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Nov 11: London January - December added.
Nov 11: Brighton(Southwick) January - December added.
Nov 11: Southampton January - December added.
Nov 16: Southampton March updated.
Nov 26: Taunton; Jan - November added.
Nov 26: Brighton; Mav, June & October updated.
Nov 26: Leicester; February & March updated.
Dec 03: Birmingham Feb - April updated.
Dec 14: Bristol - February added.
Jan 04: Blackpool/Cleveleys Jan- dec added.
Jan 04: Norwich - special meeting added in Feb..
Jan 04: Leeds Feb, March added.
Jan 09: Manchester July - Festival of Model tramways added.
Jan 14: Bristol March - December added.
Jan 14: Abergele March - December added.
Jan 14: Festival of Model Tramways - July added.
Jan 30: London April May changed, Sept - November updated.
Jan 30: Manchester Feb, March & April added.
Jan 30: Birmingham TLRS March & May changed. July - November added.

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January 2010

• Saturday 2. Birmingham 14.00 Area AGM at Black Country Living Museum, Tipton Road, Dudley, SY1 4SQ. note change of venue. (TLRS West Midlands)
• Tuesday 5 Southampton 19.30. Mike Russell - Historic tramcars and heritage tram operations in Europe. (LRTA/SEG)
• Thursday 7. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. James Blythe: Trams in the Noughties. (Fylde Tramway Society)
• Friday 8. Glasgow19.30. Gavin Booth: Edinburgh memories.(STTS)
• Friday 8. Leeds 19.00. Tony Wilson: Travel Lens Cine film.
• Saturday 9. Birmingham 14.00 Roger Monk: Zurich, Oerlikon and Beyond - Part 2. (LRTA/TLRS/ERS)
• Monday 11. Richmond 19:30. John Laker: Trams in the U.S.A., Zurich and Scotland on Cine film. (TLRS)
• Wednesday 13. Brighton(Southwick)19.40. Annual General Meeting followed by a Tramway cini-film show with Terry Russell. (TLRS)
• Saturday 16. Taunton 14.00. Members pictures (slides or digital) plus AGM. (TLRS)
• Monday 18. Liverpool 19.30. Brian Yates: travels through the 60’s (TLRS).
• Monday 18. London 19.00 John Pigott: My Travels in 2009
• Monday 18. Sheffield 19.30. Mel Reuben: Tramways of Portugal.
• Monday 18. Wickham 19.00. Phil Hanson: Belgium and Holland (TLRS)
• Wednesday 20. Bristol 19.30. Brian Lomas: France 2008 Pt. 4 (Video)
• Friday 22. Leicester 19.45. Alan Murray-Rust: The Digital Eye. Incl. some China. (TMS)
• Friday 29. Edinburgh 19.30. Alastair Richards: Update on the new Edinburgh tramway
• Saturday 30. Garstang 14.00. Members Model Meeting and Running Day plus film of German G Scale (TLRS)

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February 2010

• Tuesday 2 Southampton 19.30. David Mead - Alpine rail journeys in the 1970s and 1980s. (LRTA/SEG)
• Thursday 4. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. Paul Wigan: Some Tramways of the Nordic anc Baltic States. (Fylde Tramway Society)
• Monday 8. Richmond 19:30. Mike Skeggs: Another dip into Mike's Cine film collection. (TLRS)
• Wednesday 10. Brighton(Southwick)19.40. Martin Jenkins: British Trams in Colour Part 2.(1953-7). (TLRS)
• Wednesday 10. Norwich18.00 (buffet) for 18.30. Graham Jellett: Light rail in France - The Current Scene. Oaklands Hotel, 89 Yarmouth Road, Norwich NR7 0HH. Institution of Civil Eng (LRTA invited). Booking desirable N. Harrison 01603 727261 or John Woods 07985 151540
• Friday 12. Glasgow19.30. Brian Hardy: A visit to U-Bahns in Germany – Berlin, Hamburg, Munich & Nuremberg.(STTS)
• Friday 12. Leeds 19.00. Mel Reuben: Tramway Cities
• Saturday 13. Birmingham 14.00 Andy Steel Entertains.(LRTA/TLRS/ERS)
• Monday 15.? Liverpool 19.30. Derek Shepherd: the future for Manchester (TLRS)
• Monday 15. London 19.00 Nick Britton: Italy and Basel 2009
• Monday 15. Sheffield 19.30. Peter Fox: Tramway developments in Southern Europe.
• Monday 15. Wickham 19.00. Steve Pethebridge: Portsdown and Horndean Tramway (TLRS)
• Wednesday 20. Bristol 19.30. Peter Davey: Round Bristol by horse tram.
• Saturday 20. Taunton 14.00. Roy Anderson: Memories of a Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Tram Conductor. (TLRS)
• Thursday 25. Manchester 19.00. Bob Hill: 16 to 305 mm modelling.
• Friday 26. Edinburgh 19.30. Members' slides
• Friday 26. Leicester 19.45. Martin Jenkins Annual Lecture: More Historic Travels on Slides. (TMS)
• Saturday 27. Garstang 14.00. Mark Brailsford: 3D Photography Show (TLRS).

