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  • WFD Branch Meeting – ‘Through Kirton Tunnel, Part 2’, by Stephen Gay, 1st September 2026

    WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United Kingdom

    Stehen Gay returns to the Watford Branch for his eleventh visit, this time to present 'Through Kirton Tunnel, Part 2'. The first part took us from Sheffield to Kirton Lindsey and we now continue through Kirton Tunnel and onwards to Cleethorpes in Stephen's inimitable style! Further details may be added nearer the date. Please note…

  • WFD Branch Meeting – ‘Railways at a Junction’, by Fraser Pithie, 6th October 2026

    WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United Kingdom

    'Railways at a Junction, by Fraser Pithie. Further details will be added nearer the date. Please note this is a physical meeting, doors open from 18:30 for a 19:00 start, with a half-time break for refreshments, and we aim to finish around 21:30. Members, visitors and guests all welcome.

  • WFD Branch Meeting – ‘Railways before the War – that’s the Great War! (Part 1)’, by Jeremy Harrison, 3rd November 2026

    WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United Kingdom

    A presentation of Black and White images, drawn from the Ken Nunn collection and scanned from glass plates, illustrating railways in Britain before the Great War. Tonight’s is the first of three parts, starting with a few images from before the Great Boer War (as it was known at the time), and then featuring Eastern…