10/03/2026
Further to the notice I posted on the 13th February we held our first meeting of 2026 to discuss the future, or not, of Welwyn Film Record Society (WFRS).
It is clear that whilst we have a small number of interested followers, to whom we are very grateful, that number is getting less and less each year, and we are no longer seeing new people engaging with WFRS or our films.
In recent years the difficulties of filming at many events that involve people, particularly the filming of children, has sadly restricted what we can record. This, together with our lack of resources to film and edit means that we can no longer commit to producing annual films.
We do not wish to make films that are not of interest, or worse, offend Welwyn villagers, so sadly, we feel unable to carry on, and from 2026 will no longer be filming local events.
But we are not going to shut up shop entirely!
We have almost enough captured video footage from 2021 through to 2025 to make these annual films, which will be rolled out as we find time to edit it into meaningful films.
If you have any video footage of an event that took place in one of these years, and would like to send it to us to use, please get in touch.
So, whilst we may not be able to offer annual films any longer, we appreciate that our past films are still of interest to many and we will be working to create an on-line platform for them to be viewed.
One of our members has been putting a lot of effort into re-mastering the oldest of our films, which date back to 1968, with excellent results. Hopefully before too long these will be available for you to see, along with any films we are able to produce and some of the old favourites.
Meantime, if anyone is, or knows of anyone, who would like to pick up the WFRS baton, we have placed on "pause", they would be received with a great deal of welcome.
Thank you
Tony, Paul, Keith, Andy & Tony C
