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The Gosport Railway Society was formed in 1976 to act as a pressure group to try to ensure the preservation of the former Gosport Station, the colonnades of which are designated a Grade 2 listed building. The Society also concerns itself with the future of the three other surviving railway stations within the Borough of Gosport.

The Society is also a general interest railway group and hold meetings every third Friday of the month in the Methodist Church Hall in Stoke Road. The meetings always comprise of a speaker on a specific railway subject and they begin at 8.00pm and all are always most welcome.

The Society holds a very extensive photographic archive collection, mostly relating to railway topics on the Gosport peninsular, and these archives are very often used in talks to local groups, schools, clubs and colleges. The Society has, over the last few years, published five books dealing with the history of rail transport in the Gosport area and these are available from either the author Peter Keat who can be contacted on 023 9258 2499 or from local book sellers. To mark the centenary of Queen Victoria's last journey Peter Keat, with Oakwood Press, published a book dealing with the last three months of the Queens life and her last journey. This is a 96 page book with 90 illustrations and plans and is available from book shops, Oakwood Press or the author.

By Peter Keat

The 2011 Programme is as follows:-

Jan  21st  West Somerset Railway  Ian Wright

Feb  18th  London Victoria - Dover  Marine  Mike Pym

March 18^th South  Wales Industrial Steam  Barry Eagles

April  15^th  AGM & Chairmans Video Choice

May  20^th  London Underground 1923-1971    John Manners

June 17^th  Railways around Yeovil   Brian Jackson

 July  15^th  Vintage Transport Films  Keith Harris

August  19^th By Rail to  Victory Mike Hudson 

 September 16^th Southern  Mainline Steam since 1970  Neil Kearns

October  21^st New Zealand  Railways   Colin Brading

November 18^th  Photographic Competition & Chairmans  Choice

December 16^th Christmas  Railway Film Show  Alan Wallbank

All meetings are held in the Methodist Church Hall , Stoke Road, Gosport and begin at 8.00 unless otherwise noted. All Welcome

SPEAKER AVAILABILITY Peter Keat

 I can accept  speaking engagement during the day as well as in the evening.

I now have video projection facilities which means  I can give powerpoint presentations as well as slide talks:-

Goodbye to Victoria the last Queen  Empress. Queen Victoria’s  funeral	Power point  Presentation	Time as required 30 min  to 90  min
The Railways of Gosport, Lee on  Solent, Stokes Bay and Clarence  Yard	Power point  Presentation	Time as required 30 min to90  min
The Hayling Island  Railway	Power point  Presentation	Time as required 30 min to 90  min
Portsmouth in the  1960’s	Power point  Presentation	Time as required 30 min to 90  min

 

Travels in Scandinavia

Slide  show

Time as required 30 min to 90  min

I can also show the  following to small groups of friends!:-

Title	Format	Duration
Metroland by  John Betjeman	Video  Projection	60  mins
John  Betjeman in Norfolk (  Diss) John Betjeman goes by train  1960	Video  Projection	40  mins
John Betjemans  London	Video  Projection	60  mins
The Lost  Betjeman’s	Video  Projection	115 mins or part  of
The  Glacier Express through Switzerland Video and personal  memories	Video  Projection	105 mins or part  of
The  Orient Express UK and Europe Video and personal memories	Video  Projection	55  Mins
England in the  1950’s	Video  Projection	58  mins
Britain in the  1960’s	Video  Projection	58  mins
Britain in the  1950’s	Video  Projection	58  mins
I  Was a Fireman The  work of the Auxiliary Fire Brigade during  WW2	Video  Projection	58  mins
The  Queen is Crowned The  Story of the Coronation	Video  Projection	*0  Mins

Feature  Films

The  Plank with Eric Sykes, Jimmy Edwards, Hattie Jacques, Tommy  Cooper	Video  Projection	55  mins
Oh!  Mr Porter With  Will Hay	Video  Projection	85  mins
The  Titfield Thunderbolt with John Gregson, Stanley Holloway, Sid James	Video  Projection	84  min
The  Lavender Hill Mob with  Alec Guinness and Peter Sellars	Video  Projection	81  mins
Passport  to Pimlico with  Stanley Holloway	Video  Projection	84  mins

Local  Presentations

Byegone Gosport	Video	55  mins
Byegone  Portsmouth	Video	55  mins
Gods Port Our Haven  (1959)	Video	26  mins

Further details about the books

Gosport Railway Society on HantsWeb

Railway Stories and History