Members Social Calendar of Events 2010

All presentations are held in the roundhouse lecture theatre commencing at
19.30 and finishing between 21.45 and 22.00. Doors open at 19.00.
Presentations are held on the 3rd Thursday of every month.
Hot and cold drinks are available from the buffet before 19.30 and during the interval.
Free parking on site.
Admission is normally £1.50 for members and £2.00 for non-members.
Everyone welcome.

21st January 2010
Speaker - Mick Hayes
Steam Around Sheffield
Mick is no stranger to Barrow Hill having worked locos on and off shed many times during is footplate career of almost 44 years, based initially at Canklow, followed by Tinsley and latterly Rotherham Masborough. The show tonight includes many of the lines within an approximate 25 mile radius of Sheffield.

18th February 2010
Speaker - Les Nixon
Fifty Years of Railway Photography – Part 2
Another selection from Les’s extensive photographic collection. Steam, diesel, electric – British and Foreign.

18th March 2010
Speaker - PSOV
Mainline 2009
2009 was yet another good year for steam on the mainline and no doubt this annual review will include the highlights. Held in conjunction with The Little Midland Society.
Please note – This show will definately take place inside the lecture theatre.

15th April 2010
Speaker - David Birtle
Early Days on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway
A look at the early days of the NYMR through the eyes of a working volunteer.

20th May 2010
Speaker - Alan Spencer
Two For The Price of One
Part 1 The Lickey Incline. The steepest ‘adhesion’ main line in the UK.
The presentation covers the period from opening to the present. (The presenter having been a Fireman at Bromsgrove in the early 60’s) Many pictures are from the presenter’s own collection, however, some are from others and due acknowledgement is given for their permission for them to be used.
Part 2 Running Charter Trains in Switzerland
My own recollections and pictures of my charter trains in Switzerland from 2005 to 2010. From beginnings in association with Mercia Charters, to running my own charter company, Charters Helvetica. Some of these charters have been a first in some of the branches visited and lines used.

17th June 2010
Speaker - Howard Turner
Out With The Old – In With The New
A welcome return for Howard, with a new presentation: A look at the last days of steam in the sixties and the new order of the day.

15th July 2010
Speaker - Martin Bromley
A ‘Grinder’ to Town
A pictorial journey from Sheffield Midland to London St.Pancras, with views covering a span of some sixty years.

19th August 2010
Speaker - Jeff Lane
The Woodhead Route
A look at the electrified line across the Pennines. Scenes from the seventies to ‘the end’.

16th September 2010
Speaker - GB Productions
Steaming Through Britain
A DVD presentation of preserved steam at work around Britain, both on the National Network and Heritage Railways.

21st October 2010
Speaker - Phil Eccleston
The Duchess and The Royal Train
Phil is an active Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust Patron and we are promised something a little different tonight.

18th November 2010
Speaker - Ken Horan
W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G. and How It Was Part 2
Another delve into Ken’s extensive collection, many from his footplate days.

16th December 2010
Christmas Social
Details to be advised.