THE club welcomes Rotherham-based Ken Horan for our May meeting.

Ken is an ex-railway worker with a passion for steam trains. This will be Ken's second visit to our club, and this time his presentation is entitled A Bit of This and a Bit of That -- this will be a slide presentation.

Drawing from his very large slide collection, this should be a very interesting evening, with steam being the main theme of the evening. Ken travels the country photographing steam trains and he also spends a great deal of time giving slide presentations to groups like ours.

The date of the meeting is Wednesday, May 12 and the venue, as usual, is St Godwalds Church Hall, in Aston Fields, Bromsgrove. Doors open at 7.15pm for a 7.45pm start. There will be refreshments and a bookstall on the evening. For further details, please contact either Dave on 01527 873800 or Gordon on 01527 873600.

Our first coach excursion of the year to Exbury Gardens is now fully booked, but we still have seats for our July 11 trip to Longleat House. For the last excursion of the season we go to South Devon on August 8, and this will include a train ride from Buckfastleigh to Totnes and then a visit to Brixham. For further details call Dave on the above number.