Posts by WRD West Riding
20th February 2020 · “The Calder Valley”
Presenter: Steve Armitage Another well attended meeting in February witnessed a superb presentation of images given by Steve Armitage illustrating the delights along the lines of the Calder Valley. This…
Read More16th January 2020 · “Steam Day Shed Bashing”
Presenter: Vic Drake A very well attended meeting gathered for the first session of the new decade and all were treated to a programme of high quality monochrome illustrations taken…
Read More12th December 2019 · “A Christmas Quiz and Memories from 1969”
Presenter: John Holroyd The pre-Christmas entertainment was presented courtesy of Deputy Branch Chairman John Holroyd who entertained members and friends with a widely varying programme comprising of his superb photographic…
Read More21st November 2019 · “Variations – Far and Wide”
Presenter: Gavin Morrison A very different style of presentation was given by a favourite of the Branch, Gavin Morrison, which allowed members of the audience to select differing groups of…
Read More24th October 2019 · “BR 60’s North West Steam in Glorious Kodachrome”
Presenter: Anthony Bowles To soften the onset of the winter nights the October evening meeting was presented by Anthony Bowles showing archived photographs taken by the late Gerald Dixon. The…
Read More3rd October 2019 · “Steam – East of Wakefield”
Presenter: Roger Hepworth Following shortly behind the regular September evening meeting was the autumn afternoon session, which attracted the usual steady number of attendees. A most interesting and detailed presentation…
Read More19th September 2019 · “The Work of Bill Ashcroft”
Presenter: Mike Taylor The new season of meetings began in September when Mike Taylor from Burnley presented a digitised selection of photographs taken by the late Bill Ashcroft, who was…
Read More15th August 2019 · Evening at Doncaster
In quite reasonable weather a double figure attendance of members and friends journeyed to Doncaster for a late August afternoon/early evening of observation thus bringing the 2018/2019 programme of meetings…
Read More17th July 2019 · Outdoor Visit
A visit to the lines of Bradford Model Engineers was the destination for this year’s outside evening event where ‘playing with trains’ perfectly described an evening of enjoyment. The two…
Read More20th June 2019 · Members’ Presentations
The meeting held in June was the last of the current seasons of indoor meetings which comprised of presentations by branch members. Austin Hughes led the way be describing the…
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