Posts by WRD West Riding
“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…
Read MoreBranch AGM + Members’ Presentations
The excellent trend of post-Covid meeting attendances continued when another excellent collection of members turned out for April’s Annual General Meeting of the Branch. Political matters were quickly dealt with…
Read More“From the Back of the Cupboard”
Presenter: Steve Batty Steve Batty, a prolific photographic contributor to the pages of “The Railway Observer” was the presenter of the March indoor meeting, who narrated his show of top…
Read MoreTramways of the Dales (Part II)
Presenter: Stewart Liles The February meeting commenced with a formal presentation to David Beeken who has been awarded the very first “Certificate of Appreciation” by the Board of Trustees in…
Read More“Extreme Gricing”
Presenter: Austin Hughes The first meeting of 2022 was a presentation by branch member Austin Hughes, telling of a couple of distant trainspotting adventures to the title of “Extreme Gricing”.…
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