The Lost Railways of South Manchester
The March 6th 2014 Chorlton History Group session was on the ‘Lost Railways of South Manchester’, a talk given by Roy Chapman – a lifelong railway enthusiast. Roy worked for British Rail for over 15 years. Roy has contributed to transport training material, is a co-author of three railway books. Roy is currently Rail Services Planning Officer at Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM).
The talk was very popular with nearly 60 people attending. many of whom were train enthusiasts or who had worked in the industry
In this video Roy talks about his enthusiasm for the railways and his career in the industry. There are also clips from the talk he gave at Chorlton Good Neighbours
Here are some of the audience for Ray’s talk – nearly 60 people came for the talk. It does seem that railways are an extremely popular topic!
Roy preparing to give his talk
Bernard introducing Roy to the audience
Mary on the desk taking note of who attended the meeting
Chorlton Good Neighbours 