Circle Diary
Meetings are held at Bradford Mechanics' Institute Library (2nd floor: lift access available), 76 Kirkgate, Bradford BD1 1SZ. Unless shown otherwise below, meetings will start at 2:00pm.
| 2025 | Programme subject to change | |
| Jan. 8th | Travels on Fuji Provia Film 2020 to 2024 | Paul Corrie |
| Feb. 5th | Home & Home Again | Alan Ward |
| Mar. 5th | The Slides of the late Alan Lovcey | Andy Barclay |
| Apr. 2nd | NYMR - The Early Years to the Present Day | Dave Birtle |
| Apr. 30th | All Things North & Eastern | Steve Armitage |
| May 28th | Hanging Around in Germany | Colin Boocock |
| June 25th | A Quizzical Tour | John Holroyd |
| July 23rd | The Highland Railway, Part 1 | Bill Jagger |
| Aug 20th | The Halifax High Level and North & South Junction Railway | Philip Hellawell |
| Sep. 17th | Prince of Wales - Brand New Steam for the 21st Century | Gary Hughes (A1 Steam Locomotive Trust) |
| Oct. 15th | My Railway Life History 1964-2024 | Paul Howson |
| Nov. 12th | Talgo | Colin Smith |
| Dec. 10th | AGM & Members' Photos |
| 2024 | ||
| Jan. 10th | The Isle of Wight & Back Twice in a Day POSTPONED: Venue still unavailable. See new date below: Feb. 21st. | Robert Clarke |
| Jan. 24th | AGM & Members' Night NB New date. | |
| Feb. 7th | Old Fashioned Slide Show | Alan Ward |
| Feb. 21st | The Isle of Wight & Back Twice in a Day NB New date. | Robert Clarke |
| Mar. 6th | Steam Days in Scotland, LMS Lines | Steve Armitage |
| Apr. 3rd | 1960s Railway Scene as seen by Leslie Metcalf | Chris Taylor |
| May 1st | Fifty Years Back | John Holroyd |
| May 29th | Stately Trains | Stephen Middleton |
| June 26th | A Mixed Bag of Trains | John Whiteley |
| July 24th | [Title/Speaker swap] 50 Years of Scottish Railways and Travel | Chris Davis |
| Aug 21st | [Title/Speaker swap] A Tale of Two Stations- The Saga Continues | Philip Lockwood |
| Sep. 18th | AMTRAK's California Zephyr | Julian Halstead |
| Oct. 16th | Steam Memories from the David Lane Archive | Ben Gordon Taylor |
| Nov. 13th | Where Would You Like to Go? | Anthony Hicks |
| Dec. 11th | AGM & Members' Night |
| 2023 | Archive | |
| Jan. 11th | Just Trains | John Whiteley |
| Feb. 8th | Sixty Years Back | John Holroyd |
| Mar. 8th | Excursions 50 Years Ago | Roger Hepworth |
| Apr. 5th | A History of Low Moor MPD | Granville Dobson |
| May 3rd | My Footplate Experiences | Granville Dobson |
| May 31st | Toronto & Vancouver 1981 (plus vintage steam) | Dave Peel |
| June 28th | [Title/Speaker change] WCML Part 3 - Preston to Glasgow | Steve Armitage |
| July 26th | In Search of Big Steam in Spain | Mike Swift |
| Aug 23rd | From the Back of the Cupboard | Steve Batty |
| Sep. 20th | French & Belgian Steam | Colin Boocock |
| Oct. 18th | [Title/Speaker change] Neville Hill Depot - Diary of an Escapee | Peter Holden |
| Nov. 15th | Railways in the Lake District | Martin Bairstow |
| Dec. 13th | AGM & Members' Night CANCELLED: Venue unavailable. To be rescheduled. |
| 2022 | Archive | |
| Jan. 12th | An A-Z of Railways - Part 1 [Title/Speaker change] | Chris Davis |
| Feb. 9th | St Pancras to Carlisle | Roger Hepworth |
| March 9th | An Austrian Trip - Part 2 | John Holroyd |
