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Note: Meetings are LRTA meetings unless indicated otherwise by item in italics.
Meeting times stated are for the start of the programme. Venues are usually open up to 30 minutes prior to this.

Update List

Jan 03: Sheffield - Feb to June added.
Jan 10: Taunton - Feb to April updated, June, Sept added.
Jan 10: Wickham - April to June added.
Jan 10: Bristol - Feb, May, July updated.
Jan 10: Manchester - July, The Festival Of Model Tramways added. .
Jan 16: Garstang - March, April updated..
Jan 16: Liverpool TLRS - Jan to May added, meeting place updated.
Jan 16: Liverpool Feb added.
Feb 06: Durham - Feb to April added.
Feb 06: Leicester - Feb to April added.
Feb 06: Leeds - April added.
Feb 15: London - May, July - October added.
Mar 20: Taunton - June date change.
Mar 20: Bristol - April to June updated.
Apr 04: Manchester - June added.
Apr 04: Birmingham - September to May added.
Apr 04: Durham - May added.
Apr 11: London - June, November & December added.
Apr 21: Bristol - May updated, August added.
Apr 29: Taunton - June cancelled, October - December added.
Apr 29: Paddock Wood - July open day.

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April 2008

Tuesday 1 Southampton 19.30. Railway insignia by Steve Bigley. (LRTA/SEG)
Thursday 3. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. Roger Benton: Films from the TMS Archives. (Fylde Tramway Society)
Wedneday 09. Brighton(Southwick)19.40. Mike Skeggs: More tramway films from the Archives TLRS
Friday 11. Glasgow19.30.Mike Jackson: Tramway & Narrow Gauge Exotica.(STTS)
Friday 11. Leeds19.00. Albert Marshal: Trams in Hannover.
Saturday 12. Birmingham 14.00. Geoffrey Tribe: Hungary 2007. (LRTA/TLRS/ERS)
Wednesday 16. Bristol 19:30. Arthur Turner: Narrow Guage to the Swiss Alps
Wednesday 16. Durham 19:00. Dave Allinson: London past and present (TLRS)
Thursday 17. Brentford 19:30. David Voice: More about the TLRS Archive (TLRS)
Saturday 19. Taunton 14.00. Andrew Hunt: Models and Slides (TLRS)
Monday 21 Liverpool 19.30. Electrics Explained. (TLRS)
Monday 21. London 19.00 Geoff Warren: Ten Top Tramways
Monday 21. Sheffield 19.30 Paul Abell: Trams in the 1980s.
Monday 21. Wickham 19:30. Ernie Oliver: Germany 1980s, film & slide (TLRS)
Thursday 24. Manchester 19.00. Richard Wiseman The Development of the Tram
Friday 25. Leicester14.00. Members: Video Evening. (TMS)
Saturday 26. Beeston 14:00. TBA (TLRS)
Saturday 26. Garstang 14.00. Bob Wardle and Mark Brailsford: Model Tramways and 3D photos (TLRS)
Saturday 26. Swanley, Kent 14:30 .John Prentice: Tramway PostcardsTLRS

May 2008

Friday 2. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. TBC. (Fylde Tramway Society)
Tuesday 6 Southampton 19.30. Doug Cross and Peter Hall: 'from bulb fields to gum trees'. (LRTA/SEG)
Saturday 10 Birmingham 14.00. General meeting and Photo Competition. (TLRS)
Wednesday 14. Brighton(Southwick)19.40. John Buckle: Trams in Germany during the 1960's (Cini films from the Ted Oakley collection). TLRS
Thursday 15. Brentford 19:30. Models Evening (including competition for the Len Hodges Trophy) (TLRS)
Monday 19 Liverpool 19.30. TBC. (TLRS)
Monday 19. London 19.00 Alan Pearce: St Petersburg 100 years
Monday 19. Sheffield 19.30 Brian Abell: Development of the Valhalla Tramway Experience.
Monday 19. Wickham 19:30. Martin Jenkins: British Tramways Part II, 1954-57, Sunderland, Llandudno & Liverpool. (TLRS)
Wednesday 21. Bristol 19:30. Keith Walton: Hong Kong, New Zealand & Australia
Wednesday 21, Durham 19.00, David Haynes, Tramways of Switzerland (TLRS)
Thursday 29. Manchester 19.00. Ian Yearsley: Manchester's Deansgate, the horse tram legacy
Saturday 31. Beeston 14:00. TBA (TLRS)
Saturday 31. Garstang 14.00. TBC (TLRS)

