WRD Meeting Report
24th 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…
Read More30th May 2019 · “Along the Trackside”
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…
Read More16th May 2019 · “Railway Films of Cam Camwell”
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’…
Read More11th April 2019 · “Diverted”
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…
Read More21st March 2019 · 1975 – A Good Year!!
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…
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