Meeting Programme

Meetings are held at Marshall House starting at 2.30pm unless stated otherwise.

Visitors are normally welcome to attend meetings. Please make yourself known to a member of Council so that we can welcome you properly.

[CM] Indicates a Council meeting attended by Council members only. These usually start at 11.30 am.

Workshop Topics

In the past meetings to discuss workshop tools and techniques were held at Marshall House. We are reintroducing this idea in the programme for 2009. We plan to have a member introduce the topic with a talk of perhaps fifteen to twenty minutes duration. This will be followed by a period of discussion lasting about half an hour. During the course of an afternoon there will be two such sessions with time for tea between the two.

These meetings will depend on a lively discussion taking place so please come along and contribute, whatever your level of experience.

Reminiscences of a Spring Maker by Peter Badger

Saturday September 4^th

Pete's father started making springs in 1929 and Pete joined the family business in 1979.  He will talk about the process of making springs by hand and on the wide variety of springs and wire shapes that customers required.  Customers ranged from the Loveable Bra Company Ltd and  Marconi Radar, Marine and Communications in Chelmsford to 30 plus electrical manufacturers along the Lea Valley, eg Thorne, EMI, Ferguson and MK.

Although Pete was not involved with the Loveable Company, his father would frequently raise a laugh when talking of his adventures 'on site' with wire shapes and the company's models who had to be measured accurately!

 

Tour of St. Pancras Station – Thursday October 7^th  at 2 pm

Royden Stock is the acknowledged expert on the history of the station. He has very kindly agreed to take a party of up to 30 members on a tour of the station. Very generously he has offered to waive his usual charge .

We will be visiting only the public areas and he has emphasised that this will not be a technical tour but the history of the station is fascinating and if you have not already done so this is a wonderful opportunity to see the splendid work that has been done to create a modern international rail terminal while preserving much of the original fabric and features.

We are warned to wrap up warm, the station can be cold at that time of year.

We suggest that a good place to meet for lunch is the Skinners Arms at 114 Judd Street, WC1H 9NT. This is a short walk from the station, the beer is Greene King and they advertise reasonably priced food.

Please let Peter Haycock or Roger Woollett know if you would like to attend.

Thameslink services

A major upgrade to the Thameslink service is under way which means that for the foreseeable future trains will not call at Loughborough Junction station at weekends. A replacement bus service will operate but it is probably best to seek an alternative route.

 The First Capital Connect website has full details.

The Victoria line is also subject to engineering work, you are advised to check the TFL website before travelling.

Gauge 1 informal meetings

Please note these are open to all members of the Society. Please feel free to drop in with or without a locomotive to run.