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rob58uk
Tamworth
1 of 5  Fri 3rd Mar 2023 9:18am  

My Dad was railway mad and during the 70's & 80's and possibly beyond, he was a member of the Coventry Police Steam Society. Now, if my memory serves me right they used to meet in a room in Little Park Street Police Station. My Dad wasn't in the police, so I think the society was open to anyone Apart from their regular meet-ups, they used to organise coach trips around the country to various railway related places. At the time I was a teenager, but I did go on a few with my Dad when they caught my interest. I remember one of them was to Woodham Brothers' scrapyard in Barry. Has anyone every heard of this society? Or was a member of this? He was also a member of the GEC Model Engineering Society in Copsewood, which may have changed it's name, but is still an active society.
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
2 of 5  Fri 3rd Mar 2023 10:58am  

This was 1973 from the CET, Rob
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rob58uk
Tamworth
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3 of 5  Fri 3rd Mar 2023 12:53pm  

Fantastic, so it started in 1973. Well found Anne I reckon my Dad was a member fairly soon after it started, although he wasn't a policeman.
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Not Local
Bedworth
4 of 5  Fri 3rd Mar 2023 1:31pm  

Ron Owen who is mentioned in the newspaper article passed away many years ago. I knew someone who was involved in the society and I have a recollection that there was a connection to the Shackerstone society, now called The Battlefield Line.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
5 of 5  Fri 3rd Mar 2023 2:08pm  

Taken my lads to the Battlefield Line a few times in the past - a great day out.
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