Posts by WFD Watford
4th August 2020 · ‘Members’ Digital Slides’
At Watford Branch we don’t normally have an August meeting, but because we are now having Zoom meetings we thought we would have one to make up for meetings lost…
Read More30th June and 7th July 2020 · ‘That was the year that Was – 1963’
Presenter: Geoff Plumb After having our Branch Meetings postponed for April, May and June, due to the virus pandemic, we arranged a Zoom virtual meeting organised by David Jackman (Society…
Read More3rd March 2020 · ‘Capturing the present and re-creating the past’
Presenter: Jason Cross For our 3rd March meeting we welcomed Leicester-based Jason Cross for a first visit to present ‘Capturing the present and re-creating the past’. We saw many locomotives…
Read More4th February 2020 · ‘A Pictorial Review of the 1935-1962 Tube Stock Family’
Presenter: Brian Hardy For our February meeting Brian Hardy paid us a return visit for ‘A Pictorial Review of the 1935-1962 Tube Stock Family’ which followed on from his Standard…
Read More7th January 2020 · Member’s slides
Our AGM on 7thJanuary saw only 14 present plus the four committee members. The fifth member, ‘Mistress of the Urn’ Lizzie Davidson, was absent due to recently cracking two ribs…
Read More3rd December 2019 · Portugal
At Watford we occasionally have to make allowances for travel when Watford FC play at home on a Tuesday coinciding with one of our meetings – this time it happened…
Read More5th November 2019 · European Miscellany
Presenter: Rob Freeman We welcomed back Branch Member Rob Freeman for a European Miscellany and we had a good attendance of 29 to mark the occasion!! Rob was giving a…
Read More1st October 2019 · ‘Titled Trains of the MML’
Presenter: Ray Schofield At our October meeting, 23 hardy souls turned up on a foul evening to welcome Ray Schofield with ‘Titled Trains of the MML’. The colour and B&W…
Read More3rd September 2019 · The Art of Timetabling’
Presenter: Andy Smith For our first meeting of the new season we welcomed Andy Smith who is a consultant with WSP, a Rail Planning Company whose experts are helping adapt…
Read More2nd July 2019 · An evening with Father’s slides – Steam within the M25’
Presenter: David Cross On 2nd July 2019 we welcomed David Cross to the branch for the first time to present ‘An evening with Father’s slides – Steam within the M25’.…
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