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The 1939 LNER Exhibition, Norwich
http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/906
Early colour footage of London
http://tinyurl.com/d92jtbc
Why are 80s cars less loved than those from other eras?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22525103
The Dambusters raid: How effective was it?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22510300
Dambusters: From despair to hope
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-22214869
Dambusters raid: Retrace the daring journey
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22544567
Dambusters Derwent flypast on 70th anniversary of raid
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22554314
http://tinyurl.com/azk9f6h
National Memorial Arboretum plants Dambusters tribute
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-22541979
Dambusters 70th anniversary
http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/story/2013-03-21/dambusters-70th-anniversary/
The Rheine-Emden line in the early 1970s with 012s and other goodies that were running on that
line at the time
http://www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/8732558104/in/photostream
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
You've seen "the man with a train in his basement" - now a railroad-inspired bathroom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YK5_y1LzHk
RAAF F-111 Belly Landing
http://biggeekdad.com/2013/04/raaf-f-111-belly-landing/
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Underground Leeds: Rare tour below City Station
http://tinyurl.com/bs4f7eg
Photos of the day after the grounding of the SS Antilles off Mustique in 1971. The ship was
close to the coast and it hit a reef, the fuel tanks ruptured and the ship caught fire and
burned out. The wreck broke its back and was there for many years after.
http://tinyurl.com/c8jwx5j
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Steam-powered mill
http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/_mKSKZau9qs
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
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IN THE NEWS
HS2 rail benefits to economy 'unclear', says National Audit Office
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22543860
HS2 tunnel planned under M6 motorway near Birmingham
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22528791
High Speed 2 tunnel could be extended
http://tinyurl.com/buda8h6
Crossrail 2 consultation opens
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22522884
Ilkeston station bid wins £4.5m investment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-22546321
http://tinyurl.com/cxj3skd
New £1.44 million railway station to be built in Devon
http://tinyurl.com/b9o5lwp
Cambridgeshire railway stations' reopening proposed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-22522355
Lindsey Inger death: Calls for inquiry into level crossing safety
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-22538350
Railway line on track to open
http://tinyurl.com/cg5awso
Joining the Borders railway dots after 40 years
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22510460
Borders rail link: £150m plan for Penicuik spur
http://tinyurl.com/cl3kn2e
Free wi-fi for 25 Scottish railway stations
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22521026
Level crossings: Wales safety work after 33 near misses
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22480502
National Railway Museum seeks Mallard crew for anniversary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-22542147
Railway holds poignant tribute
http://tinyurl.com/cdrqz3s
Former railway brought back into use as footpath
http://tinyurl.com/cvln5q9
Cairngorm funicular railway walks plan talks
http://tinyurl.com/c9c4pmb
Abraham Lincoln's funeral train: A mystery is solved
http://tinyurl.com/csq4wts
Russian train blast hurls wreckage to sixth floor apartment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22481363
Public transport lost in transit
http://tinyurl.com/clhk5rp
Rail museum star attraction restored
http://tinyurl.com/cpd79bz
End of the line for model railway fan
http://tinyurl.com/a2p6gdn
Western Greyhound bus depot fire 'may have been arson'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-22522088
Hillman Imp: The car that drove Linwood to disaster
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/22294640
"Longbridge tunnel" Mini goes to auction
http://tinyurl.com/cb5nsb5
Rolls-Royce to back Bloodhound 1,000mph supercar project
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22507584
Chirk Aqueduct: First horse-drawn barge to cross in decades
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-22536565
Tall Ships regatta deal sealed for Greenwich 2014
http://tinyurl.com/cjkrhck
Shipwrecked tale of pearl-laden ship run aground endures today
http://www.yumasun.com/articles/ship-87394-desert-rasp.html
HMS Edinburgh arrives in the capital as part of 'emotional' final trip
http://tinyurl.com/byrpg78
Last UK BAC 1-11 flight as ZH763 arrives in Cornwall
http://tinyurl.com/cehmhkp
Pilotless flight trialled in UK shared airspace
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22511395
Lion 737 crash crew had no visual contact with runway
http://tinyurl.com/crgac4e
EasyJet plans live trial of ash-detection technology
http://tinyurl.com/d5dtynb
RAAF base could stand in as second Sydney airport
http://tinyurl.com/brx3jv4
Varteg Hill: Warning over opencast mine 'expense'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-22536448
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
18/05/13 BBC Radio 4 0607-0630
"Open Country" The Minack Coast
18/05/13 Channel 5 1535-1805
