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  • Five Go to Swansea – Part 2

    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 Jones. In the words of the presenter - Researching for a part two on Swansea stations has proved an interesting challenge. However the material has been coming in and the coverage will be extensive after all there were over 30 stations listed at one time…

  • Hitchin & Potton Snippets

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

    A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by George Howe. This replaces the previously advertised presentation. In the words of the presenter = I moved to Potton in August 1952, aged 10, into a railway cottage next to the Bedford to Cambridge branch, very near to Potton Station. I met some new friends and…

  • North from Kings Cross – Photos from the RCTS Archive

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

    A Presentation by David Jackman for the Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch. David Jackman will present a photographic review of the southern ECML as seen through the lens of the society's photographic archive. This will feature both steam and diesel eras - not completely forgetting the electric era - with the odd deviation along…

  • Memories of a Gorleston Spotter (Part 1)

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

    A presentation by Chris Wright for the Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch. From the presenter, in his own words: Chris Wright grew up in the 1950s and 60s in the Norfolk seaside town of Gorleston-on-Sea. His talk covers memories of early days spotting in Norfolk: on holidays with the family, and numerous school holiday…

  • The Last Decade at Hitchin

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

    A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Richard Allen. In the presenter's own words: I will be presenting Part 2 of recent goings-on at Hitchin, covering the last 11 years or so, where I have tried to record (work commitments, Covid-19 etc permitting!) as much as possible of the happenings on the local…

  • Remembering my Lines

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

    A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Colin Brading. 'Remembering My Lines' is a personal 'photographic potpourri' of many and varied railway themes. On a wide-ranging journey, Colin will share favourite scenes, places and images that span from his early years with notebooks on platforms to the present-day, reflecting a life-long passion for…

  • 1960’s Cine Miscellany

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

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

  • AGM and German Steam

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

    The Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch AGM followed by a presentation by George Howe. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for a 14:00 start.

  • A Caledonian Collection

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

    A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Roger Pidgeon. In the photo - Caledonian express locomotive No 78 at the West Walls engine shed, just north of Carlisle Citadel Station . Loco rebuilt 1868. Photo around early 1870s Note the 8 ft driving wheel , the big Crewe end and the Giffard injector…

  • Sir Nigel Gresley, His Life and Work

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

    A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Simon Martin. Following on from last year's lecture on Edward Thompson, we now turn our attention to his predecessor's work and designs, using fresh sources of primary information compared alongside previously conceived and published research. We can review his work and see in a fresh light…

  • Cambridge Area Railways, Yesterday & Today (Part 2)

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

    A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Dave Scudamore. Cambridge Area Railways, Yesterday & Today (Part 2) starts back at Cambridge and following another look around the station area heads north to Chesterton Junction where we follow the route of the St Ives line (now misguided busway). Next we look at the Mildenhall…

  • That Was The Year That Was 1972

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

    A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Geoff Plumb. Geoff Plumb returns with another of his popular “That Was the Year That Was” series of presentations. With his usual excellent standard of railway photography, this time it’s the turn of 1972 and we can expect the presentation to include more of Geoff’s many…