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The committee; Brian Boddy - Peter Willams - Alan James | ||
WHAT IS TLRS? The Sussex Area Group was formed in 1991 and has an informal and friendly membership of around 60 people. Meetings are held on a regular monthly basis every second Wednesday of the month, and are located in the Southwick Community Centre, Southwick, Brighton, BN42 4TE. Meetings commence at 7.30 for 7.40pm. We aim to have an invited guest speaker for most of our meetings and our topics include many facets of historic to modern tramways including trolleybuses. We have close links with the other transport interest clubs of Sussex, and a number of our members also belong to the Tramway Museum Society and the Light Rail Transit Association. The Sussex Area Group has its own colour newsletter entitled 'Tramlines' which is published every six months and comprises of articles of current and past interest submitted by the Group membership. Many of the members are keen tram modellers and the Group attends exhibitions throughout the year, displaying members' own layouts ranging in scale from 4mm to 3/4" to 1' scale. Guests or new visitors are charged £1.50 with refreshments available during the evening at a reasonable charge. | |||
EVENTS PROGRAMME | |||
| Wednesday of; | Presentation Title; | Details on the topic of the evening; | |
| 10th January | AGM folowed by Terry Russell | Some more choice items from the attic. | |
| 14th February | Mike Skeggs Cine Film | A selection of films from Mikes personal collection. | |
| 14th March | Athens and Arnhem | Mainly Trolleybuses with John Zebedee | |
| 11th April | 7.30pm Start Where conduit met overhead | The tramways of South London Tooting & Stretham, presented by Richard Pennell. | |
| 6th May | Coach outing to the annual steam festival | Stoomcentrum Maldegem with a set down at De Panne/Adinkerke for the Coastal Tramway. | |
| 9th May | The tramway peregrinations of Richard Elliot 1930-1960 | John Buckel recalls the travels of this remarkable tram enthusiast. | |
| 9th June | Afternoon 'Running Day' at John Buckle's Garden Railway. | A joint event with the Kent & South East London Group. | |
| 13th June | Brighton Trolleybuses- Part two | The second half of the excellant presentation by Andrew Henbest. | |
| 24th June | Coach outing to Valenciennes | This new tram system opended in July 2006. | |
| 11th July | Londons Tramways | A look at the capitals remarkable system with John Prentice. | |
| 12th July | Evening Visit to the Lavender Line | A return ticket in conjunction with the Mid Hants Railway Group. | |
| 8th August | A European miscellany in the mid seventies. | Derek Redmond makes a welcome return with cine film recollections. | |
| 12th September | Let me tell you a story, up to and including the Manx Electric Railway. | David Howard continues his personal story of a life in public transport. | |
| 10th October | Black Sea discoveries. | A cine film and slide prsentation by John Bishop. | |
| 14st November | Swiss Wanderings | A look at the Swiss transport scene with Peter Williams and Brian Boddy. | |
| 12th December | Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia and Austria | A glimpse of trams and trolleybuises with Philip Hanson. | |
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