SLS Meeting Centre details
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Page last updated to 11 March 2010 - Additional 2010 meeting details will be added as received.
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Correspondence regarding individual Centres to the contacts shown below please. To email the SLS re general matters please use link from the Home Page.
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Monday (Eve)Ayrshire |
Tuesday (Eve)TEESSIDE (2)
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Thursday (Eve)Barnet |
Friday (Eve) |
Saturday (Afternoon)Kidderminster |
Southern Area & London
Nothing curently scheduled.
Barnet Back to venue finder | Back to weekday finder | Back to Top Of The Page
At 19.30, St. John's United Reformed Church Hall, Mowbray Road, New Barnet, Herts:, EN5 1RH.
Contact: Roy Mears, 164 Brunswick Park Road, New Southgate, London, N11 1HA.
e-mail roy.mears@ukonline.co.uk
Contact: Roy Mears, 164 Brunswick Park Road, New Southgate, London, N11 1HA.
e-mail roy.mears@ukonline.co.uk
17th Sep - Members Evening.
15 th Oct - Abandoned Underground Stations presented by Jim Connor.
19th Nov - Thirty Eight Years on the Railways in North London and Herts. presented by David Cockle.
10th Dec - Preserved Steam in Australia and Sweden presented by Brian Lewis (Chairman of the S.L.S.)
2010
21st Jan - Dutch Railways presented by Roger Elkin.
18th Feb - On and Off the Footplate Part 5 presented by Bill Davies.
18th Mar - Colour Derailed. An evening with Ron White
15th Apr - Pictures from the Societies Photographic Collection presented by Keith Greenwood
NB The Centre meets at the Hayes Village despite the name of the Centre as dictated by history.
The meetings are scheduled to be held in the annex of the Village Hall, Hayes Street. Hayes, Bromley, Kent, BR2 7LH (entrance at the side of the Hall) commencing at 7.30 pm. with a refreshments break 8.30 pm. Contact Neville Gale, 178 Hayes Lane, Hayes, Kent, BR2 9EL. - 020 8289 9935. Venue map
4 Nov - No meeting (The scheduled meeting and speaker postponed to 6 January)
2 Dec - "Steam in various places since 1960" by J.B. Snell
2010
6 Jan - "The North London Railway in the Age of Steam" by Dr. John Manners (Postponed from 4 Nov 2009)
3 Feb - "Round Britain in the 1970's" by Chris Le Corney
3 Mar - A talk by Bob Howes of the Tramway Museum Society, called "Trams"
7 Apr - meeting details TBC as at 12 October 2009
5 May - meeting details TBC as at 12 October 2009
Guildford Back to venue finder | Back to weekday finder | Back to Top Of The Page
- At 19.30, Y.M.C.A. Bridge Street, Guildford GU1 4SB, Venue map (three minutes walk from station):-
Contact Dr. John Manners : 01372 379216
11 Nov - 'Railways of southern South America today - part 2'. Peter Worsley
9 Dec - Centenary meeting. - Gordon Pettitt (formerly General Manager Southern Region) 'British Railways in the Nationalisation Years'.
2010
13 Jan - Members' Presentations.- cancelled due to adverse weather.
10 Feb - 'Southern Region Engineman' . James Lester (formerly passed fireman at Nine Elms Depot in the last days of steam and fireman on Churchill's funeral train)
10 Mar - Edward Talbot - 'BR Steam in the 1960s'.
14 Apr - From Banker to Train Driver by Alan Nichols Originally set for 13 Jan and rescheduled due to the weather . (Entry updated 13 Jan 2010)
Weymouth (Occasional joint meetings with Weymouth & District Photographic Society)
For details contact John New (SLS Webmaster) 01305 821416 (Answering Machine if unavailable)
Nothing currently scheduled for 2009 - 10.
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Midland Area
NB Midlands Area area meetings are mainly at Kidderminster but area also held occasionally at other venues
At 14.00 (unless stated), Kidderminster Railway Museum (adjoining S.V.R. station), DY10 1QX At 14.00, -
Contact Roger Hennessey – e-mail nsc@glosweb.com Venue map - (Rail links to venue)
Summer events (Venues as detailed individually)
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Midlands Centre members celebrated the Centenary on 30th May with a buffet lunch at the Kidderminster Rly Museum followed by a trip over the Severn Valley Railway. The train carried the traditional SLS Special headboard. Locomotive is 0-6-0PT No 7714. Photo by John New. Click image for larger version. Additional photographs are in the Yahoo Members Only group NB - Photo taken from non-public area with permission and under SVR staff member supervision |
SAT 26 SEPT 2009. - Lunch followed by visit to the "Enthusiasts afternoon" at the Perrygrove Railway; Meet 12 noon onward at the Wyndham Arms, Clearwell . Leave about 1.30pm for the Perrygrove Railway.
Indoor open events (Kidderminster)
Usually second Saturday of month but please note some dates in 2009/10 have had to be varied.