Wed 10. Norwich.1800(buffet) for 1830. Graham Jellett: Light rail in France - The Current Scene. Oaklands Hotel, 89 Yarmouth Road, Norwich NR7 0HH. Institution of Civil Eng (LRTA invited). Booking desirable N. Harrison 01603 727261 or John Woods 07985 151540 [Home] [Top] [Meetings report index] [Events page] [Instruction page]
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March 2010

• Tuesday 2 Southampton 19.30. John Laker - film of the 2009 Iberian tour (incl Lisbon, Porto, Madrid and Seville. (LRTA/SEG)
• Thursday 4. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. Annual Photographic Competition. (Fylde Tramway Society)
• Saturday 6. Birmingham 14.00 General meeting and Photo Competition at Black Country Museum. Non-digital entries (slide or print) to be submitted in advance to Area Secretary at 52 Stanley Road, Oldbury, B68 0EQ for digitising.(TLRS)
• Monday 8. Richmond 19:30. Geoff Tribe: A year's tram (etc.) hunting. (TLRS)
• Tuesday 9. Abergele 19:30. AGM (TLRS)
• Wednesday 10. Brighton(Southwick)19.40. Geoff Lomas: More Tramwaya on cini-film. (TLRS)
• Friday 12. Glasgow19.30. Mike Russell: The Polish Tramway Scene today.(STTS)
• Friday 12. Leeds 19.00. Graham Jellett: Light Rail In France--The Current Scene
• Saturday 13. Birmingham 14.00 Brian Edwards: Back up again from Down Under. (LRTA/TLRS/ERS)
• Monday 15.?? Liverpool 19.30. Derek Shepherd: the future for Manchester (TLRS)
• Monday 15. London 19.00 Geoff Tribe: Switzerland 2006
• Monday 15. Sheffield 19.30. Paul T Jackson: 50 years of photographing trams.
• Monday 15. Wickham 19.00. AGM with raffle, film and photos (TLRS)
• Wednesday 17. Bristol 19.30. Alan Wilkins: TBA
• Saturday 20. Taunton 14.00. Bob Manders: Iberia 2009. (TLRS)
• Thursday 25. Manchester 19.00. Alan Williams: Ballarat and Bendigo Tramways.
• Friday 26. Edinburgh 19.30. Richard Wiseman: Northern European miscellany
• Friday 26. Leicester 19.45. Brian Healey: Rails on Video and Film. (TMS)
• Saturday 27. Garstang 14.00. Martin Jenkins: Trams in colour film from 1939 (TLRS).

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April 2010

• Thursday 1. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. Roger Benton: Films from the TMS Archives. (Fylde Tramway Society)
• Monday 5. Richmond 19:30. Eddie Dawes: 1 to 99A - London tram routes. (TLRS)
• Tuesday 6 Southampton 19.30. Steve Bigley - Freight in England. (LRTA/SEG)
• Friday 9. Glasgow19.30. Mike Jackson: Part 2. Railways encountered during a working life at sea.(STTS)
• Saturday 10. Birmingham 14.00 David Voice: Monorails. (LRTA/TLRS/ERS)
• Tuesday 13. Abergele 19:30. Modelling Night (TLRS)
• Wednesday 14. Brighton(Southwick)19.40. Chris Warren: Eastern European Tramway Systems. (TLRS)
• Saturday 17. Taunton 14.00. Andrew Hunt: 2009 LRTA AGM Weekend Tour. (TLRS)
• Monday 19. Liverpool 19.30. Models night, new/old/running/static (TLRS).
• Monday 19. London 19.00 Alan Holmewood: Tramways of the DDR since Reunification
• Monday 19. Sheffield 19.30. Tony Williams: Progress on Manchester Metrolink Extensions.
• Monday 19. Wickham 19.00. Peter Howard: Gone forever but remembered in miniature (TLRS)
• Wednesday 21. Bristol 19.30. Adrian Tuddenham: Why trams?
• Friday 23. Leicester 19.45. John Lessells: Video evening. (TMS)
• Saturday 24. Garstang 14.00. J Stanley King: Bradford Corporation Tramways (TLRS).
• Friday 30. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. Convention Weekend Welcome Evening. (Fylde Tramway Society)