| Apr. 6th | West Coast Main Line - Part 2 | Steve Armitage |
| May 4th | Swiss Narrow Gauge, East of Geneva | Ray Wilkinson |
| June 1st | The Railway Slides of Peter Fox - Part 2 | Andrew Barclay |
| June 29th | Australia | Bill Jagger |
| July 27th | India - a Pot Pourri | John Holroyd |
| Aug. 24th | Stateside Wanderings | Chris Taylor |
| Sep. 21st | Tracks Abroad (NB Meeting starts at 2pm) | Julian Halstead |
| Oct. 19th | Journeys of a Canal Travelling Man | Paul Monahan |
| Nov. 16th | Zermatt for the Matterhorn (NB Meeting starts at 2pm) | Robert Clarke |
| Dec. 14th | AGM & Members' Night |
| 2021 | ||
| Feb. 10th | Trans-Canada 1981 (VIRTUAL MEETING, NOT AT SEDBERGH) | Ian Button |
| Mar. 24th | Bradford Area 1980-2021 (VIRTUAL MEETING, NOT AT SEDBERGH) | Peter Holden |
| April 7th | On The Narrow Gauge (VIRTUAL MEETING, NOT AT SEDBERGH) | Philip Lockwood |
| April 21st | A Yorkshire Railway Quiz (answers) (VIRTUAL MEETING, NOT AT SEDBERGH) | Bill Jagger |
| May 19th | 2019 - Britain Before Lockdown (VIRTUAL MEETING, NOT AT SEDBERGH) | Peter Holden |
| June 2nd | Trans-Siberian I - Irkutsk & Lake Baikal 1986 (VIRTUAL MEETING, NOT AT SEDBERGH) | Ian Button |
| Sept 22nd | Belgium - Trains, Trams & Beer! also Sale of Railway Books (PHYSICAL MEETING AT SEDBERGH) | Peter Holden |
| Oct. 20th | A Railway Miscellany (PHYSICAL MEETING AT SEDBERGH) | John Whiteley |
| Dec. 1st [DATE CHANGE] | A Quick Look at Slow Trains (PHYSICAL MEETING AT BRADFORD MECHANICS' INSTITUTE LIBRARY) | Dave Peel |
| Dec. 15th | An Austrian Tour (PHYSICAL MEETING AT BRADFORD MECHANICS' INSTITUTE LIBRARY | John Holroyd |
| 2020 | ||
| Jan. 15th | Travelling the Rhaetian Railway (including the Landwasser viaduct). | Robert Clarke |
| Jan 29th | Across India by Train | Colin Boocock |
| Feb 12th | BR - Now and Then. | Steve Fort |
| Feb 26th | Transforming Rail | David Horne LNER MD. |
| Mar 11th | 50 Years Back. | John Holroyd |
| Mar 25th | Mixture No.6 Cancelled | Dorothy Burrows |
| Apr 8th | 20 Subjects. Cancelled | Gavin Morrison |
| Apr. 22nd | Rails in Wales 70s and 80s Cancelled | John Bromfield |
| May 6th | An A to Z of Railways. Cancelled | Chris Davis |
| May 20th | Merchant Navy Class Cancelled | Dave Peel |
| Jun 3rd | Steam Video from Britain and Europe Cancelled | Jan Van Frausum |
| June 17th | A Railway Miscellany Cancelled | John Whiteley |
| July 1st | West Coast Main Line, Part 2 Cancelled | Steve Armitage |
| July 15th | Railways of Ireland Part 2 Cancelled | Keith Preston |
| July 29th | Railway Preservation Society of Ireland Cancelled | Norman Forster |
| Aug 12th | Stateside Wanderings Cancelled | Chris Taylor |
| Aug 26th | Along the Lines with Modern Traction Cancelled | David Tillotson |
| Sept 9th | A Quick Look at Slow Trains Cancelled | Dave Peel |
| Sept 23rd | Industrial Steam Cancelled | Steve Fort |
| Oct 7th | An Austrian Tour Cancelled | John Holroyd |
| Oct 21st | Swiss Narrow-Gauge East of Geneva Cancelled | Ray Wilkinson |
| Nov 4th | Journeys of a Canal-Travelling Man Cancelled | Paul Monahan |
| Nov 18th | Tracks Abroad Cancelled | Julian Halstead |
| Dec 2nd | Photography Competition Cancelled | Tom Ickringill |
| Dec 16th | 75th AGM, Followed by Member’s Night Cancelled | |
