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This afternoon we welcomed back Geoff Plumb, with his presentation “That was the year that was 1972”. After a few opening photographs taken  in Germany and here at home, with…

At today’s meeting David Scudamore brought us Part 2 of his presentation on “Cambridge Area Railways, Yesterday and Today.” We started with a relatively early (1930’s) view of Cambridge station…

“Sir Nigel Gresley, His Life and Work” was the subject Simon Martin presented to us this afternoon, attracting our largest meeting attendance for several years. Starting with a look at…

This afternoon’s presentation “The Caledonian Railway”, presented by Roger Pidgeon, was a full coverage of this railway throughout its life. (1845 – 1923). We covered its many routes from Carlisle…

Our meeting this afternoon started with the Branch AGM for which we had one of our best AGM attendances. This was followed by a colourful and lively presentation by our…

Colin Brading, our speaker this afternoon, presented us with a superb selection of his favourite sights, journeys and everything he liked about the railways. A thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining presentation.…

Local resident & member Richard Allen, our speaker today, presented “The Last Decade around Hitchin”. This attracted another large audience, proving our move to afternoon meetings was a good one.…

For our first WGC meeting of the year, we welcomed Chris Wright, who recalled for us his “Memories of a Gorleston Spotter”. Chris moved to East Anglia in 1953, within…

This meeting represented a big change for the Branch, firstly it was the first meeting in our new venue and, secondly, by popular demand, it was our first afternoon meeting…