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Dec 13: West Midlands: Jan, March & May added.
Dec 13: Birmingham: Jan, Feb updated.
Dec 19: London: March-May, July updated. November added.
Dec 19: Manchester: January (2), February, March added.
Dec 19: Dartford: Venue notice updated.
Jan 11: Manchester: February correction.
Jan 14: Bristol: February added.
Jan 14: Thames Valley: March updated.
Jan 30: Birmingham: March updated, May added and April 14 meeting cancelled/replaced by April 21.

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February 2012

• Tuesday 7. Southampton 19.30. Steve Bigley: The railways of the East Midlands. (LRTA/SEG)
• Wednesday 8. Brighton(Southwick) 19.40. Alan Murray: Museums, Preservation & Heritage Operations of Trams & Trolleybuses Worldwide. (TLRS)
• Friday 10. Glasgow 19.30. John Messner: Curator Riverside Transport Museum. (STTS)
• Friday 10. Leeds 19.00. Paul Abel: Recent Developments in British Light Rail
• Saturday 11. Birmingham. Alan Kirkman::The Sunset of Blackpool's Traditional Trams. (Joint LRTA/TLRS/ERS)
• Monday 13. Thames Valley 19:30. Mike Skeggs: Yet more from his collection (TLRS)
• Wednesday 15. Bristol 19.30. Local AGM then Gerald Nichols: Singapore, 'Transport of Delight'..
• Saturday 18. Taunton 14.00. Peter Davey: Around Weston super Mare and Taunton By Tram (TLRS)
• Monday 20. Liverpool 19.30. Models night - Bring your models, and lets see it run.. (TLRS)
• Monday 20. Sheffield 19.30. Robert Pritchard: The expanded Dublin tramways.
• Monday 20. Wickham 19.30. Don Mitchell: Famous trains (TLRS)
• Tuesday 21. London 19.00 Nick Britton: Swiss Tramway Update
• Thursday 23. Manchester 19.00. Andrew Macfarlane: Eastern European trams in the 1990s.
• Friday 24. Edinburgh 19:30. Alastair Richards: Update on the new Edinburgh tramway.
• Friday 24. Leicester 19.45. To be arranged.. (TMS)
• Saturday 25. Beeston 14.00 Paul Fox: A Backwards Look at Rotherham (TLRS)

March 2012

• Saturday 3. West Midlands. 14.00 General meeting. (TLRS)
• Tuesday 6. Southampton 19.30. John Laker: digital film of a 2010 Balkan trip. (LRTA/SEG)
• Friday 9. Glasgow 19.30. Mike Russell: The Tramway Scene in Australia & New Zealand. (STTS)
• Friday 9. Leeds 19.00. Richard Buckley: Tramways of Portugal
• Saturday 10. Birmingham. 14.00 Stan Letts: 1950s Nostalgia in Monochrome(joint LRTA/TLRS/ERS)
• Monday 12. Thames Valley 19:30. Martin Eady: Hong Kong and Australia, October 2011(TLRS)
• Wednesday 14. Brighton(Southwick) 19.40. Martin Jenkins: Glasgow 50 years on. (TLRS)
• Saturday 17. Taunton 14.00. Ernest Earnshaw and David Edwards: Rochdale to Romania(TLRS)
• Monday 19. Liverpool 19.30. Stanley King: Bradford City Council Transport Committe. (TLRS)
• Monday 19. Sheffield 19.30. Mel Reuben: Tramways of North America.
• Monday 19. Wickham 19.30. Group AGM and models competition (TLRS)
• Tuesday 20. London 19.00 Alan Holmewood: Tramway Video Evening
• Wednesday 21. Bristol 19.30. Andy Steel: TBA
• Thursday 29. Manchester 19.00. Dennis Gill: talks about his book Tram anthology.
• Friday 30. Edinburgh 19:30. Richard Wiseman: Swiss city trio (then and now).
• Saturday 31. Beeston 14.00 Alan Kirkman: Tramway Modelling - New Materials and Methods (TLRS)