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May 2010

• Tuesday 4 Southampton 19.30. Peter Hall & Doug Cross - 'England v Germany', incl Crich, Blackpool and E/W Germany in the 1970s and 1980s. (LRTA/SEG)
• Saturday 8. Birmingham 14.00 Modelling meeting.(note return to Witton meeting place TLRS)
• Monday 10. Richmond 19:30. Members' slides. (TLRS)
• Tuesday 11. Abergele 19:30. TBA (TLRS)
• Wednesday 12. Brighton(Southwick)19.40. Ivan Ball: Rebuilting a railway lost for 50 years, The Welsh Highland Railway. (TLRS)
• Monday 17. London 19.00 David Rivers: Rhein and Ruhr Trams on Video 2009
• Monday 17. Sheffield 19:30. Alan Kirkman: Tramway models.
• Monday 17. Wickham 19.00. TBA (TLRS)
• Wednesday 19. Bristol 19.30. Stephen Bidwell: TBA
• Saturday 22. Sheffield Suggested visit to Manchester Metrolink.
• Thursday 27. Manchester 19.00. Derek Shepherd: Isle of Man Tramways 1990s.
• Saturday 29. Garstang 14.00. Workshop Day 'how do they do that' (TLRS).

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June 2010

• Tuesday 1 Southampton 19.30. Members' slides, reflecting SEGs 40th anniversary. (LRTA/SEG)
• Thursday 3. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. Jason Cross: All Things Shiny. (Fylde Tramway Society)
• Tuesday 8. Abergele 19:30. Help build the layout (TLRS)
• Wednesday 9 Brighton(Southwick)19.40. Peter Howard: Gone forever but remembered in minature. (Building Model Trams). (TLRS)
• Monday 14. Richmond 19:30. Models evening with competition for the 'Len Hodges' trophy. (TLRS)
• Wednesday 16. Bristol 19.30. TBA
• Saturday 19. Taunton 14.00 speaker to be arranged: . (TLRS)
• Monday 21. London 19.00 TBA: TBA
• Monday 21. Sheffield 19:30. Members' slides / computer presentations
• Monday 21. Wickham 19.00. Ian Gledhill: Lisbon Tramways (TLRS)
• Saturday 26. Garstang 13.00. Blackrod tramways Garden Party - Held at Arthur Dawson’s Garden Tramway, Blackrod, Bolton (TLRS).

July 2010

• Thursday 1. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. Evening Visit. (Fylde Tramway Society)
• Saturday 3. Birmingham 14.00 General meeting at Witton.(TLRS)
• Tuesday 13. Abergele 19:30. TBA (TLRS)
• Wednesday 14. Brighton(Southwick)19.40. Members Slides Show(World Tramway Systems Part 2). (TLRS)
• Monday 19. London 19.00 TBA: TBA
• Wednesday 21. Bristol 19.30. Area AGM followed by TBA
• Sat/Sun 24/25. Manchester 10am to 5pm. The Festival of Model Tramways See Events Page . (TLRS)

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August 2010

• Thursday 5. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. TBC. (Fylde Tramway Society)
• Wednesday 11. Brighton(Southwick)19.40. Ian Gledhill: Tramways of Milan. (TLRS)
• Monday 16. London 19.00 Alan Pearce: AGM
• Monday 16. London 19.15 Members Evening
• Wednesday 18. Bristol 19.30. TBA

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September 2010

• Thursday 2. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. TBC. (Fylde Tramway Society)
• Saturday 4. Birmingham 14.00 General meeting at Witton.(TLRS)
• Tuesday 7 Southampton 19.30. Bruce Oliver - Railways in the North-East, retrospective and recent. (LRTA/SEG)
• Wednesday 08. Brighton(Southwick)19.40. Mike Skeggs: More European Trams on cini-film. (TLRS)
• Wednesday 15. Bristol 19.30. TBA
• Saturday 18. Taunton 14.00. Mark Blackstone: Mark Blackstone goes around the world (TLRS)
• Monday 20. London 19.00 David Connor: Australia 2009
• Tuesday 21. Abergele 19:30. Help build the layout (TLRS)

