The Railway Magazine

MEETINGS

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1

Pennine Railway Society. Doncaster Town Fields Sports Club, Bennethorpe, Doncaster DN2 6AA. 19.30. ’20 Years of Digital Photography’: Geoff Griffiths. Further details on website penninerailwaysociety.com

Railway Correspondence & Travel Society (RCTS) (Furness, Lakes & Lune branch). Station Hotel, Carnforth. 19.30. ‘35mm Gricing at Home and Abroad’: Mike Robinson. RCTS (Merseyside, Chester and North Wales branch). 10.00. ‘Railway Depots around Liverpool’: Paul Wright. Contact: Alan Turton 01606 854227 or Merseyside@rcts.org.uk

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2

Bath Railway Society. The Museum of Bath at Work, Julian Road, Bath BA1 2RH. 19.30. ‘842 Useful Engines: A sample of ‘Black Fives’ at work on BR and LMS Jubilee 4-6-0s’: Dave Peel.

Great Central Railway Society (Sheffield branch). Farm Road Sports & Social Club, Farm Road, Sheffield S2 2TP. 19.30. ‘China’s Railways Then & Now’: Pete Hackney.

Lutterworth Railway Society.

Lutterworth Bowls Club, off Coventry Road, Lutterworth LE15 4RB. 19.30. ‘The Leicester and Swanington Railway’: Malcolm Riddle.

United Reformed Church Hall,

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