Posts by WRD West Riding
“Shots in the Dark”
Presenter: Peter Holden The meeting in February brought Peter Holden, of Bradford Railway Circle fame, to the Branch in order to present “Shots in the Dark” which exclusively concentrated on…
Read More“Steam Day Memories – Past & Present”
Presenter: Vic Drake The first meeting of 2023 attracted the now usual good attendance in order to witness Vic Drake present a collection of black and white photographs by a…
Read More“Steam’s Last Redoubt”
Presenter: David Fowler The December meeting was an absolute delight and appropriately set the festive season off to an excellent start. David Fowler from West of the Pennines was the…
Read More“All things North and North Eastern”
Presenter: Steve Armitage On a dark and dreary November evening Steve Armitage delighted an excellent turn-out of members by presenting his collection of superb images entitled “All things North and…
Read More“Adventures in Search of Steam”
Presenter: David Tillotson At a well attended October meeting the audience was treated to an excellent totally steam orientated presentation given by David Tillotson, who is a well travelled organiser…
Read More“Far Away and Close to Home”
Presenter: John Holroyd Following the completion of the summer season of outside activities the setting up of the first meeting of the 2022/23 indoor season in September became the priority. …
Read MoreObservation at Doncaster
To round off the current season the traditional evening of observation at Doncaster took place, which in order to avoid the many rail strikes was deferred by a week to…
Read MoreVisit to Shipley Glen Tramway
The annual July branch visit to an outdoor location of interest for this year took members and friends to the Shipley Glen Tramway where an excellent turnout was treated to…
Read More“Northern Excursions”
Presenter: Roger Hepworth Roger Hepworth, a well-known local photographer, provided the entertainment for another well attended meeting in June. The initial phase of the show displayed extensive coverage of latter-day…
Read More“Looking Back”
Presenter: Bill Jagger Due to unforeseen circumstances the programmed speaker for the meeting in May was unable to attend and Branch Chairman Bill Jagger stepped in to present the second…
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