2010 Spring season indoor events
9 Jan - Revised entry - Members' slide and power point presentation; NB due to advers weather. part 2 of this meeting - First showing of 'The Cream of the Stanford Jacobs Collection' (John New) postoponed to 9th May .
13 Feb - AGM and slide/power point show: Alpine lines, John New, Roger Hennessey.
13 Mar - David Postle, (Kidderminster Rly Mus) on 'The Hereford, Hay & Brecon Railway'.
10 Apr - Neville Billington 'Bromsgrove, the railway, and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers'.
24 & 25 April - Society's National AGM & railway visit weekend. The 2010 AGM is being organised by the Midland's Centre. The AGM date is Saturday 24th April 2010 with an additional social programme over the weekend surrounding the meeting. Currently expected to be Chepstow for the meeting (Sat 24th) and a Dean Forest Railway visit (Sun 25th)
9 May -
Summer outside visits
June or July (tba) visit to the Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway
September (tba) visit to the 'Battlefield Line'.
2010 Autumn Winter season indoor meetings.
9 Oct - Norman Hewer, 'William Creuze, First Locomotive Engineer of the Birmingham & Gloucester Railway'
13 Nov - Tony Francis, Department of Transport, 'Current Developments & Future Plans for the Great Western route'
11 Dec - SLS Midlands Christmas Event.
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BRISTOL / SWINDON Back to venue finder | Back to weekday finder | Back to Top Of The Page
Nothing is currently scheduled for Bristol or Swindon or likely in near future unless requested by sufficient members.
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- WEYMOUTH (Although Dorset is in the SLS Midland Area administratively the text entry for this meeting is under South)
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- WEYMOUTH (Although Dorset is in the SLS Midland Area administratively the text entry for this meeting is under South)
For details contact John New (SLS Webmaster) 01305 821416 (Answering Machine if unavailable)
Nothing is currently scheduled.
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Midland Area (East)
- LEICESTER Back to venue finder | Back to weekday finder | Back to Top Of The Page
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Occasional venue only - Meetings when held are on Saturday afternoons - Nothing is currently scheduled.
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North Eastern Area
14.00 Gartree & Rutland Room, Charles Wilson Building, University of Leicester, LE1 7RBMaps (1) General Multimap link to LE1 7RB Maps (2) University web site location map (Click this then right half enlargement)
- Newcastle Back to venue finder | Back to weekday finder | Back to Top Of The Page
At 19.00, Mining Institute, Neville Hall, Westgate Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. NE1 1SE:- Venue map
Contact John Irving – 01434 688946, email john.l.irving@btopenworld.com
A collection will be taken at meetings to defray expenses. VISITORS ARE MOST WELCOME AT ALL OUR MEETINGS
4 Sep - RAILWAYS BEFORE THE STEPHENSONS - Les Turnbull
18 Sep - MEMBERS’ EVENING (DIGITAL) offers of video, digital slide shows etc lasting no more than 10 minutes each to the Centre Secretary by 4 th September please.
2 Oct - ROBERT STEPHENSON’S WORK IN EGYPT Alan Clothier – Robert Stephenson Trust
16 Oct - ADVANCED PASSENGER TRAIN - EXPERIMENTAL Kit Spackman – Tilt System Engineer, APT-E Support Group
30 Oct - SCOTLAND AND THE GREEN REVOLUTION - A miscellany from the 1970s and 1980s Michael Ellison
17 Nov (Tue) - Note change of day, venue and revised start time for this meeting | ROBERT STEPHENSON - MECHANICAL ENGINEER – refreshments at 5:30; 6:00pm start in the Great Hall, Discovery Museum, in conjunction with the Newcomen Society and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Dr Michael Bailey, SLS Vice-President.
27 Nov - 100 YEARS OF RAILWAYS IN THE NORTH EAST (A celebration of the SLS’s Centenary). John Irving
4 Dec - YULETIDE FESTIVITIES - A seasonal and centennial social evening of contributions from members and friends including the John Morris Transparency Competition. Partners are most welcome. Competition entries close on 27 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 Centre Secretary as soon as practicable.
22 Jan - THE HUSH HUSH LOCOMOTIVE, William Brown
5 Feb - THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NER TYNESIDE ELECTRIFICATION 1894-1914 Bill Donald
19 Feb - CENTRE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & MEMBERS’ EVENING – Agenda items and offers of contributions for members’ evening to Centre Secretary by Friday 5 February please.
