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24/03/23 - FoSBR AGM 2023
30/03/23 - Railfuture Annual, Leeds
28/04/23 - Bristol Model Railex
31/05/23 - WWRUG meeting

On this day
20th Mar (1993)

Warrington bomb in rubbish bin leads to removal of rubbish bins from railway stations (link)

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