AGM 18th May 2024

The AGM took place as planned: members present at Llanuwchllyn were able to enjoy a buffet lunch and an evening ‘mixed’ train with Winifred taking the Penrhyn Quarrymen’s Coaches and slate wagons to Llangower for an ‘interesting’ reversal. The full draft minutes are available from the Secretary (email to secretary@bala-lake-railway.co.uk)…

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Committee Meeting Summary – 18th April 2024

The Meeting commenced at 7.30 PM. Present: Dave Fildes, Cathy and Martin Houghton, Chris Jackson, Peter Miller, Bob Newton, Mat Peacock, Francis Stapleton, Nick Talbot, Tim Williams. Also present for items (1) and (2) were Society Stall volunteers Ron and Lynn. Prior to the opening of the Meeting, it was…

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Committee Meeting Summary – 15th February 2024

The Meeting commenced at 7.30 PM. Present: Dave Fildes, Cathy and Martin Houghton, Chris Jackson, Peter Miller, Hilary Moorhouse, Bob Newton, Mat Peacock, Nick Talbot, Tim Williams. Following the death, at the very end of 2023, of our long-serving and much-missed Honorary Treasurer, Dave Scotson, our Chairman Tim Williams has…

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Committee Meeting Summary – 27th January 2023

Cymdeithas Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid Bala Lake Railway Society Summary Report from the Committee Meeting held at 7.30 on 27th January 2023, via Zoom and at Llanuwchllyn.   Present were Dave Fildes, Chris Jackson, Peter Miller, Hilary Moorhouse, Mat Peacock, Dave Scotson, Francis Stapleton, Nick Talbot and Tim Williams. Apologies for…

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Committee Meeting Summary – 30th October 2022

Cymdeithas Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid Bala Lake Railway Society Summary Report from the Committee Meeting held at 7.30 on 30th October 2022, via Zoom and at Llanuwchllyn.   Present were Dave Fildes, Peter Miller, Hilary Moorhouse, Bob Newton, Mat Peacock, Dave Scotson, Francis Stapleton, Nick Talbot, Tim Williams. Apologies for absence…

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AGM 2022 – Brief Report

After a minute’s silence in honour of our late Queen and in tribute to our new King, the meeting started just after 6.45. Numbers (even when Zoom attendees were taken into account) were down on last year but more than enough people attended to form a comfortable quorum. The meeting…

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Committee Meeting Summary – 30th July 2022

Cymdeithas Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid Bala Lake Railway Society Summary Report from the Committee Meeting held at 7.30 on 30th July 2022.   Present were Cathy and Martin Houghton, Peter Miller, Mat Peacock, Dave Scotson, Francis Stapleton and Tim Williams. Apologies were received from Nick Talbot, Brian Bennett, Bob Newton, Dave…

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Christmas Music 2022

In December 2021, on the ‘Mince Pie Trains’, a small Society band and choir performed Christmas carols in English, Welsh and occasionally German, live from an “Entertainment Coach”. We hope to do something similar again but our experiences showed that it would be good also to have some recorded music…

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