Monday 13th September
Sheffield | Your 15 Slides of Yesteryear
Anything goes. Bring along something interesting to you personally and convey this interest to the members. |
Saturday 25th September
Tapton Hall, Sheffield | 60th Anniversary Celebration
For full details and to book your place click here
10:00 start |
Monday 27th September
Sheffield | Along Cheshire Lines
Covers the routes from Manchester to Chester and Liverpool with views of then and now.
Ken Grainger |
Monday 11th October
Sheffield | The Tornado Story: from Dream to Steam
The full story from the original idea to the successful manufacture and running of this unique locomotive.
Keith Crabtree |
Monday 25th October
Sheffield | Modern Traction Abroad
A selection of modern traction from recent years from the Czech republic, Slovakia, Canada and the USA.
J.Whiteley |
Monday 8th November
Sheffield | BR Steam in the 1960s
A selection of nostalgic views from the latter days of BR steam locomotive operations. Also included in the evening will be a description of the digital recovery of slides
Ken Horan |
Monday 22nd November
Sheffield | Double Bill
The Railway Companies and the Omnibus - A narrative on the subject of why railway companies operated few bus services themselves but benefitted financially from bus companies by Alan Hardman
Looking for steam in the 1960s - A journey from Scotland through the North West to the South West including some of the many railtours run in this period by David Munday |
Monday 29th November
Sheffield - Afternoon meeting | An A to Z of Yorkshire's Transport
A selection of slides from 1960 to the present day and includes buses, trams, trolleybuses, canals and other modes of transport.
John Holroyd
Afternoon meeting commencing at 14.00 |
Monday 13th December
Sheffield | Christmas Social Evening. |
Monday 10th January 2011
Sheffield - Afternoon meeting | The Railways of Burton on Trent
Largely concentrating on the many brewery rail systems but including a selection of BR material.
Mark Ratcliffe
Afternoon meeting commencing at 14.00. |
Monday 24th January 2011
Sheffield | Annual General Meeting. |
Monday 14th February 2011
Sheffield | Normanton Loco MPD, 1962-1968
A short history of the shed plus personal memories of Allan's time as a cleaner/fireman supported with suitable photographs.
Allan Dawson |
Monday 28th February 2011
Sheffield | Scunthorpe's industrial and Main Line Railways
John Foreman |
Monday 14th March 2011
Sheffield | 30 Years of Railways in East and North Yorkshire
A selection of slides from mainly from the 1970's and 1980's of the changing scene in these areas and includes Hull docks.
Eddie Parker |
Monday 28th March 2011
Sheffield | Western and Wessex Wanderings
A journey in the 1960's from the North Midlands to the Isle of Wight following railway routes which have either disappeared or substantially altered with illustration of many of the changes.
Tony Icke |
Monday 11th April 2011
Sheffield | A Lifetime of Railway Photography
A wide range of subjects covering the period from 1950 up to the this date.
Les Nixon |
Monday 9th May 2011
Sheffield | Railway Relics
After the success of this subject in the last session, please bring along and talk about some more of your "relics", which you consider suitable and interesting. |
