CORNWALL RAILWAY SOCIETY
Indoor Meetings Programme: 2019/20
Meetings are held at the Memorial Hall at Redruth Methodist Church. Redruth Methodist Church is easy to find - it is alongside the railway adjacent to the tunnel. Exiting the station from the up side turn right. There is free car parking in the evenings at Flower Pot car park just 100 yards away. Check out the location on Google Earth and use street view. There are quite good bus and train services from the station.
Indoor Meetings Programme: 2019/20
Meetings are held at the Memorial Hall at Redruth Methodist Church. Redruth Methodist Church is easy to find - it is alongside the railway adjacent to the tunnel. Exiting the station from the up side turn right. There is free car parking in the evenings at Flower Pot car park just 100 yards away. Check out the location on Google Earth and use street view. There are quite good bus and train services from the station.
We meet in the Memorial Hall which is on the first floor of this imposing building. The entrance for the hall is around the back. Walk up the narrow pavement to the left of the building.
You will have walked up the narrow pavement alongside the road, entrance to the hall is through the white door seen in this view. Beyond the door a sloping passageway leads up to the Memorial Hall.
CORNWALL RAILWAY SOCIETY
Indoor Meetings Programme: 2019 - 2020
Meetings are held at the Memorial Hall, The Methodist Church, Redruth on the 2nd Saturday of each month, starting at 18.30.
Visitors most welcome: £3 admission charge.
2019
September My 49 year railway career - and a bit more besides by Dennis Flood.
14 Dennis – our Chairman – spent much of his railway career in the Liverpool and Crewe areas where he encountered a wide range of events and incidents which he will illustrate and describe in his entertaining talk.
Please note that the indoor meeting programme on this web site is the correct one and that there is an error in the autumn CRS magazine version for October and December 2019. I can understand that members who were not at the September meeting might wonder which one is correct. - Derek Bitterant.
October 21 years as Signalling Inspector/Incident Officer Cornwall and Devon by Steve
12 Heginbotham. With recent improvements to signalling after years of rationalisation, now is the right time to learn from Steve some of the events and changes he has seen.
November GWR Camping Coach Holidays by Mike Fenton.
9 Mike makes a welcome return with his detailed study of the very popular network of camping coaches which provided inexpensive holidays beside the railway for thousands of families. We are also promised another musical interlude provided by Mike and his wife, Rachel, playing the autoharp.
December HOLDING THE LINE -
14 how Britain's railways were saved by Richard Faulkner.
Our speaker, Lord Faulkner of Worcester, as well as a distinguished political career, has had a lifelong interest in railways, holding several key posts including President of the Railway Heritage Association. Please make every effort to attend,
2020
January Brian Aston's New Year Railway Sound and Light Show.
11 This will be another of Brian's whirlwind explorations of (mainly) railway happenings, spiced with his usual selection of quirky, amusing or hair-raising video clips.
February The Peter Gray Archive. Amyas Crump brings to us the second collection of superbly
8 photographed and nostalgic scenes from the many thousands in the late Peter Gray's collection.
March 18.30 Annual General Meeting
14 19.00 (approx) Members' Evening.
Members are invited to offer short (10 to 20 minutes) talks on any railway theme, illustrated or not. Please see Peter Bragg or Derek Buttivant not later than the January meeting, to register your interest in taking part.
April The transformation of the Western Region – an illustrated talk by Paul Stanford. First-
4* hand knowledge of and involvement with WR infrastructure over many years provides the material for Paul's welcome return visit to the CRS. *Please NOTE this is on the 1st Saturday of the month
May Photographic competition and Roger Winnen's quiz
9 The competition is for everyone and includes sections for some of those old but interesting images from the past. Following screening of the photo competition entries, Roger will again tease members' knowledge and memories with his inimitable quiz.
* IMPORTANT NOTE The April meeting will be on the FIRST Saturday of the month - this is due to the following weekend being Easter.
Outdoor Events 2020
The Outdoor Events for 2020 are under consideration - these may include visits to various signalling centres and also a coach trip somewhere - a case of 'Watch this space'.