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Croydon & South London

Dates for Your Diary

Outdoor fixtures

Monday 10th June
Visit to ELL and Stratford
ELL and Stratford for GE freight – meet East Croydon, 1800 hrs. for train to Clapham Junction, thence via the now London Overground South or East London Line to Stratford for freight observation.
Monday 15th July
Branch Dinner
at the Porter & Sorter, 1900 hrs. No need to book, menu details will be circulated later.
Monday 12th August
Day Trip to East Grinstead and Bluebell Railway
Meet at East Croydon, 10.30 hrs. for 10.48 train to East Grinstead, then 12.00 train to Sheffield Park. Lunch at Bessemer Arms, Sheffield Park.

Indoor meetings

Monday 9th September
Croydon		Building a New Ivatt Diesel: Re-Creating LMS 10000
Ian Prince, Ivatt Diesel Recreation Society
Tuesday 24th September
Redhill - Afternoon meeting		Pullman Cars in Preservation
Doug Lindsay
Monday 14th October
Croydon		The Epping-Ongar Railway
Simon Hanney, General Manager, EOR
Friday 18th October-Sunday 20th October
Three Bridges		Society Members' Weekend
Based at the Gatwick Worth Hotel, Three Bridges. Talk Friday evening, visits, &c. Details are here
Monday 11th November
Croydon		Celebrating 150 Years of London Underground
Barry le Jeune, London Transport Museum
Monday 9th December
Croydon		Korean Railways
Phil Dee
Monday 13th January 2014
Croydon		Railway Liveries since Privatisation
John Parkin
Monday 10th February 2014
Croydon		Chiltern Railways - A Railway Success Story
Andrew Munden, Chiltern Railways
Monday 10th March 2014
Croydon		Branch AGM, Members' Slides & Photographic Competition
Tuesday 25th March 2014
Redhill - Afternoon meeting		TBA
Monday 14th April 2014
Croydon		American Wanderings, Part 1
W. R. Gordon Davies, Society Chairman
Monday 12th May 2014
Croydon		The London & South Western Railway in 1914
Alan Norris, Chairman, Surrey Branch

Croydon meetings are held at Small Hall (enter by door on left of building by the car park) of the United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon CR0 5LP, commencing at 19.30 3 mins walk from East Croydon rail/tram station. From East Croydon Station, cross over the road and bear left, Addiscombe Grove is the second turning on the right at the traffic lights. The church is on the left hand side and the entrance to the Small Hall is from the left side of the building A donation of £ 2.50 members / £ 3.50 non-members is requested.

Redhill - Afternoon meeting meetings are held at Redhill Methodist Church & Centre, Gloucester Road, Redhill, Surrey RH1 1BP, commencing at 14.00 near the station

Both Society members and non-members are very welcome to attend our meetings

last updated: 23/05/13