St Marks Church Hall, Hitchin SG5 1UR
On Great Eastern Lines Since 1991
St Marks Church Hall, Hitchin SG5 1UR St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, HertfordshireA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Geoff Brockett. In Geoff’s own words – “The show is based on a presentation I did for the Great Eastern Railway Society and depicts trains on lines originally wholly or jointly owned by the Great Eastern Railway. The photos were taken between 1990 and 2023 -…
A 12th Colour Rail Journey
St Marks Church Hall, Hitchin SG5 1UR St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, HertfordshireA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Paul Chancellor. Our twelfth Colour-Rail Journey will be the last and in a change for those preceding it , it tells about the life of a trainspotter from those first experiences to the twist and turns that led to a keen interest in railway photography ,…
Cambridge Area Railways, Yesterday & Today (Part 2)
St Marks Church Hall, Hitchin SG5 1UR St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, HertfordshireA 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…
A Caledonian Collection
St Marks Church Hall, Hitchin SG5 1UR St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, HertfordshireA 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…
1960’s Cine Miscellany
St Marks Church Hall, Hitchin SG5 1UR St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, HertfordshireA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by David Percival. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for a 14:00 start.
The Last Decade at Hitchin
St Marks Church Hall, Hitchin SG5 1UR St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, HertfordshireA 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…
North from Kings Cross – Photos from the RCTS Archive
St Marks Church Hall, Hitchin SG5 1UR St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, HertfordshireA 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…