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April 2012

• Tuesday 3. Southampton 19.30. Ralph Hanley: 1960s Southern steam, and Bob Petch: Southampton rail scene circa 1980. (LRTA/SEG)
• Thursday 5. Thames Valley 19:30. Ian Gledhill: Volk's Electric Railway (TLRS)
• Wednesday 11. Brighton(Southwick) 19.40. Mike Skeggs: Transport Cine Film Show. (TLRS)
• Friday 13. Glasgow 19.30. Ron Stevenson: Jim Donald's Streetcars. (STTS)
• Friday 13. Leeds 19.00. Sylvia Spencer: From Hong Kong to Blackpool in Cine
• Saturday 14. Birmingham. Cancelled (Joint LRTA/TLRS/ERS)
• Monday 16. Liverpool 19.30. Martin Jenkins: Liverpool Photographs and Slides. (TLRS)
• Monday 16. Sheffield 19.30. Bob Hill: The Heaton Park Tramway.
• Monday 16. Wickham 19.30. Bob Howse: Newcastle's tramways (TLRS)
• Tuesday 17. London 19.00 Geoff Tribe: Northern Germany 2011
• Wednesday 18. Bristol 19.30. Adrian Tuddenham: Trams of Timsbury
• Saturday 21. Birmingham. 14.00 Brian Edwards: More Travels Down Under(joint LRTA/TLRS/ERS)
• Saturday 21. Taunton 14.00. Andy Steel: reminicices on Tramway Technology(TLRS)
• Saturday 28. Beeston 14.00 Dave Carson: The Peter Davis Slide Collection (TLRS)

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May 2012

• Tuesday 1. Southampton 19.30. Martyn Davies: Blackpool trams. (LRTA/SEG)
• Tuesday 1. Thames Valley 19:30. Eddie Dawes: London's tram routes(part three): 72 to 99A (TLRS)
• Saturday 5. West Midlands. 14.00 General meeting and Photo Competition. (TLRS)
• Wednesday 9. Brighton(Southwick) 19.40. John Zebedee: Trolleybus Preservation in the U.K. (TLRS)
• Saturday 12. Birmingham. By invitation of S.L.S. - Dr. Paul Collins: The Kinver Light Railway. 14.00 at S.V.R. Station, KIDDERMINSTER.(joint LRTA/TLRS/ERS)
• Tuesday 15. London 19.00 Eddie Dawes: London Electric Tram Depots
• Monday 21. Liverpool 19.30. Ron Phillips: Tramways of the Wirral. (TLRS)
• Monday 21. Sheffield 19.30. Tony Williams: The new Metrolink lines in Greater Manchester.
• Monday 21. Wickham 19.30. Group: Models and videos (TLRS)
• Saturday 26. Beeston 14.00 Edward Dawes: London Tramways (TLRS)

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June 2012

• Tuesday 5. Southampton 19.30. Members' slides. (LRTA/SEG)
• Tuesday 12. Thames Valley 19:30. Video and models evening with the 'Len Hodges Trophy' competition (TLRS)
• Wednesday 13. Brighton(Southwick) 19.40. Bob Howse: Newcastle Tramways. (TLRS)
• Saturday 16. Taunton 14.00. Robert Manders: Recent travels in Europe(TLRS)
• Monday 18. Liverpool 19.30. Brian Davis: Modelling Techniques and Tips. (TLRS)
• Monday 18. Sheffield 19.30. Members' slides/computer presentations.
• Monday 18. Wickham 19.30. Ian Gledhill: Milan and its tramways (TLRS)
• Tuesday 19. London 19.00 TBA: TBA

July 2012

• Wednesday 11. Brighton(Southwick) 19.40. Guy Hall: Brighton Tram 53 project. (TLRS)
• Tuesday 17. London 19.00 Alan Pearce: Chicago Electric Traction 2011

