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GRES Meetings 2023

Upcoming Events

Live meetings – dates and subjects below – are held at the:

Emmanuel Baptist Church, Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1BB

Zoom Meetings – in conjunction with the Lutterworth Railway Society and the South East Essex Railway Society – access to each meeting will be advised nearer the date

  Modelling evenings – see Model Railway Section

Date

Speaker

Topic

Tuesday 7 February

Christopher Bull Gravesend & its clock tower-how the town came of age in the 1880s

Thursday 23 February

Henry Harryman

Video – Britain Railways Then & Now – GWR

Tuesday 7 March Robin Vince

History of Croydon Airport

Thursday 23 March

Geoff Brockett

Roaming around London

Tuesday 4 April

Stuart Giles Vintage cars from 1930s to 1950s

Thursday 20 April

Tony Riley

SER Main line from Charing Cross to Dover

Tuesday 2 May

Nick Catford

Disused London Underground Stations

Thursday 18 May

Andy Nash

RH&DR

Tuesday 6 June

Dave Burton

The Kent Steam Age

Tuesday 4 July

Nicholas Wheatley

Funeral Trains

Tuesday 8 August

John Day

East Anglian Railways in the 21st century

Tuesday 5 September

Henry Harryman

How the railways changed our lives

Thursday 21 September

Annual General Meeting – members only

Tuesday 3 October

David Hanger

20 years of High-Speed Rail in the UK

Thursday 19 October

Bob Gibbs

Garden Railway Layout and Presentation

Tuesday 7 November

Tim Kendal

How Beeching Saved the Railways

Tuesday 23 November

Dave Hanger

20 years of High Speed Rail in the UK

TUESDAY 12TH DECEMBER – GRES CHRISTMAS DINNER

Three Daws, Gravesend

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Welcome to Gravesend Railway Enthusiasts Society (GRES)

A Railway Enthusiast and Modelling Society centered on Gravesend, Kent.