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October 2010

• Friday 1. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. John Clarkson: British and European Tramway Systems About 30 Years Ago - Part 2. (Fylde Tramway Society)
• Tuesday 5 Southampton 19.30. A railway and tramway miscellany, by John Godfrey. (LRTA/SEG)
• Tuesday 12. Abergele 19:30. Video night (TLRS)
• Wednesday 13. Brighton(Southwick)19.40. John Bishop: Worldwide Tramway systems on cini-film. (TLRS)
• Saturday 16. Taunton 14.00 speaker to be arranged:. (TLRS)
• Monday 18. London 19.00 Martin Jenkins: From the Archive
• Wednesday 20. Bristol 19.30. Keith Walton: TBA

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November 2010

• Tuesday 2 Southampton 19.30. AGM + Members' slides. (LRTA/SEG)
• Thursday 4. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. Bryan Lindop: Blackpool's 125th Celebrations. (Fylde Tramway Society)
• Saturday 6. Birmingham 14.00 General meeting.(note return to Black Country Museum meeting place TLRS)
• Tuesday 9. Abergele 19:30. TBA (TLRS)
• Wednesday 10. Brighton(Southwick)19.40. John Buckle: Tramway Museums down under. Australia and New Zealand. (TLRS)
• Monday 15. London 19.00 John Laker: Iberia 2009 in High Definition Video
• Wednesday 17. Bristol 19.30. TBA
• Saturday 20. Taunton 14.00. Les Folkard: 50 years of Belgian Trams. (TLRS)

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December 2010

• Thursday 2. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. Annual Photographic Competition. (Fylde Tramway Society)
• Tuesday 7 Southampton 19.30. David Cable - Australia in the 21st century. (LRTA/SEG)
• Wednesday 08. Brighton(Southwick)19.40. Philip Hanson: Tramways Travels Part 2. World Tramway Systems. (TLRS)
• Tuesday 14. Abergele Christmas Dinner TBA (TLRS)
• Wednesday 15. Bristol 19.30. TBA
• Monday 20. London 19.00 TBA: TBA

