Programme for 2019-2021
All meetings held in the Methodist Church Stoke Road and begin at 7.30.
2019
19th April
Society AGM followed
by the Campbeltown & Machrihanish
Light Railway by David Lusby
by the Campbeltown & Machrihanish
Light Railway by David Lusby
17th May
The
history of Hythe, The Pier, Ferries and
Railways.
Sarah Marden
Mini Bus visit to Fawley Hill Railway
PRE BOOKING ESSENTIAL
21st June
The History of the Swanage Railway
Brian Jackson
4th July
Visit to Volks Railway, Brighton.
Private tour of Railway and Workshops
Leaving Fareham Station 09.35 (discounted ticket £10.95) Volks Tour 12.00 (cost £15.00 including train ride).
PRE-BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Visit to Volks Railway, Brighton.
Private tour of Railway and Workshops
PRE-BOOKING ESSENTIAL
19th July
Steam in the Hills
A talk based around locomotives working hard on some of the stiffest climbs on the rail network. A range of locomotives are featured from all four main regions.
by Simon Foote
Steam in the Hills
A talk based around locomotives working hard on some of the stiffest climbs on the rail network. A range of locomotives are featured from all four main regions.
by Simon Foote
16th August
PLEASE NOTE THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD IN CHRIST CHURCH HALL IMMEDIATELY BEHIND CHRIST CHURCH BUILDING IN STOKE ROAD. THIS IS DUE TO CHURCH COMMITMENTS AT THE METHODIST CHURCH.
The Railway Environment in the
Reflections on the Cromford and High Peak Railway by Peter Keat
4th September
Visit to Portsmouth Model Engineers in Bransbury Park using HMS Sultan Super Sentinel Steam Lorry
PRE-BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Leaving Kingfisher Park at 6.00pm
Leaving Kingfisher Park at 6.00pm
Fare £12.00 including ride to Portsmouth and ride on Portsmouth Engineers circuit.
20th September
North of England and Scotland
by Steve Bigley
Waterloo to Weymouth, Britain's last steam main line from London.
By Mike Pym
By Mike Pym
15th November
Photographic Competition
Gosports' Minor Railways
by Peter Keat
20th December
Railway Films and Members Buffet Suggested donation £2.00
2020
Tuesday 7th January 2020
Winter Series 1
A Look at Clayton Tunnel
The Blitz Years Wartime Britain
Tuesday 14th January 2020
Winter Series 2
The Newsreel Story of Imperial Airways
17th January
The Bluebell Railway
by Ian Wright
Tuesday 21st January
Winter Series 3
Before Beeching: Life before the
reshaping of British Rail
Before Beeching: Life before the
reshaping of British Rail
Tuesday 28th January
Winter Series 4
Old Gosport by Bob Harrop
Tuesday 4th February
Winter Series 5
The Moriston Project Cruachan
Tuesday 11thFebruary
Winter Series 6
Now it can be told
French Resistance in WW2
Tyne Shipyards and Docks at War
Now it can be told
French Resistance in WW2
21st February
Three Feet on Three Legs
The Railways of the Isle of Man
by Colin Brading
20th March
European Railtours
by Mike Hedderly
17th April
AGM and An Irish Railway Miscellany
15th May
Flying Scotsman to Tornado
by Alan Hayward
11th June
My Life in Signalling Part 2
by Ted Cook
17th July
Women on the Railway
The Southern Railway Orphanage
by Dr. Becky Peacock
21st August
The Rhaetian Railway of Switzerland by Ted Vaughan
18th September
GWR Motor Buses, Steam Railmotors, Push-Pull trains. Diesel Railcars and Halts.
GWR Motor Buses, Steam Railmotors, Push-Pull trains. Diesel Railcars and Halts.
Brian Jackson
16th October
Chinese Railways
by John Barrowdale
20th November
Photographic Competition
The Grand Finale of British Steam
20th December
Railway Films and Members Buffet
Suggested donation £2.00
2021
Tuesday 12th January
Winter Series 1
Transport in and around Portsmouth
15th January
Cumbria's Lost Railways
Peter Keat
Tuesday 19th January
Winter Series 2
London in the 1950s Pt 1
Manx Mines and Minerals
Tuesday 26th January
Winter Series 3
Old Gosport
Bob Harrop
Tuesday 2nd February
Winter Series 4
The West Highland Railway
The Oldest Working Electric Railway in the World. The Volks Railway.
Tuesday 9th February
Winter Series 5
Ferry Pilot
The work of the Air Transport Auxiliary
Tuesday 16th February
Winter Series 6
Addressing the Nation
Post Office films from 1930s covering,
mining, fishing, Ceylon, Air Post and others
19th February
The Railways of Hungary
Paul Gosling
19th March
Southern Carriages
Mike King
16th April
Society AGM followed by
Eastleigh and the Southern
21st May
The Somerset and Dorset- An English Cross Country Railway
Jim Boudreau
18th June
Chalk and Cheese
The story of the Abbotsbury branch and Swanage
branches, both opened in 1885, one a speculative failure the other a success
Brian Jackson
16th July
A Look at New Zealand Railways.
by Peter Keat
20th August
TBA
17th September
The Million Pound Railway
15th October
The History and Running of the Exbury Gardens Railway
Ian Wilson
19th November
Photographic Competition
The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
19th December
Railway Films and Members Buffet
Suggested donation £2.00
2022
Tuesday 11th January
Winter Series 1
Early Colour film of London
Isle of Wight Transport in 1960's
Steamed up with Fred Dibnah
Winter Series 2
Old Gosport
Bob Harrop
21st January
Society Meeting TBA
Tuesday 25th January
Winter Series 3
HMY Britannia
Motor shows of the 1950's
Tuesday 1st February
Winter Series 4
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
St. John Ambulance Brigade
Tuesday 8th February
Winter Series 5
Bomber Command 1939 -1945
Bomber Command 1939 -1945
Tuesday 15th February
Winter Series 6
Life at the Savoy Hotel
Life at the Savoy Hotel
Somerset and Dorset Railway Reborn
18th February
18th February
Society Meeting
TBA
18th March
Society Meeting
TBA
