London Meetings

Held jointly with the National Trolleybus Assocation at the Model Railway Club, Keen House, Calshot Street, London, N1 9DA. Admission is £2.00; doors open at 18.30 and meetings start at 19.00; refreshments are available. Bus routes 30, 73, 91, 205, 214, 394 and 476 run nearby; nearest Underground station is Kings Cross / St. Pancras.

Wednesday 18 September John Parkin with Black Country, East Anglia and Sandtoft Museums over the years

Wednesday 16 October Keith Farrow: Athens (slides and video), Wellington (video 1995), Lyon and Zaragoza 75 and depot visit, a selection of pictures and videos

Wednesday 20 November Dave Hall: Reading Trolleybus Heyday (pure nostalgia of the system over the years)

Wednesday 18 December Mike Russell with a two-part presentation:

Part 1 - Trolleybuses (and a few trams) in Mexico 40 years ago (1979) (this will include a large number of former USA and Canadian trolleybuses then operating in Mexico City)

Part 2 - Farewell to Moscow. A valedictory review of the Moskva trolleybus system, until recently the world's largest, before one man achieves his ambition to shut it down.

If you feel able to present a slide, video or digital presentation please contact John Parkin, 59 Beechwood Court, West Street Lane, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 2QA Telephone 0208 773 0048 or e-mail trolleybus654@aol.com

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London Meetings