This event is hosted by The Swindon Society. From its very beginnings the Society has attempted to record the social history of the area as shown by the camera since […]
This event is hosted online via Zoom by Wiltshire Family History Society. Thinking of researching your family history – or need some help, then you are welcome to join our […]
This event is hosted by Wiltshire Family History Society at The Central Community Centre, Emlyn Square, SN1 5BG. Thinking of researching your family history – or need some help, then […]
This event is hosted by The Swindon Society. From its very beginnings the Society has attempted to record the social history of the area as shown by the camera since […]
Philip 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 […]
Philip 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 […]
'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 […]
GWR'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 […]
The 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 world. Over the following two centuries the rail network expanded over the country and led to the construction of some of the most spectacular examples […]
Well 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 between 1880 and 1990. Throughout these years, food, drink, clothing, homeware, and hardware were delivered to the general public via small, often independent businesses, what […]