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• Abergele (North Wales): Meeting Room of Colwyn Model Railway Club, Compton Yard, New Street, Abergele. Next to the Bull Hotel, Chapel Street, Abergele. Meetings held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month (except for August). Enquiries to Norman Beaumont, Hon. Sec., 27, Heol Colwyn, Abergele, LL22 7UP Tel: 01745 824 761 (TLRS meetings).
• Bath: 'Trams for Bath' meetings bimonthly on 2nd Tuesday. BRSLI Queen Square, Bath. Contact Adrian Tuddenham Tel. 01225 335974
• Nottingham (Beeston): Scout HQ, Middle Street, Beeston, Nottingham (TLRS) Contact: Clive Beech, 170 Derby Road, Beeston, Notts. NG9 3AL
• Birmingham: Joint LRTA/TLRS/ERS: Priory Rooms (formerly known as Dr. Johnson House), Friends' Meeting House, 40 Bull Street, Birmingham. All meetings start at 14:00 Contact: M.V.Ballinger, 36 Seven Acres, Aldridge, Walsall. Tel. 01922 452 384. TLRS meetings: Aston Manor Road Transport Museum, Witton Lane. Start 13.00 with exemption from normal museum admission charge. Contact: Stan Letts, 52 Stanley Road, Oldbury, B68 0EQ (Tel: 0121-422 4326)
• Blackpool/Cleveleys: Wings Club, Victoria Rd. West, Cleveleys. (Fylde Tramway Society)
• Brighton: SOUTHWICK Community Centre, (Deall Room), Southwick Street, (5 minutes walk from Southwick Railway Station), 2nd Wednesday of the Month starting prompt at 1940. New members and visitors very welcome. For further information contact Alan James Tel: 01273 306838 or Brian Boddy Tel: 01273 512839. (TLRS Meetings).
• Bristol: Meetings in members' homes (Third Wednesday of the month), usually at 7 Crofton Avenue, Horfield at 1930 Enquiries to Peter Davey, Tel. 01179 517785.
• Edinburgh: Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, EDINBURGH. (Enquiries to George Murray, 22 Muir Wood Crescent, Currie, Edinburgh, EH14 5HD. Tel. 0131-538 2375)
• Garstang: St. Thomas' Church Hall, Church Street, Garstang, Nr. Preston (TLRS meetings).
• Glasgow: Kirk Lounge, Renfield, St Stephens Church Centre. 260 Bath Street, Glasgow. (Scottish Tramway & Transport Society) Enquiries to Hugh McAulay (Secretary). Tel.0141-445-3883.
• Huddersfield: Fourth Friday of the winter months (September to April) in Huddersfield Library, The Piazza, bottom of Ramsden St. opposite main entrance to the Town Hall. . Enquiries to Brian Kilner. Tel:001484 652038 (West Yorkshire Tram Group)
• Kent & S.E.London TLRS: Meetings rotate between: Chatham Medway Building, University of Kent at Medway,Historic Dockyard. Rainham (Kent) The Methodist Church School Hall, Station Road (approx 100yds from north down side of level-crossing); Swanley Westinghouse Signals Offices, Sation Approach. - usually 3rd Thursday. Enquiries: A.G.Hildreth 176 Willow Way Woodlands Park, Biddenden, Kent TN27 8BT 01580 291163 mobile 07802312419
• Leeds : Committee Room 5, Civic Hall, Leeds (Portland Crescent Entrance) Meetings held second Friday of the month. Enquiries to Melvyn Reuben, 38 Westcombe Avenue, Leeds LS8 2BS Tel: 0113 2662968
• Leicester: St. Peter's Church Hall, Wigston Road, Oadby, Leicester.  Contact: Robert Bracegirdle. Tel. 0116 237 5246 (Home). 01509 233414 (Office).
• Liverpool: LRTA meetings - Taylor Street Bus and Tram Museum Library, 5 minutes walk from Hamilton Square Station, Birkenhead. Please contact P.R. Jackson, 101 Thingwall Road, Liverpool L15 7JX; Tel. 0151 722 3005 for details of next meeting. TLRS meetings - Greenbank Conference Centre,Greenbank Lane,Liverpool L17 1AG. Enquiries to Wilf.H.Hallowell, Tel 01254 602332
• London: LRTA/ERS meeting place: The Model Railway Club, Keen House, 4 Calshot Street, London N1 9DA. LRTA Meetings held third Monday of month - Enquiries to A R Pearce, 26 Rothschild Road, Chiswick, London W4 5HS Tel 020 8747 0026. ERS meetings on first Wednesday in the month September to June. Contact: John Gillham, Tel: 020 8567 1903
  LURS meetings held second Tuesday of month at Upper Room,All Souls Clubhouse,141 Cleveland Street,London W1T 6QG. Contact John Mees, 12 Ashcombe Court, 31 Carlton Drive, Putney, London SW15 2BW. Tel 020 8789 7862.
• Manchester: Friends' Meeting House, 6 Mount Street. Indoor meetings on last Thursday September to April, excluding December.. Enquiries to Tony Williams, 110 Mellalieu Street, Middleton, MANCHESTER M24 5SB Tel. 0161 290 1933
• Oxford & Chilterns (TLRS): Details about the meetings (and venues) can be obtained from the group Chairman, Paul Griffiths by telephone 01865 370634 or e-mail (paul.griffiths@sjc.ox.ac.uk).
• Richmond: The Vestry Hall, 21 Paradise Road, RICHMOND, Surrey, TW9 1SA . Contact: Ron Howes Tel. 020 8948 0721. (TLRS meetings).
• Sheffield: St. Matthews Rooms, Carver Street, Sheffield. (Meetings held third Monday of the month). Enquiries to Paul Abell, 13 Station Road, Treeton, Rotherham S60 5PN. Tel 0114 269 2742
• Southampton (Eastleigh): Eastleigh Railway Institute, Romsey Road, Eastleigh. First Tuesday of the month. Enquiries to M. Petch, 23 Meadowmead Avenue, Regent's Park, Southampton, SO15 4LW. Tel. 023 8077 4186.
• Taunton: St. Augustine of Canterbury School, Priorswood Road, Taunton. Third Saturday of Month from 2pm until about 4:30. (Enquiries to Mike Taylor (Hon Sec.) on 01823 601562 or Keith Walton (Hon Chairman) on 01275 857903) (TLRS West of England Group meetings).
• Wickham (nr. Winchester): St. Nicholas Church Hall, Wickham, Hants. Third Monday of Month. Enquiries to Bob Howse, 54 Stoney Lane, Winchester, Hants, SO22 6DP. Tel:01962 882971 (TLRS)