Forthcoming Events
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| 18th July 2024 |
Jeremy Harrison |
"Railways before the War - that's the Great War (Part 1)"
A presentation of Black and White images, drawn from the Ken Nunn collection and scanned from glass plates, illustrating railways in Britain before the Great War. Tonight's is the first of three parts, starting with a few images from before the Great Boer War (as it was known at the time), and then featuring Eastern England, Scotland and Ireland. The Ken Nunn collection was acquired by the LCGB after Ken's death, and although it has now been transferred to the NRM, 'showing rights' to the scanned images were retained. This will be a Hybrid Meeting, with an actual meeting taking place at the Bourne End Comunity Centre, and also a Zoom Presentation for MDRS Members. |
| 15th August 2024 |
Martin Stoolman |
"Student Life and Trains in the Mid-1970's"
In the mid 1970s Exeter was still a mecca for semaphore signals along with the last remaining Western diesel hydraulics. Perhaps it was this rather than the course that tempted Martin to study at Exeter University from 1974 to 1977. This is his story about what he got up to...... This will be a Hybrid Meeting, with an actual meeting taking place at the Bourne End Comunity Centre, and also a Zoom Presentation for MDRS Members. |
| 19th September 2024 |
Mike Dodd |
"Biscuit Tin Discoveries"
As a volunteer at a railway photographic archive (see http://www.gwrarchive.org), I have come to realise that there is always a permanent backlog of images waiting to be processed. Amongst the backlog, I uncovered a biscuit tin a while ago, containing Black & White negatives of all shapes and sizes, including several glass plates. These negatives were part of the collection of the late Frank Saunders and ranged from the 1940's through to the 1960's both in the UK and Europe. This slideshow showcases some of the images found in that biscuit tin; a few of which still need identification - your assistance with identification during the show will be welcomed. |
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