WFD Meeting Report
‘That Was the Year That Was – 1971, by Geoff Plumb, 4th July 2023
A sight we had not expected to see again – steam on the main Line! The train that started the great return to steam movement that we still enjoy today…
Read More‘Mangapps – The First Thirty Years’, by John Jolly, 6th June 2023
6th June 2023 Meeting We welcomed Mangapps Railway Museum owner and curator John Jolly for a very interesting talk all about this wonderful venue near Burnham-on-Crouch. John was a farmer…
Read More‘European Misadventures’, by Michael Reade, 2nd May 2023
2nd May 2023 Meeting For our 2nd May meeting we welcomed branch member Michael Reade for his presentation of ‘European Misadventures’. Starting off in 1964 over in Germany his job…
Read MoreBranch AGM and ‘Indian Hill Railways’, by David Brace, 4th April 2023
4th April 2023 Meeting Indian Hill Railways It was the time of the AGM, and this was duly held and dispatched within thirty minutes. There were no surprises and the…
Read More‘Locomotives of the GWSR, Visitors and Resident’, by Dave Boot, 7th March 2023
7th March 2023 Meeting. For our final Zoom meeting of the year we welcomed GWSR Senior Station Master Dave Boot, who has been with the GWSR since the start and…
Read More‘More from Australia in the 1990s’, by Rob Freeman, 7th February 2023
7th February 2023 Meeting For our February meeting, which was the second of our three Winter Zoom meetings, we welcomed Branch Committee member Rob Freeman with ‘More from Oz in…
Read More‘Railways and Me – Full Circle’, by John Dyer, 3rd January 2023
For our January meeting we resumed with a Zoom to let people stay in the warmth of their homes and welcomed GWSR Volunteer John Dyer presenting ‘Railways and me –…
Read More‘Members’ Presentations’, 6th December 2022
For our end of year meeting we always have a members’ presentations evening and with a small attendance of just 16 there were 5 people with items to show. We…
Read More‘Behind Closed Doors’ & ‘Underground Photos From the Past’, by Brian Hardy, 1st November 2022
1st November 2022 Meeting For our November meeting we welcomed back Brian Hardy, former Head Traffic Controller on London Underground for more fascinating insights into the London Underground. There were…
Read More‘Around London, Where Variety is the Spice of Life’, by Geoff Brockett, 4th October 2022
4th October 2022 Meeting Today we welcomed South Essex Branch Member Geoff Brockett, whose name you will know as a regular supplier of information to the RO, with his…
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