"The Dam Busters" 1954 feature film
18/05/13 BBC2 1615-1800
"The Great St Trinians Train Robbery" 1966 caper
18/05/13 Channel 5 1805-1855
"Last of the Dambusters: Revealed" "Johnny" Johnson
19/05/13 BBC2 1900-2000
"Racing Legends" Jackie Stewart
19/05/13 BBC2 2100-2200
"Australia with Simon Reeve" The Indian Pacific Railway
20/05/13 BBC1 1900-1930
"The One Show" Features English Heritage's signal box survey
20/05/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Britain's Best Drives" North Wales
20/05/13 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Motor Morphers" A beet harvester into a wrecker
20/05/13 BBC4 2100-2200
"The Somme: Secret Tunnel Wars"
20/05/13 BBC4 2200-2300
"Timewatch: The Last Day of World War One"
20/05/13 BBC4 2300-0000
"The First World War from Above"
21/05/13 Channel 5 1900-2000
"WWI Top Gun: Revealed" Development of the fighter plane
21/05/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Britain's Best Drives" St Ives to Land's End
21/05/13 Channel 5 2000-2100
"WWI's Tunnels of Death: the Big Dig" Messines, Belgium
21/05/13 BBC4 2000-2100
"The Golden Age of Steam" 1/2 The revival of narrow-gauge railways
21/05/13 BBC2 2100-2200
"Town with Nicholas Crane" 1/4 Oban
21/05/13 BBC4 2250-2350
"Glamour's Golden Age" The Luxe Experience
22/05/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Britain's Best Drives" The Lake District
22/05/13 BBC4 2000-2100
"The Golden Age of Steam" 1/2 The revival of narrow-gauge railways
23/05/13 BBC4 2305-0005
"The Somme: Secret Tunnel Wars"
24/05/13 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers" 4/8
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
17/05/13- Welsh Highland Railway: Real Ale Festival
19/05/13
http://www.festrail.co.uk
18/05/13- Four Marks 9th Model Railway Exhibition
19/05/13 Four Marks Village Hall, Lymington Bottom, Four Marks, Nr Alton, GU34 5AA
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1600 (Sun)
Adults: £4, Child: £2, Senior: £2.50, Family (2+2): £8
Raildater Derek Gillkerson will be attending with New Stanton Lees
In aid of Four Marks Scout Group
Free Vintage Bus to and from Medstead & Four Marks railway station
(Aldershot & District Omnibuses Rescue & Restoration Society)
http://tinyurl.com/cmtgl5e
18/05/13- Nene Valley Railway: Diesel Gala
19/05/13
http://www.nvr.org.uk
18/05/13- Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Class 31 Running Weekend
19/05/13
http://www.rhts.co.uk
18/05/13- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Steam Weekend
19/05/13
http://www.e-v-r.com
19/05/13 Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum: Big Wheels & Small Tracks
Coal Park Lane, Swanwick, Southampton, SO31 7GW
http://www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk/
20/05/13 Friends of Cromford Canal - Talk
Ironville Church Hall, Casson St, Ironville, NG16 5NN
"How not to build a Canal" - Dr Geraint Coles on the Chesterfield Canal
Starts: 1930, admission: £2.00
http://www.cromfordcanal.info
20/05/13 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Library, Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start, finish 2150
Narrow Gauge Steam by Neil Kearns
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
1930-2200 (approx) - doors open 1900
24/05/13- Gloucester Warwickshire Steam Railway: Cotswold Steam Celebration
27/05/13
http://www.gwsr.com/
25/05/13- Didcot Railway Centre: Diesel Shed Bash
27/05/13
http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk
25/05/13- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Wirksworth Carnival Open Days
27/05/13
http://www.e-v-r.com
25/05/13- Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site Walks
02/06/13 Includes a tour of both Crich railways and another following the exact
route limestone would have taken down the gangroad and along the canal
to the Butterley Works
26/05/13- Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: May Fair
27/05/13
http://www.rhts.co.uk
27/05/13 National Bus Company Running Day and Rally
Operating from St Catherine's Car Park, Bar End, Winchester
Static display 1000-1630
Free shuttle service from railway station and The Broadway
http://hampshirebuses.weebly.com/nbc-running-day-2013-new.html
30/05/13 Palace Theatre, Newark
The Handley Page Story – introduced by Rob Foxon
Starts 1930
£7.50, £7 concessions
http://www.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk/palacetheatre/whatson/may/ageofaviation/
01/06/13 50th Anniversary of the End of Silver Star of Porton
The three surviving Silver Star vehicles gather in Salisbury
01/06/13- Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal
02/06/13 Engine in motion 1200-1700
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
02/06/13 Romsey Signal Box Open Day and AGM (box will close early to public)
Admission free (donations welcome!)
1000-1530
ex-Romsey Infants School, Plaza Parade, Winchester Rd, Romsey, SO51 8JA
Car park in old school grounds
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk
02/06/13 Twyford Waterworks: Railway Gala Open Day
Hazeley Road, Twyford, Hampshire, SO21 1QA
http://www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk/
03/06/13 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Underhill Centre, St John's Church, St John's Road, Hedge End
Buriton Chalk Pits by Carolyne Haynes
Starts 1945
http://www.hias.org.uk/
03/06/13 Peak Railway Association, Sheffield Branch
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“Beside the Seaside: Railways & Resorts” & “The Bass Railway Trips 1865-1914”
Digital presentations by Rod Pearson
1930 for a 1945 start, for a requested £3 donation on the door
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
Cheers, Howard.
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