Posts by WFD Watford
‘European Misadventures’, by Michael Reade, 2nd May 2023
2nd May 2023 Meeting For our 2nd May meeting we welcomed branch member Michael Reade for his presentation of ‘European Misadventures’. Starting off in 1964 over in Germany his job…
Read MoreBranch AGM and ‘Indian Hill Railways’, by David Brace, 4th April 2023
4th April 2023 Meeting Indian Hill Railways It was the time of the AGM, and this was duly held and dispatched within thirty minutes. There were no surprises and the…
Read More‘Locomotives of the GWSR, Visitors and Resident’, by Dave Boot, 7th March 2023
7th March 2023 Meeting. For our final Zoom meeting of the year we welcomed GWSR Senior Station Master Dave Boot, who has been with the GWSR since the start and…
Read More‘More from Australia in the 1990s’, by Rob Freeman, 7th February 2023
7th February 2023 Meeting For our February meeting, which was the second of our three Winter Zoom meetings, we welcomed Branch Committee member Rob Freeman with ‘More from Oz in…
Read More‘Railways and Me – Full Circle’, by John Dyer, 3rd January 2023
For our January meeting we resumed with a Zoom to let people stay in the warmth of their homes and welcomed GWSR Volunteer John Dyer presenting ‘Railways and me –…
Read More‘Members’ Presentations’, 6th December 2022
For our end of year meeting we always have a members’ presentations evening and with a small attendance of just 16 there were 5 people with items to show. We…
Read More‘Behind Closed Doors’ & ‘Underground Photos From the Past’, by Brian Hardy, 1st November 2022
1st November 2022 Meeting For our November meeting we welcomed back Brian Hardy, former Head Traffic Controller on London Underground for more fascinating insights into the London Underground. There were…
Read More‘Around London, Where Variety is the Spice of Life’, by Geoff Brockett, 4th October 2022
4th October 2022 Meeting Today we welcomed South Essex Branch Member Geoff Brockett, whose name you will know as a regular supplier of information to the RO, with his…
Read More‘The LMS Patriot Project’, followed by ‘Rob’s Railway Years: the 1980s’, 6th September 2022
6th September 2022 Meeting. Our booked speaker had to call off and is re-scheduled for next year, so Colin Hall stepped into the breach for the following talk. The…
Read MoreThat Was the Year That Was – 1974, by Geoff Plumb, 5th July 2022
5th July 2022 Meeting For our last meeting of the season on 5th July we had our regular July speaker, Watford Branch Chairman Geoff Plumb with another in his series…
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