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For the February meeting we have a talk on the Pendon Museum. “A glimpse of English rural life around 1930 through extraordinary miniature dioramas featuring railways, villages and landscapes.“ https://pendonmuseum.com/ See you at the Angel, Woolhampton from 1930 on Monday … Continue reading →

There won’t be a bar at Bishopswood on Monday, but we will be serving tea and coffee. Feel free to bring your own alcoholic or other beverages. See you from 1930 – 2230, Monday 12th January, Bishops Green Village hall, … Continue reading →

For the January meeting we will be having a toy steam engine evening at Bishops Green Village hall, Newbury. There will be lots of space to run engines and tables to stand stationary engines on. Tea and coffee will be … Continue reading →

For the November Club Meeting we have Malcolm Frost coming to talk to us about building a 4″ scale model of the enigmatic Burrell Road Loco “Clyde”. Malcolm has spent many years building this model to fine detail so this … Continue reading →

We have some excellent meetings lined up for the next few months: Monday 10th November 2025: Mr Malcolm Frost talking about  his 4” model of ClydeMonday 8th December 2025: Christmas evening at Ashampstead Village hall Monday 12th January 2026: Toy model steam evening at Bishops … Continue reading →

Last of the working steam in Bosnia For the October Club meeting we have Stephen Fielding from the Kempton Steam Museum returning to give us a talk. Stephen gave an excellent talk last year on the Kempton Steam Museum. This … Continue reading →

For our July meeting we will be having our club models night at Fred Cooper’s yard. 35 Henwick Lane, Thatcham, Berkshire RG18 3BN Model and full size engines in steam, and Fred’s 5″ gauge railway running. We will be holding … Continue reading →

For The June Visit we will be visiting the Kempton Park Pumping Station on Monday 9th June. The committee need to know numbers for attending so if you have not already done so please let Carole Davis know on 07787550824. … Continue reading →

Don’t miss the talk by Roger White on Monday 12th May. Roger owns a variety of steam engines and has carried out many restorations over the years. For his day job, he owns and runs a ballistic testing facility, formerly … Continue reading →

For the May meeting we have Roger White giving us a talk entitled “Steam Restoration and Impacts”. This will be an evening not to miss! See you at the Angel Woolhampton on Monday12th May from 7.30pm.