MEMBERS' MEETINGS 2011/12
Meetings and other activities are held throughout the winter, or non-sailing, months at venues across the country. The meetings, except the Annual General Meeting parts, are open to all in order to advance the Society's charitable aim to advance public education on the subject of paddle steamers.
The Society's five branches organise the meeting programme as follows:
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Branch |
Location of Meetings |
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Bristol and Cardiff |
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Central London and Southend |
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York and Bury |
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Glasgow
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Bournemouth and Southampton |
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Date |
Subject
or Activity
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Time
and Location
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Saturday 29th October 2011 |
Ian Bennett “Isle of Wight Railways” |
2.15 p.m. at Cardiff Holiday Inn, Castle Street, Cardiff CF10 1XD |
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Saturday 19th November 2011 |
Brian Burton & Andrew Summersell “Medway Queen Re-build” |
2.15 p.m. at Anglican Methodist Church Centre, Prewett Street, Bristol BS1 6PB |
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Saturday 10th December 2011 |
Christmas Social, Quiz & Raffle Tea/Coffee and Mince Pies! |
2.15 p.m. on board Balmoral, Princes Wharf, Bristol |
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Saturday 14th January 2012 |
Captain Ian Clark “How I became a Paddle Steamer Captain” |
2.15 p.m. at Cardiff Holiday Inn, Castle Street, Cardiff CF10 1XD |
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Saturday 25th February 2012 |
Robin Wall “Balmoral Lounge Refurbishment” |
2.15 p.m. at Anglican Methodist Church Centre, Prewett Street, Bristol BS1 6PB |
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Saturday 31st March 2012 |
Captain Peter Tambling “From Schoolboy to Master” |
2.15 p.m. at Cardiff Holiday Inn, Castle Street, Cardiff CF10 1XD |
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Saturday 14th April 2012 |
Branch AGM at 11.30 a.m. followed at 1.30 p.m. by informal
buffet lunch |
Best Western Walton Park Hotel, Clevedon |
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Branch Secretary: Mrs Diane Hollingdale, 5 Sward Close, Rogerstone, Newport, NP10 0AZ email: dianeholli@ntlworld.com |
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London and Home Counties Branch
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Date |
Subject
or Activity |
Time
and Location |
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Saturday 12th November 2011 |
Tim Lewis, Secretary, |
2 p.m. at
Civil Service Club, Great Scotland Yard |
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Saturday 14th January 2012 |
Alec Lewis - "Pleasure Steamers of the Bristol
Channel" |
2 p.m. at
Civil Service Club, Great Scotland Yard |
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Saturday 11th February 2012 |
Branch AGM followed by Trevor Cox "Training Ships of
the |
2 p.m. at
Civil Service Club, Great Scotland Yard |
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Saturday 17th March 2012 |
Kevin Gregory, Deputy VTS Manager PLA "PLA &
Vessel Traffic Services" |
2 p.m. at
Civil Service Club, Great Scotland Yard |
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Saturday 14th April 2012 |
Dave Newcombe - "Woolwich
Ferry". |
1.30p.m. in the Lecture Theatre, Southend Library, Victoria Avenue, Southend on Sea |
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Branch Secretary: David Green, 22 Gordon Road, Leigh On Sea, Essex, SS9 3PW email lhcpsps@yahoo.co.uk |
North of England and North Wales Branch
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Date |
Subject
or Activity |
Time
and Location |
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Saturday 26th November 2011 |
John Beveridge “P.S. Maid of the Loch” |
2 p.m. at
Bury Transport Museum |
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Saturday 25th February 2012 |
Branch AGM followed by archive film presentation by
Richard Turner |
2 p.m. at
National Railway Museum, York |
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Saturday 17th March 2012 |
Graham Mackenzie: Presentation about S.S. Shieldhall |
2 p.m. at Bury Transport
Museum |
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Branch Secretary: Frank Gradwell, Greenside Farm No. 4, Mottram Old Road, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 3AL |
Scottish Branch
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Date |
Subject
or Activity
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Time
and Location
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Friday 21 October 2011 |
“Daniel Adamson” – Tony Hirst |
7.30 pm Renfield St Stephen's
Church Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow |
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Friday 16 December 2011 |
“Waverley – 30 years in the Hebrides” – Stuart Cameron |
7.30 pm Renfield St Stephen's
Church Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow |
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Tuesday 27 December 2011 |
Festive Lunch Cruise |
Greenock to Blairmore and Loch Goil aboard MV Cruiser (or other vessel) |
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Friday 20 January 2012 |
“Clyde View – A Look at out River” – Murray Paterson |
7.30 pm Renfield St Stephen's
Church Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow |
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Friday 17 February 2012 |
(Maid of the Loch) “In Steam for 2013” – John Beveridge |
7.30 pm Renfield St Stephen's
Church Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow |
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Friday 16 March 2012 |
“Waverley – Past, Present and Future” – Nick James |
7.30 pm Renfield St Stephen's
Church Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow |
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Friday 20 April 2012 |
Branch AGM followed by a presentation aimed at whetting
the appetite for the coming season |
7.30 pm Renfield St Stephen's
Church Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow |
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Branch Secretary: Gordon Wilson, 38 Merrylee Park Avenue, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6HR |
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Wessex Branch
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Date |
Subject or Activity |
Time and Location |
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Saturday 15 October 2011 |
“Magic Lantern Show” – Irene Marriott |
2.00p.m. at The Suncliff Hotel,
East Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth, BH1 3AG |
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Saturday 29 October 2011 |
“Who runs Waverley and Balmoral?” – Deryk Docherty |
2.00p.m. at The Holiday Inn, Herbert Walker Avenue, Southampton,
SO15 1HJ |
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Saturday 7 January 2012 |
“A Life at Sea” – Captain Ian Clark, Master of
Waverley and Balmoral |
2.00p.m. at The Holiday Inn, Herbert Walker Avenue,
Southampton, SO15 1HJ |
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Saturday 4 February 2012 |
Branch AGM followed by “Life & times of the Sandbanks
Ferry” – Nick Gosney |
2.00p.m. at The Cliffside Hotel, East Overcliff
Drive, Bournemouth, BH1 3AG |
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Saturday 3 March 2012 |
“Tales of a retired Solent Pilot and Memories of the Ryde
to Ventnor Steam Train” – Roger Silsbury |
2.00p.m. at East Cowes Town Hall, East Cowes, Isle of
Wight |
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Saturday 14 April 2012 |
“Steamers of the River Dart” – Richard Clammer
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2.00p.m. at The Holiday Inn, Herbert Walker Avenue,
Southampton, SO15 1HJ |
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Branch Secretary: Peter Lamb email WessexBranchPSPS@aol.com |
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