| Dec 30th | “The Slides of Peter Fox” part 2 Cancelled | Andy Barklay |
| 2019 | ||
| Jan. 2nd | Long Ago Far Away; | Ian Button |
| Jan 16th | Before the Railways Came, An Intro. To Canals | Paul Monahan |
| Jan 30th | German Narrow Gauge | John Holroyd |
| Feb 13th | Isle of Man Transport. | Julian Halstead |
| Feb 27th | Steam Locomotives You Wouldn’t Believe | Paul Abel |
| Mar 13th | Mixture No.5 | Dorothy Burrows |
| Mar 27th | 10 Years plus at Platform 5 | Robert Pritchard |
| Apr 10th | Australia and New Zealand | Peter Holden |
| Apr 24th | The Slides of Peter Fox. | Andy Barclay |
| May 8th | The Rise and Fall of USA Passenger Trains | Chris Davis |
| May 22nd | Bradford City Transport (part2) | Ian Dougill |
| June 5th | Steaming Through Lancashire and West Riding | Steve Fort |
| June 19th | Flying Scotsman and all 78 Others! | Dave Peel |
| July 3rd | WCML Part 1 Euston to Crewe. | Steve Armitage |
| July 17th | Around the UK in Classic Railway Posters. | Jane Ellis |
| July 31st | Railways of Ireland | Keith Preston |
| Aug 14th | Steam, Steam and more Steam. | David Tillotson |
| Aug 28th | Steam Train Travel Through the countryside to the coast | Gary Hayhurst |
| Sep 11th | Bradford Favourite Transport, (Bradford's Trolleybuses) | Your Webmaster |
| Sep 25th | From Contraction to Expansion | Paul Bigland |
| Oct 9th | Not Switzerland Tonight | Philip Lockwood |
| Oct 23rd | 50 Years Back | John Holroyd |
| Nov 6th | Midland Railway Outpost - Railway and
Maritime Operations. Lancaster, Morecambe & Heysham. Presented by Martin Bairstow, |
Jan Papatz and Alan Whittaker |
| Nov 20th | Where Would You Like To Go | Anthony Hicks |
| Dec 4th | AGM | |
| Dec 18th | Halifax to Hong Kong by Train | Geoff Budd |
| 2018 | ||
| Jan 3rd | Crewe to Carlisle Return | Steve Fort |
| Jan 17th | 40 years back | John Holroyd |
| Jan 31st | Fire up the Pentax | Steve Batty |
| Feb 14th | Cold Wednesdays The Restoration of the Last Leeds Horse Tram | Jamie Guest |
| Feb 28th | A selection of Scanned Slides - Cancelled due to snow | John Whiteley |
| Mar 14th | Mixture No. 4 | Dorothy Burrows |
| Mar 28th | A selection of Scanned Slides | John Whitney |
| Apr 11th | Railways of the Jungfrau Region | Robert Clarke |
| Apr 25th | Bradford City Transport | Ian Dougill |
| May 9th | A Railway Presentation | Gavin Morrison |
| May 23rd | Railways & Tramways of the Yorkshire Dales Quarries And Mines (Part 2) | Stewart Liles |
| Jun 6th | 1980 | Robin Lush |
| Jun 20th | The LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 A Celebration of “Second Rank” Power! | Dave Peel |
| Jul 4th | Railways around the Midlands in the 1970s | John Bromfield |
| Jul 18th | A Man Who Built Bridge | Bill Jagger |
| Aug 1st | The Cromford & High Peak Railway | John Evans |
| Aug 15th | Looking Back | Bill Jagger |
| Aug 29th | Railway Travels | David Wilkinson |
| Sep 12th | Bradford Railways in Colour | Jan Rapacz and Alan Whittaker |
| Sep 26th | BR Class 91 | Paul Corrie |
| Oct 10th | Irish Railways Today | Julian Halstead |
| Oct 24th | Steam to Diesel | John Evans |
| Nov 7th | Photography Competition | Tom Ickringill |
| Nov 21st | 50 Years Back | John Holroyd |
