FRIENDS OF MALTON MUSEUM: LECTURE PROGRAMME 2026-2027

Wednesday 21st April 2027

The Lunatic Express

How the British built a Railway from Mombasa to Lake Victoria - without a map! Engineers, soldiers and poorly-equipped labourers together overcame drought, tsetse flies, malarial swamps, disgruntled local tribes and man-eating lions to construct a line that defined a nation. Speaker: Ron Pickering

Our lecture venue is the Library, The West Wing Malton School, Middlecave Road, Malton YO17 7NH. For Access to the WEST Wing, enter the OUT gate of the WEST WING, Malton School.  The new Library is directly in front of you.   Parking space is to the left of this building. All lectures start at 7.30 p.m.

Guests are always welcome - admission £5.00 

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