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    Meetings

    Mar 04, 2019 8 minutes

    FRIDAY, MARCH 8

    Great Central Railway Leics Area Supporters Group. St Bartholomews Church Hall, Church Lane, Quorn, nr Loughborough. 19.30. ‘John Carlton – Steam in the 1960s’: John Brookes.

    Great Western Society (GWS) Lawn Community Centre, Guildford Ave, Off Windsor Rd, Lawn, Swindon SN3 1JE. 19.15. ‘Fast & Slow on the Great Western – a Look at Some Key Infrastructure Projects’: Phil Deaves.

    The Shropshire Railway Society Gateway Education and Arts Centre, Cheshire St, Shrewsbury, SY1 1NB. 19.30. Society Photographic Competition.

    Slough & Windsor Railway Society The Manor, Brunel Way, Slough Station. 19.45. ‘Southampton Railways – Part 2’: Gordon Adams.

    SLS The Conference Room, 1st floor, (access via Black Swan Court Yard) Newcastle Arts Centre, 67 Westgate Rd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 1SG. 19.00. ‘15-Inch Gauge Railways and Sir Arthur Heywood’: Anthony Coulls.

    SATURDAY, MARCH 9

    Cornwall Railway Society Memorial Hall, The Methodist Church, Redruth. 18.30. Annual meeting followed by members’ evening.

    RCTS Conference Room, Great Western Hotel by Exeter St David’s Station EX4 4NU. 19.00. ‘Peter Gray’s Westcountry – Part 2’: Amyas Crump.

    SLS Kidderminster Railway Museum, adjoining SVR station. DY10 1QX. 14.00. ‘Incidents, Accidents and Anecdotes’: Chris Wilkinson and Ian Tipper.

    Trackside Talks Learning Coach, Rail Story, South St, Ingrow. 17.00. ‘The Artistry of Eric Treacy and other Rail Cameramen’: John Hillier.

    MONDAY, MARCH 11

    Driffield Railway Society Hotel 41, Driffield YO25 6AN. 19.30. ‘Colour Rail’: Paul Chancellor. Lincoln Railway Society. St

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