5 Mar - A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A RAILWAY ENTHUSIAST – 1977. Malcolm Paul
19 Mar - UK RAILWAY TRAVELLING POST OFFICES – A RETROSPECTIVE TRIBUTE. Alan Clothier
9 Apr - FURTHER MEANDERINGS THROUGH 50 YEARS OF RAILWAY PHOTOGRAPHY – Part 3 – Prof Bill Hampson
23 Apr - STEAM IN NORTH EAST CHINA. Ian McInnes
7 May - WORKIN’ ON THE RAILROAD. Phil Kirkland
- Teesside - (1) MIDDLESBROUGH Back to venue finder | Back to weekday finder | Back to Top Of The Page
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Fridays at 19.00, The Settlement Centre, St. Pauls Road, (Union Street) Middlesbrough, TS1 5NQ Venue map
2 Oct - Ted Parker - Tornado
6 Nov - Phil Kirkland - The Denver & Rio Grande
4 Dec - 'Class 180 - The Story so far' - Paul Nugus, Interfleet Technology Ltd.
2010
1 Jan - No meeting due to Bank Holiday
5 Feb - A.G.M. and The Harz Mountains by Martin Green
5 Mar 'Pre-Grouping Survivors' - David Stewart-David.
2 Apr - No meeting due to Good Friday Bank Holiday
7 May - Mark Keefe - The Stainmore Railway
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Meetings Tuesdays at 19:30 - Fox Covert Inn, High Leven , Nr YARM. TS15 9JW - Venue mapContact Mike Collier 01642 321205 or Hartlepool 01429 270591 e-mail jmcollier@freeuk.com
20 Oct - Your Next Station stop is Stokesley. Tony Daniels
17 Nov - North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Philip Benham (Gen.Manager NYMR)
15 Dec - My Little Station. Alex Nelson (Stationmaster of Chester-le-Street)
2010
19 Jan - Over the High Alps - The Rhaetian Railways Heritage Line. Dr. Michael Bailey (Vice Pres. SLS)
16 Feb. - Sir Nigel Gresley, The Man and his achievements. Chris Nettleton
16 Mar - Charles Hesterman Merz (1874-1940) The Bringer of Electricity. Andrew Everett
20 Apr - The Long Haul. Alan Clothier
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North Western Area.
Meetings held on Saturdays at 1400 in The Friends’ Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS. (Venue map) Further information from the Meetings Secretary: Mike Blease, 11 Crescent Rd., Hale, Altrincham, Cheshire WA15 9NB. Tel: 0161-928 2461 or by e-mail: blease@mighty-micro.co.uk
3 Oct - Rails to East Anglia – a look at Train Travel in the 50's & 60's by Treveor Moseley.
7 Nov - Brunel's Timber Bridges & Viaducts, preceded by a short talk on the Centenary of The Society by Brian Lewis, Society Chairman
5 Dec - The Sierra Leone Railway Museum Project by Steve Davies, MBE, Museum Director, Manchester Museum of Science & Industry
2010
16 Jan - Area A G M followed by Unfinished Railways by Allan Brackenbury :
27 Feb - Beyer Peacock and their Locomotives by Joe Lloyd
20 Mar - The Darjeeling Himalaya Railway by Peter Jordan
Meetings are held on Thursdays (unless otherwise shown) at 7.15 pm for 7.30 pm at the St. John Ambulance Centre, Sandes Avenue, Kendal. ( Venue map) Further information from the Centre Secretary, Eric Bartlett, 4, Empsom Road, Kendal LA9 5PS Tel: 01539 720706 or e-mail: alanhart@heronhill.freeserve.co.uk
10 Sep - Railways in the Landscape by Gordon Biddle
8 Oct - Preservation Aims and Progress at Kirkby Stephen East Sales Stall Stainmore Railway Company Limited
12 Nov - Cine films – "The Furnessman" & "Ayrshire Explorer" rail tours by Brian Irwin
3 Dec - Recent Railway Rambles by David Alison
2010
7 Jan - New Year Social Evening: Slides, Quiz and Buffet.
4 Feb - Twixt Tyne and Tees by Jim Young
4 Mar - 45 Years on - Then and Now – Part 2 – Journeys in 1963 & 2008 by Eric Bartlett
8 Apr - Locomotives of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway by Clive Holden
15 May - Outside visit and Walk
Scotland
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AYRSHIRE
At 19.30, New Trinity Parish Church Hall, Saltcoats. Contact John Black 01294 822303 e-mail johnandmairiblack@gmail.com. Peveril, 14 Orchard Street, West Kilbride, Ayrshire KA23 9AG. Tel: 01294 822303. Meetings are on the second Monday of the month. 7-30pm until 9-30pm.
26th Oct - Annual Dinner, Brisbane House Hotel, Largs. Guest speaker Mr. Jim Currie, Railway ramblings from my youth.
9th Nov - North American Motive Power etc,. by Mr. Graham McLachlan.14th Dec - Rail travel ‘Down under’ 1982-83 by Mr. Hamish Stevenson.
2010.
11th Jan - Ayrshire steam in the 1950s & 60s by Mr. Bill Hamilton.
8th Feb - A chess board of railway photography by Mr. Max Fowler.
8th Mar - A year in the life of a camera by Mr. Ian Lothian.
12th Apr - Ayrshire Centre AGM and Members night.