Croydon Regional Group
 
 
Meet at West Croydon Baptist Church at Spurgeon's Bridge, Whitehorse Road, West Croydon on the second Friday of the month at 7.45pm.
For more information telephone Chris Le Corney on 01843 843215.
 
Programme 2008
 
Meetings 2008
11thJanuary"An Evening With Christian Wolmar"Christian Wolmar
 8thFebruary"Matt Allen – Railway Photographer"Matt Allen
14thMarch"The Volks Electric Railway"Ian Blairfield
11thAprilA.G.M. followed by "The Longmoor Military Railway in 1960s"Chris Willis
 9thMay"Isambard Kingdom Brunel"Peter Lugg
13thJune"The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway"Paul Gower
11thJuly"Project 62"Dave Brown
 8thAugustno meeting
12thSeptember"Southern Images"John Bird
10thOctober"The Railway Heritage Trust"Jim Cornell
14thNovember"Foreign Travels"Jeremy Harrison
12thDecemberCroydon Railbrains Quiz 2008


Further Information
 
The purpose of the Croydon Group is to support the Mid-hants Railway physically and financially, and to provide local members with monthly talks and information on developments on the the Railway. Every year, through our fundraising, we donate over £500 to specific projects on the Railway, to help to keep steam running between Alton and Alresford.

You can help the Group support the Railway by coming to our monthly meetings on the second Friday of each month, except August: non-Members are also welcome. For your £1 entrance fee we can offer the chance to:

 •  be entertained by a varied programme of transport speakers;
 •  chat to like minded enthusiasts;
 •  bring a friend along as well;
 •  publicise the Group by taking and displaying copies of our programme sheet;
 •  publicise the Railway by taking bulk supplies of leaflets for display;
 •  help distribute the quarterly Mid-hants News magazine to local members;
 •  help us with the occasional publicity stand;
 •  dispose of your loose change in our model Bulleid coach;
 •  win a prize in our monthly raffle;
 •  hire a railway video for £1 a month;
 •  give your old aluminium cans to us to sell towards Group funds;
 •  travel in our Bulleid coach No. 4211 on our annual trip on the line;
 •  work on the vintage coaches owned by some members of the Group.

    For more information on coach restoration see the VCG page. VCG page
 
For general group information telephone secretary Chris Le Corney on 01843 843215
or for details of volunteer coach restoration, John Cook on 020 8699 6647.
West Croydon railway, bus and Tramlink stations are only 5 minutes walk away
and buses 50, 75, 157, 289, 450, 468 and 494 pass nearby.
 
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