| Dec 5th | 73rd AGM followed by Members Night | |
| Dec 19th | African Travels Of Wadey | Eddie Lumb |
| 2017 | ||
| Jan 4th | My Australasian Trip | Keith Preston |
| Jan 18th | West Highland Sleeper | Julian Halstead |
| Feb 1st | What Might Have Been? | Jamie Guest |
| Feb. 15th | "Sir Thomas Bouch - Hero? Villain? Or Bad PR? | Bill Jagger |
| Mar.1st | Vintage Trip from South to West Yorkshire. | Dr Les Nixon |
| Mar 15th | 70s and 80s A Bit of This and a bit of That. | Paul Corrie |
| Mar 29th | Here and There | Dorothy Burrows |
| Apr 12th | A Railway Quiz. | John Holroyd |
| Apr 26th | Australia | Chris Taylor |
| May 10th | Great Northern Outposts vol. 2 The Halifax Thornton & Keighley Railway | Jan Rapacz and Alan Whitaker |
| May 24th | Railways - Social History and the Rural Railway. | Rob Shorland Ball |
| Jun 7th | Welsh Steam in the 1950s | John Carter |
| Jun 21st | Modernisation Plan, Diesels at Work | Howard Bolton |
| Jul 5th | 1986 BR and Preserved Railways | John Bromfield |
| Jul 19th | Railways of the Great War | Colin Hatton |
| Aug 2nd | Yorksksire Dales Quarry Railways and Tramways | Stuart Liles |
| Aug 16th | Digital Images from outside Britain 2013 - 2017 | Peter Holden |
| Aug 30th | Members Night - when you are all invited to bring something to entertain / interest us. Suggestions are digital images, slides, photo prints, railway relics and ephemera or a brief talk. Presentations can be any length but with a minimum of 30 seconds and a maximum of 10 minutes please. Relics and ephemera can be put out on the tables but as ever are at your own risk. | |
| Sep 13th | "Run VT un-edited | Jim Bennett |
| Sep 27th | Yorkshire, USA & SA | Mike Swift |
| Oct 11th | Forty & Fifty Years Back | John Holroyd |
| Oct 25th | Excursions from Bradford | Roger Hepworth |
| Nov 8th | Mind the Gap. (London Underground) | Jason Cross |
| Nov 22nd | Train Songs | Spencer Vine |
| Dec 6th | 72nd AGM, followered by Members Night. | |
| Dec 20th | Looking Back. | Bill Jagger |
2016
Jan 6 - Aire Valley Rail User's Group, by Keith Preston
Jan 20 - BR Blue, by Julian Halstead
Feb 3 - A Railway Quiz, by Peter Holden
Feb 17 - The Class 40 Preservation Society, by Martin Butterworth
March 2 - The Middleton Railway, by Ian Dobson
March 16 - The First Five Years of Digital Photography, by Alan Ward
March 30 - A Continental Compilation, by John Holroyd
April 13 - Decapods, Giesls and Albatross, by Stuart Lindsey
April 27 - The years of 2008 & 2009'What I Photographed, by Robin Patrick
May 11 - A History of Eastleigh Locomotive Works, by Colin Boocock
May 25 - The Deltic Preservation Society, by Richard Walsh
Jun 8 - From ICI to BRB Chairman - 42 years on the Railway (But NOT Beeching!), by Stuart Baker
Jun 22 - Scottish Railway Miscellany 1978-1981, by John Bromfield
Jul 6 - Tourist Trains of Ecuador & Peru, by David Peel
Jul 20 - Looking Back I Enjoyed It, by Bill Jagger
Aug 3 - Great Northern Outposts Volume 1, by Alan Whitaker and Jan Rapacz
Aug 17 - Pioneer Line, Midland 1907 Electrification to Morecambe, by Jamie Guest
Aug 31 - A Swiss Mixture, by Philip Lockwood
Sep 14 - RCTS Railtours from the Late 1950's to the Present Day, by Gavin Morrison
