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  • The Annual August Outing

    Mid Suffolk Light Railway Wetheringsett, Stowmarket, Suffolk

    BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW The Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch outing for 2025 is on 10th August to the Mid Suffolk Light Railway, at Brockford Station, Wetheringsett, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5PW - AND - to the Big Bus Show at Stonham Barns, Pettaugh Road, Stonham Aspal, Suffolk, IP14 6AT (These locationa are approx 6…

  • The Midland Main Line – Bedford to St Pancras

    HTC Hitchin St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation, from the Peter Bland Collection, by Bryan Cross. A digital presentation of images mostly scanned directly from the negatives of Peter Bland & Harold Clements. We will travel along the ex-Midland Main Line, Bedford to St Pancras & Moorgate. Looking at the early history, aided by maps…

  • The Doncaster Rover

    HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Stephen Gay. Travelling from Frickley to Finningly, Mexborough to Moorends and Bentley, Bessacarr to Bawtry. This is a railway journey which criss-crosses the Doncaster borough. Using Stephen’s slides taken over the last 40 years, the presentation will also look at waterways and historic buildings. We will…

  • The Last Four Years of Steam

    St Marks Church Hall, Hitchin SG5 1UR St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire +1 more

    A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by George Howe. George tells us that: This will be a slide show which will take you back to the steam era 1964 to 1968 if you were around in that time. If younger hopefully it will show life, and how I travelled about to capture live…

  • Memories of a Gorleston Spotter (part 2)

    HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Chris Wright. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for a 14:00 start.

  • From Litchurch Lane to Temple Mills via Paris – A working life on the rails.

    HTC Hitchin St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    A Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Hugh Driscoll. (This replaces the previously advertised presentation) Hugh will be describing his railway career, from his initial training at Derby Carriage Works through varied BR engineering training scheme placements, then on to working in depots for BR, Intercity and Eurostar in a variety of roles.…

  • Sugar, Steam and Sunsets (Java)

    HTC Hitchin St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    A Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by David Longman. In the early years of this century, David Longman made a series of trips to photograph the remaining steam locomotives working on the narrow gauge sugar lines in Java.  Unwilling to join an organised group he travelled the length of the island by bus,…

  • Six Decades of the Settle & Carlisle

    HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    A Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Michael Smyth. This presentation covers the changing scene on the Settle and Carlisle from the 1960s to the present day.  It features the slow decline in traffic towards its planned closure, refusal of closure, and subsequent resurgence of traffic through to the present day. Illustrated by…

  • Eurostar – 30 Years & Counting

    HTC Hitchin St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Chris McCanless. Details to follow. Doors open at 13:30 for a 14:00 start.

  • The Last Years of Steam 1966-1967

    HTC Hitchin St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Michael Smyth. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for  14:00 start.