Posts by WFD Watford
‘The Forgotten Standard’, by Ian Crowder, 7th October 2025
7th October 2025 Meeting. Our speaker this month was Ian Crowder from the GWSR who gave us a splendid presentation on the story of the Toddington Standard, this being 4MT…
Read More‘Through Kirton Tunnel’, by Stephen Gay, 2nd September 2025
2nd September 2025 Meeting. For the start of the new season on 2nd September, we welcomed back Sheffield’s Stephen Gay for his tenth visit, this time for Part 1 of…
Read More‘That Was the Year That Was – 1972’, by Geoff Plumb, 1st July 2025
1st July 2025 Meeting. Our end of season July meeting was a presentation by our Branch Chairman Geoff Plumb. Starting in March 1972 we had a trip on the ‘Brighton…
Read More‘The Southern End of the WCML, 1930s to Present Day’, by Rob Freeman, 3rd June 2025
3rd June 2025 Meeting For our June meeting, we enjoyed another excellent presentation from our Committee Member Rob Freeman. The theme was the southern end of the WCML. The first…
Read More‘Reminiscences of a Retired Railwayman’, by John Noorani, 6th May 2025
6th May 2025 Meeting. For our 6th May meeting we welcomed former SWT Manager John Noorani with his talk ‘Reminiscences of a Retired Railwayman’. Passing my school was the Atlantic…
Read MoreBranch AGM, followed by ‘THE NORTHERN LINE EXTENSIONS OF THE 1935-40 NEW WORKS PROGRAMME’, by Brian Hardy, 1st April 2025
1st April 2025 Meeting. All Fools’ Day saw our Branch AGM before we welcomed Brian Hardy for his fifth visit, this time with ‘THE NORTHERN LINE EXTENSIONS OF THE 1935-40…
Read More‘War and Peace’, by Simon Colbeck, 4th March 2025
4th March 2025 Meeting. ‘War and Peace – Steam in Sweden and Bosnia’, by Simon Colbeck. An absorbing and interesting presentation which started with this country and recent shots of…
Read More‘History of the Severn Valley Railway’, by Bernie Holland, 4th February 2025
4th February 2025 Meeting. Bernie Holland presented the ‘History of the Severn Valley Railway’, via a virtual Zoom meeting. 50,000 years ago, a large glacial ice-lake, around 300 square miles…
Read More‘Railways at the Dawn of Nationalisation’, by Robin Mathams, 7th January 2025
7th January 2025 Meeting. For our January meeting, which has been via Zoom since 2021, we welcomed back Robin Mathams of the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society for his show entitled…
Read More‘Members’ Presentations’, 3rd December 2024
3rd December 2024 Meeting. The last meeting of the year involves our ‘Mistress of the Urn’ Lizzie cooking sausage rolls and mince pies between members’ presentations. We kicked off with…
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