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SVR Wolverhampton Branch

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At the 15 January 2024 General meeting it was decided to wind up the Branch.
The SVR Wolverhampton Branch was formed in operated from 1967 to 2024 and provides provided support to the SVR through its activities, in particular the marketing of the railway at shows and exhibitions. As with other branches it was part of The [[Severn Valley Railway Association]], which was merged into the [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|Guarantee Company]] in October 2015.<ref>SVRA website</ref>At the 15 January 2024 General meeting it was decided to wind up the Branch.
It owns owned [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC#Notable_shareholdings| several thousand shares]] in SVR(H).
==Branch meetings==
The branch holds held public meetings open to all, usually second Monday of the month from September to May. Subjects cover covered local transport history and railway subjects from Britain and abroad. In addition, it organises organised trips and outings of railway and non-railway interest.  During the [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic‎‎]] it cancelled meetings "as most of our regular attendees (Committee included) fall into the most "at risk" age-group demographic". It then organised resrt meetings in May and June 2022 to "..determine the viability of the Branch restarting a full Programmme in September"<ref>SVR Wolverhampton website (Retrieved 7 April 2022)</ref>.
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