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Monday 20th October
Oxford
150 Years of the Somerset & Dorset Railway
Mike Beale
A talk from the time of the original promotion of the line through to its decline and closure and the resurgence of interest in this famous route.

Monday 17th November
Oxford
The West Somerset Railway
Keith Smith
Keith is a volunteer on the railway and presents this slide show on the longest Steam Heritage Railway in the UK connecting Minehead with Bishops Lydeard.

We meet at West Oxford Democrats Club, 1 North Street off Botley Road, Oxford, usually on the third Monday of each month, commencing at 19.30.