Branch AGM, followed by ‘The Story of the Travelling Post Office’ by Roland Gillott

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

The Watford Branch AGM will commence at 18:45 (please note this is earlier than our usual start time) and we hope to conclude that by 19:00. This will be followed by Roland Gillott's presentation on 'The Story of the Travelling Post Office'. This includes the inception of the TPO service in 1838 and its continuation…

‘Those Were the Years Those Were’ Part 1, by Michael Reade (with apologies to Geoff Plumb!)

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

Michael was able, during extensive business travel by rail and road in the U.K., to capture the rail scene in colour from 1960 to the end of mainline steam in 1968. Opportunities arose during lunchtimes and summer evenings in various industrial locations, and together with a London Midland Southern Area lineside permit used in various…