Spring 2027 Lecture Programme
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Wednesday 20th January |
‘WELCOME TO 2027’ DICK CRANE takes a look at likely developments on our national and heritage railways during this New Year | |
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Wednesday 27th January |
‘EAST ANGLIAN BRANCH LINES -PART TWO’ DICK CRANE continues a review of the past and present branch lines around the Kings Lynn and Cambridge areas of East Anglia | |
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Wednesday 3rd February |
‘LIVERPOOL'S RAILWAY AGE’ DICK CRANE reviews the past and present railway scene in the city and region around Liverpool | |
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Wednesday 10th February |
‘STEPHENSON’S LONDON TO BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY ’ CHRIS GREEN reviews the story of what were the early developments of the West Coast Main Line | |
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Wednesday 17th February |
‘ON THE ROUTE OF THE CATHEDRAL’S EXPRESS’ DICK CRANE takes a pictorial journey from Paddington to Worcester and Hereford on this former titled train | |
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Wednesday 24th February |
‘TRACKS IN THE MIST’ A welcome return for COLIN BRADING with a selection long-lost railways including the Brill Tramway, Swansea & Mumbles Railway and much, much more | |
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Wednesday 3rd March |
‘THE NAME’S THE SAME’ DICK CRANE reviews the rail activity at some stations with the same name but very different rail services | |
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Wednesday 10th March |
‘EAST MIDLANDS IN THE DAYS OF STEAM’ MICHAEL CLEMENS returns to ‘Talking of Trains’ with another presentation from the B & R video library | |
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Wednesday 17th March |
‘THE PRIVATISATION YEARS’ NIGEL JONES relives the years of privatisation as the last of the former franchises return to public ownership | |
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Wednesday 24th March |
‘FOND FAREWELLS’ DICK CRANE rounds off another term with a variety of rail farewells from line closures to the end of steam | |
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Have a great summer and see you back at Talking of Trains on Wednesday 22nd September 2027
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