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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6

Bath Railway Society St. Mary’s Church Hall, Bathwick, Bath. 19.30. ‘Railways at Night’ and ‘From Penzance to Oban’: Stephen Bigley.

Great Central Railway Society (Sheffield branch) The Harlequin, 108 Nursery St, Sheffield S3 8GG. 19.30. ‘Around South Yorkshire and the North Midlands’: Ashley Shimwell.

Lutterworth Railway Society United Reformed Church, George St, Lutterworth LE17 4EF. 19.30. ‘Eastleigh to Frome Engine Sheds – Part 4’: Chris Banks.

RCTS The Methodist Church Hall, Silver St, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes MK11 1BE. 19.30. ‘Railway Roundabout Gloucester – Gloucester’: Revd Canon Brian Arman.

Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway Darlington Cricket Club, South Terrace, Feethams, Darlington DL1 5JD. 19.10. Monthly meeting.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

RCTS St Peter’s Church Hall, Church Rd, Filton, Bristol BS34 7BX. 19.30. ‘The Life of 7903 ‘Foremark Hall’: John Cruxon.

Slough & Windsor Railway Society The Manor, Brunel Way, Slough station. 19.45. ‘Modern Image (Not Quite) 70s/80s’: Peter Robins.

Stephenson Locomotive Society (SLS) Conference Room, 1st floor (access via Black Swan Court Yard), Newcastle Arts Centre, 67 Westgate Rd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 1SG. 19.00. ‘The End of BR Steam Traction on the Main Line in 1968’: Malcolm Paul.

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