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About the seminar
This talk is a landmark occasion to hear a first-class speaker, who is the Director of our Museum, talking about another form of communication industry that was also very important to Manchester.
The Sierra Leone railway was the major commuter network linking the capital Freetown with the rest of the country. It opened in 1895 and closed in 1975. The remnants were left in the Cline Town workshops, where they were seriously vandalised. They were later discovered there by Col. Steve Davies of the British Army, who decided to restore and preserve them and create a National Railway Museum.
Steve was highly successful in this venture, as can be seen in a report which originally appeared on the website of the President of Sierra Leone click here to view.
Steve Davies is now the Director of the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester and is an extremely good speaker. He is passionate about most things but especially railways. He is young and dynamic and has kindly agreed to give us an illustrated talk on his experience. It will give us an excellent insight into overcoming the many obstacles involved in creating a highly successful national heritage project.
Invitation from CCS North West Group Chairman
I do hope that you can join me on Tuesday 17th November 2009 for this special CCS talk at the usual time and venue. This is a rare opportunity for our members and others to hear about a widely acclaimed project in a different field of engineering. The event is open to all.
Prof. Tom A Hinchliffe, Chairman, British Computer Society / CCS (NW)
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