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Purbeck Railway Circle Premiere: Signalling the Wareham link
The Purbeck Railway Circle is holding their third virtual meeting of 2021 on Thursday 18th March at 7:30pm where "Upgrading and...
Andy Vincent
Mar 9, 2021


Purbeck Railway Circle Premiere: Southern Coaches for the Swanage Railway
The Purbeck Railway Circle is holding their second virtual meeting of 2021 on Thursday 11th February at 7:30pm where "Southern Coaches...
Andy Vincent
Feb 9, 2021


Purbeck Railway Circle Premiere: History of Wareham Station
The Purbeck Railway Circle is holding their first virtual meeting of 2021 on Friday 15th January at 7:30pm where "A History of Wareham...
Andy Vincent
Jan 14, 2021


Purbeck Railway Circle: Brian Jackson
The Committee of The Purbeck Railway Circle have learnt of the sad news that one of our regular speakers, Brian Jackson, has passed away...
Andy Vincent
Nov 12, 2020


Purbeck Railway Circle: October 2020 update
Like many Railway societies The Purbeck Railway Circle is unable to hold Public Meetings because of the Covid-19 restrictions. We had...
Andy Vincent
Oct 1, 2020


Purbeck Railway Circle: Meetings Cancelled
All Meetings and Outings have been Cancelled until September 2020. Meetings for the next few months have been cancelled because of the...
Andy Vincent
Mar 13, 2020


Purbeck Railway Circle March Meeting
Our next meeting is on Friday 13th March, when Ken Mumford will deliver a PowerPoint presentation on The Devon Belle. The Devon Belle (an...
Andy Vincent
Feb 24, 2020


Purbeck Railway Circle February Meeting
Our next meeting is on Friday 14th February, when Brian Jackson will deliver a presentation entitled "Paddling across the Bay: Paddle...
Andy Vincent
Feb 5, 2020


Purbeck Railway Circle January Meeting
Our next meeting is on Friday 10th January, when Jim Boudreau will deliver a presentation entitled "Maids of All Work: The SR Moguls”....
Andrew P.M. Wright
Jan 6, 2020


Purbeck Railway Circle November Meeting
Our next meeting is on Friday 15th November, when Martyn Pring will deliver a presentation entitled "Luxury Railway Travel: A Social and...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Nov 13, 2019


Purbeck Railway Circle / Purbeck Film Festival Meeting
Our next meeting is on Friday 18th November and held in conjunction with the Purbeck Film Festival. The evening will feature two railway...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Oct 12, 2019


Purbeck Railway Circle September Meeting
Our next meeting is on Friday 13th September, when Mike Walshaw will deliver a presentation entitled "The Swanage Railway's Project...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Sep 8, 2019


Purbeck Railway Circle June Meeting
Our next meeting is on Friday 21st June, when John Baxter of the Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust will give his presentation...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Jun 16, 2019


Purbeck Railway Circle April Meeting
On Friday April 12th, Colin Stone will take us on “A Wander round the West Country”. His Imaginary Visual Rail Tour takes us from Poole...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Apr 1, 2019


Purbeck Railway Circle February Meeting
On Friday 8th February 2019 Kevin Patience will give his presentation “Building the Lunatic Line”. The “Lunatic Line” was the political...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Feb 2, 2019


Purbeck Railway Circle November Meeting
On Friday 16th November, Michael Baker will deliver his presentation entitled “The Southern Region since 1954” Michael has been taking...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Nov 3, 2018


Purbeck Railway Circle September Meeting
On Friday 14th September Nick Thompson will deliver his presentation entitled “Southern Locomotives Ltd, past, present and future”. Nick...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Sep 1, 2018


Purbeck Railway Circle May Meeting
The Local Support Group for the Swanage Railway Our next meeting is on Friday 18th May, David Peel will deliver a presentation entitled...
Andrew P.M. Wright
May 1, 2018


Purbeck Railway Circle April Meeting
Our next meeting is on Friday 13th April, when Colin Stone will present a selection of archive films from his personal collection. The...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Apr 1, 2018


Purbeck Railway Circle March Meeting
Our next meeting is on Friday 9th March, when Peter Jordan will deliver a presentation entitled “Indian Narrow Gauge Railways”. Peter...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Feb 25, 2018
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