VERA LATE RUNNING EVENINGS
The last date for our late running evenings for 2024 is Saturday 21st September
Our volunteers will take over the operation of the railway late afternoon and continue until dusk with varying finishing times (check on the day). All late running evenings are weather dependent of course.
VERA WINTER MEETINGS 2024 - 2025
All Winter Meetings are held at The Patcham Community Centre, Ladies Mile Road, Patcham, BN1 8TA.
Doors open at 7pm and talks start promptly at 7.30pm. Admission is free to all but a donation towards the cost of running the evening would be appreciated. There is an interval for refreshments midway through the evening.
Wednesday 25th September 2024
Southern Transport Recollections by Paul Snelling
Recollections of various forms of transport in the south
Wednesday 27th November 2024
First tram rides: South East London by Chris Warren
Chris Warren recalls his childhood memories of London Trams, illustrated with (mostly) black and white images.
Wednesday 29th January 2025
Railways and tram systems of Paris by Tony Gwyther
Tony will be describing some aspects of this fascinating, historic, complex and evolving network of public transport.
Wednesday 26th March 2025
The Spa Valley Railway by Brian Halford
Brian gives and interesting insight about this preserved railway’s evolution through the good times and the bad, and about its contingent of volunteers who keep it going.
Wednesday 24th September 2025
The history of Volk’s Electric Railway by Ian Gledhill
VERA’s own Ian Gledhill returns to give his much acclaimed and now updated history of Volk’s Railway
