusiast Looks Back Again over Sixty Years”
18 Jan - Yarm - “Turning A Blind Eye To Braddyll - Early Durham Mines To Coast Railways” - Dr Mchael Bailey (Vice Pres Sls)
18 Jan - Weymouth - Over the Alps/Glacier Express (Camera Club version) by John New (No charge to SLS Members attending)
February (back to pick table) - Meetings venue page (Includes Centre map & contact details)
Page updated 4th August 20100 - Dates are 2011
3 Feb - Kendal - New year social evening - slides, quiz and buffet.
4 Feb - Middlesbrough - Centre Agm & “Blackpool Trams Update” Ian Clark
5-Feb - No meeting. Note Manchester meetings for Jan, Feb & Mar 2011 have been moved from a repeating 1st Saturday of the month to the 3rd Saturday .
12 Feb: - Kidderminster - Midlands centre AGM
14 Feb - Ayrshire - ScotRail’s ‘Adopt a station’ scheme - Mr. John Yellowlees.
15 Feb - Yarm - “Streamlined Trains & Mallard’s Record Chris Nettleton
19 Feb - Manchester - Ian Moss - The Railways of Manchester
March (back to pick table) - Meetings venue page (Includes Centre map & contact details)
Page updated 4th August 20100 - Dates are 2011
3 Mar - Kendal - Upgrading the Settle - Carlisle line by M Rand.
4 Mar - Middlesbrough - “Review Of 2010” John Hunt
5 Mar - No meeting. Note Manchester meetings for Jan, Feb & Mar 2011 have been moved from a repeating 1st Saturday of the month to the 3rd Saturday .
12 Mar: - Kidderminster - Tudor Watkins, Neath & Brecon Rly
14 Mar - Ayrshire - Glasgow & South Western Railway wagons - Mr. Arnold Tortorella.
15 Mar - Yarm - “Wonderful Railways Of Paris – Steam To Tgv” John Sloane
19 Mar - Manchester - Noel Coates - The L&Y in LMS Days
April (back to pick table) - Meetings venue page (Includes Centre map & contact details)
- Page updated 4th August 20100 - Dates are 2011
1 Apr - Middlesbrough - “Glorious Years - North West” Martin Green
7 Apr - Kendal - From Thunderbolt to Tornado by R Wilkinson.
9 April: - Kidderminster - Over the Alps/Glacier Express (Railway Club version) by John New
11 Apr - Ayrshire - Centre AGM and Members night
12 Apr - Yarm - “Growing Up With Railways!” Alan Clothier
May (back to pick table) - Meetings venue page (Includes Centre map & contact details)
- Page updated 4th August 20100 - dates below are 2011.
6 May - Middlesbrough - “WRLPG – The G5 Project” ???? (Tbc)
14 May (Saturday) - Kendal/South Lakeland Centre -
- Page updated 4th August 20100
No 2011 dates yet announced.
July (back to pick table) - Meetings venue page (Includes Centre map & contact details)
Page updated 4th August 20100
No 2011 dates yet announced.
August (back to pick table) - Meetings venue page (Includes Centre map & contact details)
Page updated 4th August 20100
26 Aug - Visit to the newly refurbished East London Railway and Docklands Extension. - For joining and booking details see page 195 of Journal No 864
September (back to pick table) - Meetings venue page (Includes Centre map & contact details)
- Page updated 4th August 20100
September (tba) Midlands Centre visit to the 'Battlefield Line'. - cancelled & replaced by Coventry visit set out below.
3 Sep - Newcastle - BROWSING AROUND BRITAIN IN THE EARLY 1970s by David Sharp
8-Sep - Visit to the Bishop's Castle Museum - For joining and booking details see page 195 of Journal No 864. NB - It is on Wednesday 8 SEPTEMBER and not 8 October as stated on p195 of the Journal.
17 Sep - Newcastle - RAILWAY ROUTES FROM DARLINGTON TO NEWCASTLE by Roger Darsley
25 Sep Miidlands Centre assemble 1.00pm Coventry Electric Railway museum. This is next door to the extensive Coventry Aeronautical Museum which members may also wish to visit. Directions (drawn off web) - 'The Coventry Electric Railway Centre is located on Rowley Road approximately two miles from Coventry City centre, close to the village of Baginton. By road it can be easily reached from the M1(M45), M6 and the M69. Follow the signs for Coventry and from then on follow the brown tourist road signs for the Coventry Air Museum; the railway centre is next door to the air museum'.
