Presenter: Bill Jagger The October meeting opened with an EGM, significantly set up to elect two new members of the Branch Committee as Secretary Bob Green and Treasurer David Beeken…

Presenter: John Holroyd September’s meeting was specifically set up in order to recognise that this current year happens to be the 70th Anniversary of the West Riding Branch.  To recognise…

Presenter: Steve Armitage Entertainment for the July meeting was provided by the well-known and renowned presenter Steve Armitage who delivered a talk to a well-attended meeting that recorded “Steam Days…

Presenter: Paul Chancellor The monthly meeting for June was presented by Paul Chancellor of Colour Rail who, from his vast collection of photographs, composed a most interesting rendition describing a…

Presenter: Roger Hepworth Due to the unavailability of the booked speaker Roger Hepworth, a West Riding enthusiast and presenter, kindly stepped into the breach to narrate and show his photographic…

Presenter: Stephen Gay The April Branch meeting comprised of a modern-day journey along the East Coast main line, presented by Stephen Gay, starting at King’s Cross when journeying through to…

March was to be the AGM of the Branch which was well attended by a good number of members.  However, due to the pending retirements of both the Secretary and…

Presenter: John Holroyd The pre-Christmas entertainment came from Deputy Branch Chairman John Holroyd who entertained the well attended meeting with a slide presentation composed of two distinct elements.  Those being…

Presenter: Bob Gellatly Bob Gellatly was the presenter for the first meeting of the new 2023-24 season which covered the work of Keith Pirt, who was an early day exponent…

Presenter: Roger Hepworth The well attended June meeting brought Roger Hepworth to the Branch who, being a local photographer and rail enthusiast over many years, has much to show of…

AGM Followed by Members’ Presentations A good number of members turned out for the April meeting which opened with the Branch AGM.  Political matters were rapidly dealt with as informative…

Presenter: Paul Chancellor A most excellent show was given to the March meeting by Paul Chancellor of Colour-Rail fame, when he presented his latest version of a “Colour Rail Journey”. …

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…

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…

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. …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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”.…

Presenter: John Holroyd December’s well attended pre-Christmas meeting was presented by John Holroyd which was to comprise of several differing but distinct elements.  Phase one illustrated extensive coverage of the…

Presenter: Vic Drake Encouraging consistent numbers continue to attend indoor Branch meetings as once again nearly thirty members and friends met for the November gathering. This was a presentation by…

October’s monthly meeting was the Covid delayed 2021 AGM.  Attended by a good number of members political matters were quickly dealt with.  Of significance existing committee members were confirmed as…

Presenter: Bill Jagger Following excellent attendances at each of the two earlier summer outdoor meetings the trend continued when yet another goodly collection of thirty members and friends attended the…

The on-going reintroduction of branch meetings continued into August when, in quite reasonable weather conditions, a double figure attendance of members and friends journeyed to Doncaster for a well enjoyed…

After many long months branch activities were resumed when an outside evening visit to the Bradford Model Engineers was arranged. No doubt the perfect weather conditions and enhanced degree of…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Presenter: Steve Batty At the end of May the second of the season’s afternoon meetings was a presentation by well-known photographer Steve Batty who was making a very welcome return…

Presenter: Ian McInnes By way of something different the May meeting comprised of a showing of DVD material derived from 1950’s and 60’s filmed material taken by the late ‘Cam’…

Presenters: Phil Lockwood and Enid Vincent Phil Lockwood and Enid Vincent were to present another of their “Diverted” series of talks to the members at the April meeting. On this…

Presenter: Robin Lush Robin Lush, a well-known local railway photographer and enthusiast of some note provided the entertainment for the March evening meeting. Displaying a superb top class array of…

In the first week of March the Annual General Meeting of the Branch was held. After a few words in respect of the passing away of our colleague and friend…