Swindon Railway Village Guided Walking Tour
The Bakers' 16 Emlyn Square, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomFree guided walking tour of Swindon's historic Railway Village
Free – £5.00
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‘Why are we nostalgic about railways?’ by Philip Garrahan
Central Community Centre, SN1 5BG Central Community Centre, Emlyn Square, Swindon, United KingdomPhilip Garrahan will contrast Swindon’s reputation for railway engineering with its important social history. It was once a complete company town, when the outside observer could be forgiven for thinking the GWR and Swindon were the same. The new town was built on a greenfield site […]
Free – £3.00
‘Collett Revisited’ by Graham Carter & Michael Roberts
Central Community Centre, SN1 5BG Central Community Centre, Emlyn Square, Swindon, United Kingdom'Collett Revisited' New insights into the glorious career, extraordinary life and enduring legacy of the Great Western Railway engineer. An illustrated talk by Graham Carter and Michael Roberts Cost Swindon […]
Free – £5.00
‘GWR Park: A focus for recreation and sport in Victorian and Edwardian times’ by Mary Thornton
Central Community Centre, SN1 5BG Central Community Centre, Emlyn Square, Swindon, United KingdomGWR's Railway Village, “New Swindon", was barely half-built and the Works still modest in extent when land was earmarked for a “park” in 1844. What does this tell us about […]
Free – £5.00
‘200 Years of Britain’s Railways in 14 Journeys’ by Sherin Aminossehe
Central Community Centre, SN1 5BG Central Community Centre, Emlyn Square, Swindon, United KingdomThe world’s first public railway, the Stockton & Darlington Railway, opened in the northeast of England in 1825 and marked the start of rail travel in Britain and across the […]
‘Let’s Go Shopping’ by John Stooke
Central Community Centre, SN1 5BG Central Community Centre, Emlyn Square, Swindon, United KingdomWell known local historian and author John Stooke is fascinated by the way that retailing has changed in the last 20 years compared to what a little change there was […]
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