SDRT - Brian Smith, 58 Third Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath. BA2 3NZ (Tel 01225 352063)

Swanage - John Lakey, 114 Ivy Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath. BA2 1AN (Tel 01225 315981)

E-mail: john.lakey@blueyonder.co.uk

Venue: St. John’s Church Hall, St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath (close to the fire station). An admission charge of £1.00 will be made to cover cost of hiring the meeting room, to include cup of tea or coffee or cold soft drink. Meetings commence 7.30pm unless otherwise stated.

7 January 2008 - Memories of boyhood train spotting. A look back at those days when the sun always shone in the summer, Birmingham was a faraway place, and British Railways was full of variety. - by Bob Bunyar.

3 March 2008 – Subject to be confirmed. Speaker will be Graham Mimms.

28 April 2008 - The Blue Pullman. An illustrated account of the history and subsequent fate of the Pullman trains introduced in the 1960s, largely the predecessors of today’s highly successful HST fleet. With Mick Hayes.

7 July 2008 - Title to be confirmed. A return visit with more sights and sounds from the steam era with Simon Foote.

1 September 2008: "Return to Tavistock?" John Chapman, of Kilbride Properties Ltd will give a presentation on the ambitious scheme to extend the Tamar Valley line from Bere Alston, back to Tavistock, in return for permission to build many new homes at the town. The talk will be supported with slides of the line in former days, provided by Bob Bunyar.

3 November 2008: "The End of the Bristol Trams" An illustrated talk on the last years of the Bristol Tramway system, by Peter Davey.

5 January 2009 "Narrow gauge railways of Wiltshire" "I didn't know there were any" you might say. (I did!!) Well come along and discover for yourself some hidden, secretive, and unseen gems, not so far from home. An illustrated talk by Mike Dodd.

2 March 2009 "Railtours A slide show of scenes from many of the special charters which have run in recent years. - by Paul Udey

Brian Parnell, 121 Teg Down Meads, Winchester, Hants

SO22 5NN (Tel. 01962 856252).

Venue: Eastleigh Railway Institute, Romsey Road, Eastleigh. Meetings commence at 7.45 p.m. (doors open 7.15pm) with a retiring collection at the end, around 10.00pm. Bar available for refreshments. Meetings take place on Wednesday evenings, jointly with The RCTS South of England Branch and The Southampton and Waterside Group of the Mid-Hants Railway Preservation Society.

16 January 2008 – John O’ Groats to Lands End. In Part 1 Alistair Jeffery reaches Shrewsbury.

20 February 2008 – The Mid Hants Railway. A look at the past present and future of this railway with David Yalden.

19 March 2008 – Southern Railway Signalling. An evening with Ted Goodman.

16 April 2008 – Light Rail in London. Steve Bigley looks at the Docklands Light Railway and Croydon Tramlink.

21 May 2008 – Railways but not as we know them. A talk by Nick Kelly on animal powered railways.

Peter Foster, ‘Holmecroft’, 12 South Court Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 2BX (Tel: 1305 262121)

Note: New venue: All meetings to be held on a Friday evening at the Colliton Club, adjacent County Hall, Dorchester. Car parking between Club and Library. Meetings start 7.30pm. Admission £2

25 January 2008 - Railway Mystery Tour with Heather Foster

29 February 2008 - Rocky Mountains Express with Fred Worth

30 May 2008 - S&D Quiz with Roy Pitman followed by Midland Miscellany.

Part 1 - Return Quiz Challenge - SDRT Dorchester Area Group v Purbeck Railway Circle

Part 2 - Swanage Railway slide show

27 June 2008 - Southern Steam in Preservation with Bob Bunyar

George Judd, 4 The Glebe, Queen Camel, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 7PR. (Tel: 01935 850011)

Venue: Meetings held on Saturdays at Cleaveside Community Centre, Queen Camel starting at 7.30pm, unless stated otherwise.

5 & 6 January 2008 – S&D Model Railway Exhibition. Held at Edington Village Hall, Edington, Nr Bridgwater.

19 January 2008 – Scenes in the Countryside. A slide show with Peter Triggs.

16 February 2008 – Milton’s Travels. More from David Milton.

15 March 2008 – TBA. Refer to George Judd for detail