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August 2012

• Wednesday 8. Brighton(Southwick) 19.40. Derek Redmond: Slides from the past(1970's). (TLRS)
• Sunday 19. Nailsea 14.00. Tea and trams at Keith Walton's house(provisional)(Taunton TLRS)
• Tuesday 21. London 19.00 Alan Pearce: Annual General Meeting
• Tuesday 21. London 19.15 Members Evening
• Saturday 25. Beeston 14.00 Members Meeting - your opportunity to talk about your recent activities (TLRS)

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September 2012

• Tuesday 4. Southampton 19.30. Martin Petch: western German tramways in the 1980s. (LRTA/SEG)
• Wednesday 12. Brighton(Southwick) 19.40. Ian Gledhill: Rails around the Bay Part 2. (TLRS)
• Tuesday 18. London 19.00 TBA: TBA
• Saturday 29. Beeston 14.00 TBA (TLRS)

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October 2012

• Tuesday 2. Southampton 19.30. Martyn Davies: a railway miscellany. (LRTA/SEG)
• Wednesday 10. Brighton(Southwick) 19.40. Chris Warren: Before and later in Europe. (TLRS)
• Tuesday 16. London 19.00 TBA: TBA
• Saturday 27. Beeston 14.00 TBA (TLRS)

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November 2012

• Tuesday xx. London 19.00 TBA: TBA
• Tuesday 6. Southampton 19.30. AGM + members' slides. (LRTA/SEG)
• Wednesday 14. Brighton(Southwick) 19.40. Tony Sullivan: By Tram to 'Cern'(Geneva). (TLRS)
• Monday 20. London 19.00 Martin Jenkins: Glasgow Trams in Colour
• Saturday 24. Beeston 14.00 TBA (TLRS)

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December 2012

• Tuesday 4. Southampton 19.30. to be confirmed. (LRTA/SEG)
• Wednesday 12. Brighton(Southwick) 19.40. Les Dench & Brian Boddy: Guilty Tickets (a look at travel tickets during World War 2). (TLRS)
• Saturday 15. Beeston 14.00 Roger Benton: Tramway Films from the TMS Archive (TLRS)
• Tuesday 18. 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).
• Nottingham (Beeston): Scout HQ, Middle Street, Beeston, Nottingham (TLRS) Contact: David Hanger 01455 203 307
• Birmingham: joint LRTA/TLRS/ERS. From January 2012 at Quinborne Community Centre, Ridgacre Road, BIRMINGHAM, B32 2TW. Contact: Stan Letts, 52 Stanley Road, Oldbury, B68 0EQ (Tel. 0121-422 4326). (See West Midlands for TLRS solo meetings)
• 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.
• Dartford: No further meetings until a new venue can be found! Enquiries to Mr D Sayer. Tel: 01322 528119
• 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. Email stts.glasgow@virgin.net
• Huddersfield: Fourth Friday of the winter months (September to April) in Huddersfield Town Hall, Meeting Room 1. Enquiries to Brian Kilner. Tel:01484 652038 (West Yorkshire Tram Group)
• 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).
• 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 Alan Matthews, Tel 0161 747 4742.
• London: LRTA/ERS meeting place: The Model Railway Club, Keen House, 4 Calshot Street, London N1 9DA. LRTA Meetings held third Monday of month (Third Tuesday from January 2012)- 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.
  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 May, 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).
• Thames Valley (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.
• Swanley: New meeting place to be advised. - usually 3rd Thursday. Enquiries: Mr D C Sayer 01322 528119 (TLRS Kent).
• Taunton: The Taunton Academy (South Site). Priorswood Road, Taunton. Third Saturday of Month from 2pm until about 4:30. (Enquiries to David Edwards (Hon Secretary) on 01392 462860 or Keith Walton (Hon Chairman) on 01275 857903) (TLRS West of England Group meetings).
• West Midlands: TLRS. The Transport Group's Quarters at the Black Country Living Museum, Tipton Road, DUDLEY, DY1 4SQ (access through the normal Museum visitor entrance - exemption from admission charge). Contact: Stan Letts, 52 Stanley Road, Oldbury, B68 0EQ (Tel. 0121-422 4326).
• 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)