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READING MEETINGS
Held on the first Friday of each month at the Reading District Oddfellows Hall, Oxford Road (next to Holy Trinity Church). Admission: Adults £1.50, Juniors/OAPs 75p. Meetings commence at 19.30.
A comprehensive slide show
of Reading’s trolleybuses will be shown at the Old Town Hall, Waterhouse
Chamber, on Monday 10th November, starting at 7.30pm.
The film show
follows the routes that the trolleybuses operated along. Come and enjoy a
nostalgic evening and see how much Reading has changed over the years. Only 60
seats are available on a first-come, first-served
basis. Tickets cost £5.00 per adult and £4.00 for under 16s and over 60s. To
reserve your seat(s) write to the British Trolleybus
Society, PO Box 2344, Reading, RG6 7FG. or email Dave at
wiltshireman@aol.com.
NOTE! Due to the sell-out of the first slide-show, a repeat has been arranged for Monday, 8th December !!!
5th December - Review of the Year
2009
2nd January - "British Trolleybuses - the last Ten Years". Mike Russell presents colour
slides of British trolleybus systems operating in the period 1963 to 1972.
Held jointly with the National Trolleybus Assocation at the Model Railway Club, Keen House, Calshot Street, London, N1 9DA. Doors open at 18.30 and meetings start at 19.00. Bus routes 30, 73, 91, 205, 214, 394 and 476 run nearby. Nearest Underground station is Kings Cross.
19th November – Dave Hall presents a Reading closure 40th anniversary programme
17th December – "The European Trolleybus scene, 1966-1979" - Mike Russell presents colour slides of 92 systems, almost half of which have since closed.
BRADFORD MEETINGS
Organised by the Bradford Trolleybus Association, meetings are held at 19:30, generally on the 2nd Friday of the month at the Pennington Midland Hotel (old Forster Square Station) ; the precise room details will appear on the functions board in the foyer. Admission prices are: £3.00 for BTA members, £4.00 for adult non-members. BTS Members are invited.
14th November - Dorothy Burrows; Cine Surprise
12th December - Tony Wilson; Archive Cine Films