Sep 28 - Steaming Around The UK, by David Tillotson
Oct 12 - Run VT (unedited), by Jim Bennett
Oct 26 - 50 Years Back, by John Holroyd
Nov 9 - Photography Competition, by Tom Ickringill
Nov 23 - London Underground,by David Wilkinson
Dec 7 - AGM, followed by Members’ Night
Dec 21 - Wandering with Wadey, by Eddie Lumb
2015
Jan 7 - Big 4 Steam to BR Steam, by John Whiteley
Jan 21 - CANCELED DUE TO SNOW rescheduled for Feb 4th
Feb 4 - Recent European Travels, by John Holroyd
Was Mixture number 2 by Dorothy Burrows
Feb 18 - North America Revisited, by Chris Davis
March 4 - Modern Traction in Recent Years, by Steve Batty
March 18 - More Ramblings From An Ex Signalman, by Dave Scriven
April 1 - 1990s Part 3, by Peter Holden
April 15 - Wadey's Wanderings, by Eddie Lumb
Apr 29 - The Route of the Master Cutler, by Ken Granger
May 13 - Northern Rail, by Pete Myers
May 27 - UK mainline Steam (digital), by Ben Collier
Jun 10 - German and Austrian Steam 1969, by Noel Coates
Jun 24 - The Grassington Branch, by Peter Huff
Jul 8 - Grand Central, by Sean English
Jul 22 - Tramways of Leeds, by Ian Dougill
Aug 5 - Outside Visit
Aug 19 - Lost Lines to Nottingham, by Simon Swain (Replaced by Peter Holden: Night Pictures)
Sep 2 - Steam In and Around York, by Chris Nettleton.
Sep 16 - Ravensthorpe - Story of a Station, by Mike Swift
Sep 30 - The Robert Whitfield Show, UK steam 1948-1958', by Peter Berry.
Oct 14 - Still On Film, Another 200 to View, by Paul Corrie
Oct 28 - 40 Years Back, by John Holroyd
Nov 11 - Steam and Diesel in the West Riding, by Jim Livesey
Nov 25 - Around Britain by Rail, by John Holroyd
Dec 9 - AGM, followed by Members’ Night
Dec 23 - Monsoon Tours - Faces & Places, by Philip Lockwood
2014
Jan.8th. Colour Rail Slides 1950s 1960s. Keith Preston
Jan 22nd. A Potpourri of all Gauges. John Holroyd
Feb 5th. Another Brighton Byway. Tony Newnham
Feb. 19th. The Railways of Nidderdale. Chris Henderson
Mar.5th. What Are Railways For? Rob Shorland-Ball
Mar. 19th. Do You Remember? Dorothy Burrows
Apr. 2nd. Mainline Steam UK and Overseas. Dave Collier
Apr. 16th. Railways Behind The Scenes. Paul Bigland
Apr.30th. Uphill All The Way, The Snowdon Mountain Rly. Geoff Queen
LAST AT HEATON MEETING FROM HERE ON AT SEDBERGH COMMUNITY CENTRE
May14th. A Northerner Down South Part 2. David Peel
May 28th. 1975 Robin Lush
Jun 11th. The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust. Alexa Stott
Jun 25th. Old Flames – memories of a Low Moor fireman Granville Dobson (NB Change of speaker)
Jul 9th. Dave Scriven’s Rambles. Himself
Jul. 23rd. 5 Thousand Miles in Search of a Tram to Roundhay. Jamie Guest
Aug.6th. The Streamlined Trains and Mallard’s Record Run. Chris Nettleton
Aug.20th. It’s All About Us.Eddie Lumb
Sep.3rd. Outdoor Meeting
Sep.17th. Steam Everywhere – Everywhere Steam. David Tillotson.
Oct.1st. Trans Pennine and Northern England Modernisation and Electrification Stuart Baker
Oct 15th. Trains Across India. Colin Boocock
Oct.29th. Photography Competition. Tom Ickringill
Nov.12th. Thirty and Forty Years Back. John Holroyd
Nov.26th. 45 Years of Railway Photography Part 3. Les Nixon.
Dec 10th. 69th AGM, followed by Members Night;
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