VOLKS ELECTRIC RAILWAY ASSOCIATION

Events

VERA LATE RUNNING EVENINGS

The 2025 dates for our late running evenings will appear here as soon as they can be confirmed.

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 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