25 Sep - Kendal - Visit by members of the South Lakeland (Kendal) Centre to Locomotion Shildon Steam Gala.
25 & 26 Sep - Orion, the SLS's own engine in steam (Provisional at this stage) - Shildon Steam Gala.
Page updated 4th August 20100
1 Oct - Newcastle - AN EVENING OF RAILWAY FILMS WITH A 1950s THEME (postponed from 8 January) by Roy Jefferson
1 Oct - Middlesbrough - "So You Want To Build A Railway??!....(The Welsh Highland Railway) Bob De Wardt
2 Oct - Manchester - Dr Michael Bailey, M.B.E. - Joseph Locke: The Third Engineer
7 Oct - Kendal - Steam in the North West - R penn.
8-Oct- Errata - regrettably the date of the visit to the Bishop's Castle Museum was wrongly circulated to members- It is on Wednesday 8 SEPTEMBER and not October as stated on p195 of the Journal. (see above)
9 Oct - Kidderminster - Norman Hewer, 'William Creuze, First Locomotive Engineer of the Birmingham & Gloucester Railway'
11 Oct - Ayrshire - Cab rides on safety tests. - Mr. Graham McLachlan. (Note new Ayrahire venue)
15 Oct - Newcastle - DIGITAL MEMBERS’ EVENING - Offers of contributions to Centre Secretary by 1st October please.
19 Oct - Yarm - “The Hackworth Dynasty” Jane Hackworth-Young
25 Oct - Ayrshire - Annual Dinner. Brisbane House Hotel, Guest speaker. Mr. J. B. Cameron CBE, FRAgS. No. 9 & other railway experiences.
29 Oct - Newcastle - NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY COAL STAITHS IN BLYTH HARBOUR by David Fraser
NOVEMBER (back to pick table) - Meetings venue page (Includes Centre map & contact details)
Page updated 4th August 20100
4 Nov - Kendal - The Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway by A Middelton.
5 Nov - Middlesbrough - “Preserved Steam Around The U.K.”. Ian Mcinnes
6 Nov - Manchester - Phil Lockwood &Enid Vincent - Rails to the Arctic
8 Nov - Ayrshire - Scottish steam sheds. - Mr. Bill Hamilton. (Note new Ayrahire venue)
12 Nov - Newcastle - OLD TRAINS – INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY OR BAKED BEAN TINS? by Andrew Burchell, HSBC Rail
13 Nov - Kidderminster - Tony Francis, Department of Transport, 'Current Developments & Future Plans for the Great Western route'
26 Nov - Newcastle - NORTH EAST STEAM IN THE 1950s and 1960s by David Dunn
DECEMBER (back to pick table) - Meetings venue page (Includes Centre map & contact details)
Page updated 4th August 20100
2 Dec - Kendal - Twixt Tyne and Tees by J Young.
3 Dec - Middlesbrough - “Misc. Local Transport Nostalgia Pt 1& 2.” Nick Carter.
4 Dec - Manchester - Malcolm Roughley - The Clapham Disaster
4 Dec - Dorchester - Meet the Society & Model Railway show - cancelled. Although the 2009 event was a success it has not been possible to rerun the event in 2010. However provisionally expected to be repeated in 2011 - 3 Dec 2011.
10 Dec - Newcastle - YULETIDE FESTIVITIES - A seasonal social evening of contributions from members and friends including the John Morris Transparency Competition. Partners are most welcome. Competition entries close on 26th November and should be given to Andrew Smith at Centre meetings. Offers towards catering and items for inclusion in the programme should be given to the Secretary as soon as practicable.
11 Dec - Kidderminster - SLS Midlands Christmas Event.
25 Dec to 1st Jan - All centres closed for Christmas & New Year - our greetings of the season(back to pick table)
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General notes regarding the meetings listingsTop Of The Page - Meetings venue page (Includes Centre map & contact details)
- The meetings and venues listed are as notified to the Webmaster but may be subject to change at short notice.
- When new content for this page is receive it will be posted to the Updates page initially if it cannot be added here immediately.
- Non-members are welcome at meetings, unless "members only" is specified although there may be an admission charge or request for a donation. Other relevant events will be added when/where advised.
- External links from the meeting pages to other sites for venue mapping etc are offered in good faith but may be subject to change outside the SLS's control.