June 2008

Tuesday 3 Southampton 19.30. Members’ slides evening. (LRTA/SEG)
Thursday 5. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. TBC. (Fylde Tramway Society)
Saturday 07. Taunton To be arranged.(2 weeks earlier than usual ) (TLRS)
Wednesday 11. Brighton(Southwick)19.40. Ian Gledhill: The Tramways of Lisbon(Carris).(TLRS)
Monday 16. London 19.00 Geoff Tribe: Work Cars Seen Over the Years.
Monday 16. Sheffield 19.30 Members' Slides.
Monday 16. Wickham 19:30. Ian Gledhill: Prague Tramways (TLRS)
Wednesday 18. Bristol 19:30. Brian Lomas: TBA
Thursday 19. Brentford 19:30. Members' slides, videos and DVDs (TLRS)
Saturday 21. TauntonMeeting Cancelled. No Meeting in June. (TLRS)
Thursday 26. Manchester 19:00. Ride on Heaton Park Tramway. Fare £1.50. Meet at Depot in Heaton Park near the Middleton Road Entrance.
Saturday 28. Beeston 14:00. TBA (TLRS)
Saturday 28. Garstang 14.00. Arthur Dawson (Blackrod Tramways): G Scale Garden Rail & O Guage running day (TLRS)

July 2008

Thursday 3. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. TBC. (Fylde Tramway Society)
Wedneday 09. Brighton(Southwick)19.40. Peter Williams & Brian Boddy: Swiss Wanderings Part 2. TLRS
Sunday 13. Paddock Wood 10:00 - 16:00 hrs. Open Day: Exhibition of memorabilia, 2/3 wheeled transport, model fire engines, model railway and tram layouts, garden railway, refreshments. (Day in aid of The British Heart Foundation) Contact Ian & Susan Williams Tel:01892 836565 Email:rocketsue@lineone.net .
Wednesday 16. Bristol 19:30. Area AGM Followed by Bob Howse: Innsbruck
Saturday/Sunday 19/20 Manchester. The 2008 Festival Of Model Tramways see Events page for further details.
Monday 21. London 19.00 Alan Murray-Rust: Trams in the German Black Country
Monday 21. Wickham 19:30. Members' videos, DVDs & slides (TLRS)
Saturday 26. Beeston 14:00. TBA (TLRS)

August 2008

Thursday 7. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. Members Slide and Film Evening. (Fylde Tramway Society)
Wednesday 13. Brighton(Southwick)19.40. Godfrey Gould: From Calgary to Calcutta via Croydon and Crich looking at various tramway systems. (TLRS)
Monday 18. London 19.00 Alan Pearce: London AGM
Monday 18. London 19.15 Members Evening
Wednesday 20. Bristol 19.30 Alan Wilkins: Chicago to Vienna
Saturday 30. Beeston 14:00. TBA (TLRS)

September 2008

Tuesday 2 Southampton 19.30. Bruce Oliver: railways in and around London in the last 30-40 years. (LRTA/SEG)
Thursday 4. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. TBC. (Fylde Tramway Society)
Saturday 6. Birmingham 14.00 General meeting. (TLRS)
Wednesday 10. Brighton(Southwick)19.40. Malcolm Keeping: British Trolleybus Systems. (TLRS)
Monday 15. London 19.00 Ken Organ: Istambul 2008
Saturday 20. Beeston 14:00. TBA (TLRS)
Saturday 20. Taunton 14.00. Richard Pennell: Bournemouth and Southampton Tramways (TLRS)

October 2008

Thursday 2. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. TBC. (Fylde Tramway Society)
Tuesday 7 Southampton 19.30. Richard Pennell: The tramways of Bournemouth & Poole. (LRTA/SEG)
Wedneday 08. Brighton(Southwick)19.40. Mike Crabtree: The Great Orme Tramway Revived. TLRS
Saturday 11. Birmingham 14.00 Graham Sidwell: A Tramway Micellany - Old & New. (LRTA/TLRS/ERS)
Saturday 18. Taunton 14.00. Keith Walton: A tour of Hong Kong, New Zealand and Australia (TLRS)
Monday 20. London 19.00 Nick Btritton: Halle 2007
Saturday 25. Beeston 14:00. TBA (TLRS)

