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At our monthly meetings the Friends enjoy a varied programme of talks with the schedule of forthcoming speakers listed below. Meetings are held at North Road station (the Museum) in the Conference Room on the first Thursday of the month. This can vary, the first Thursday of January 2009 was New Year's Day for example, but the schedule is worked out well in advance and, if that schedule is changed, every effort will be made to keep people informed. Non-members are always welcome to the talks but we do ask for a donation. All dates listed below are Thursdays.
After organizing the schedule for 2011 and 2012 our Programme Secretary, Brian Denham, is leaving the post but can still be contacted by e-mail. If you would like to suggest a speaker for one of our meetings, or if you speak on railway related subjects yourself and are interested in offering your services, I'm sure your details will be passed on to Brian's successor whoever that may be.
Details of events organized by the Museum itself can be found on the "What's On" page of the Museum's website here. This page includes a link to a downloadable leaflet which lists all events at the Museum including the Friends meetings. These events can involve the Friends and include, for example, Santa weekends and Heritage Day tours.
| 1 December at 2.30pm | Christmas Get-Together. |
After several years of evening meetings at 7:15 with little variation 2012 sees the introduction of a new schedule. To save the Museum the expense of lighting, heating and what have you meetings will be held at 1:45pm in winter months. All the dates listed below are still Thursdays but be sure to note the time now as well as the date.
| 5 January 1:45 | The Bishop Line in the last few years. Bob Whitehouse |
| 2 February 1:45 | Witton Park, Durham's Klondyke. Keith Belton |
| 1 March 1:45 | An introduction to the Railway Chaplaincy Service. Rev. Stephen Soeby |
| 5 April 7:15 | AGM then Black Hat Railway Photographs. David Newby |
| 3 May 7:15 | The work of the Railway Heritage Trust. Andy Savage |
| 7 June 7:15 | Bishop Auckland Station- Past, Present and Future. Andrew Everette |
| 5 July 7:15 | The National Railway Museum and Friends. Frank Patterson |
| August | No Meeting. |
| 6 September 7:15 | Museum update. David Tetlow |
| 4 October 1:45 | New thoughts on the “Hackworth blast pipe”. Ray State |
| 1 November 1:45 | North Yorkshire Moors Railway: 1986 to 2006. Ian McInnes |
| 6 December 1:45 | Christmas Get-Together |