November 2008

Saturday 1. Birmingham 14.00 General meeting. (TLRS)
Tuesday 4 Southampton 19.30. AGM and members’ slides. (LRTA/SEG)
Thursday 6. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. TBC. (Fylde Tramway Society)
Saturday 8. Birmingham 14.00 t.b.a. (LRTA/TLRS/ERS)
Wednesday 12. Brighton(Southwick)19.40. Les Dench: From Manhattan to Mexico, 45 years on. (TLRS)
Saturday 15. Taunton 14.00. Les Folkard: More travels with a camera (TLRS)
Monday 17. London 19.00 Geoff Tribe: Spain Central and South 2008
Saturday 29. Beeston 14:00. TBA (TLRS)

December 2008

Tuesday 2 Southampton 19.30. Ted Goodman: The Southern Electric 1909-1969. (LRTA/SEG)
Thursday 4. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. Annual Photographic Competition. (Fylde Tramway Society)
Wednesday 10. Brighton(Southwick)19.40. Phil Hanson: Polish Tramway Travels.(TLRS)
Saturday 13. Beeston 14:00. TBA (TLRS)
Saturday 13. Taunton: One week earlier than usual. Christmas Lunch followed by model and photo competition. Details later.(TLRS)
Monday 15. London 19.00 Mike Russel: TBA

January 2009

Saturday 3. Birmingham 14.00 Annual General meeting and Models Competition. (TLRS)
Saturday 10. Birmingham 14.00 t.b.a. (LRTA/TLRS/ERS)

February 2009

Saturday 14. Birmingham 14.00 t.b.a. (LRTA/TLRS/ERS)

March 2009

Saturday 7. Birmingham 14.00 General meeting. (TLRS)
Saturday 14. Birmingham 14.00 t.b.a. (LRTA/TLRS/ERS)

APRIL 2009

Saturday 18. Birmingham 14.00 t.b.a. (LRTA/TLRS/ERS)
MAY 2009

Saturday 9. Birmingham 14.00. General meeting and Photo Competition. (TLRS)

MEETING VENUES:

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)
Brentford: Kew Bridge Steam Museum, Green Dragon Lane, Brentford. Contact: Ron Howes Tel. 020 8948 0721. (TLRS meetings).
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.
Durham: Durham City Companions Club , 10 Waddington Street. Durham . Enquiries to Melvyn Whatmough, Bittlestones, Gilsland, Brampton, CA8 7EP. TEL: 016977 47524, Email: tlrs@bittlestones.co.uk. (TLRS)
East Anglia: Contact John Woods, 89 Welsford Road, Norwich, NR4 6QE. Tel: 01603 507631. Email: john@supertram.org.uk
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 1, 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 updated (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.Helliwell, 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. Meetings last Thursday of the month. 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 secretary, Pat Abbott by telephone (01865 433368) or e-mail (pat.abbott@materials.ox.ac.uk).
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): Wickham Community Centre, Wickham, Hants. Third Monday of Month. Enquiries to Bob Howse, 54 Stoney Lane, Winchester, Hants, SO22 6DP. Tel:01962 882971 (TLRS)

MEETING PRICES: Many of the meetings have either an entry fee or ask for voluntary contributions. Where fees are below GBP1.00 they are not quoted in the meeting lists.

Beeston (Nottingham): TLRS 1.00
Blackpool: FTS nil
Brighton: TLRS 1.00
Bristol: LRTA 1.00
Brentford: TLRS 2.00
Durham: TLRS 2.00
Edinburgh LRTA nil
Glasgow STTS nil
Huddersfield WYTG 1.50 or 7.50 annual.
Kent TLRS 1.00
Leeds: LRTA collection
Leicester TMS 1.00 approx. donation
Liverpool LRTA nil
Liverpool TLRS voluntary
London: LRTA nil
London: ERS nil
Manchester LRTA 2.00 voluntary
Oxford & Chilterns TLRS nil
Sheffield LRTA 1.00
Southampton LRTA/SEG 2.00
Taunton TLRS 1.00
Wickham TLRS 2.00 (after 1st. meeting for non-member)

Details of all LRTA area and national meetings are published in the Association's magazine Tramways & Urban Transit each month

To contact the LRTA office for information - meetings@lrta.org

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