GWR Volunteer Rifles – For Queen and Country Swindon Heritage Preservation is pleased to present GWR Volunteer Rifles – For Queen and Country, a richly illustrated talk by historian Mary […]
Growing Up and Working in a Railway Town Swindon Heritage Preservation invites you to an engaging illustrated talk titled Growing Up and Working in a Railway Town, presented by Colin […]
Gareth Powell from Historic England talks about The Missing Pieces Project. All over England are places with stories to tell: from buildings to battlefields, some on your doorstep, others just […]
Dr. Ojoawo is a senior change, culture, and communication specialist with over a decade of experience leading transformation programs across the UK, Europe, and Africa. Holding a PhD alongside qualifications […]
Swindon’s Secret History: Jane Lark & The GWR Girls Step back into the 1940s and discover the untold stories of the women who kept the tracks running. Join best-selling author […]
Moonies, Movers & Shakers, by Graham Carter Moonies, Movers and Shakers is an illustrated talk about a book of the same name, written by Swindon local historians Noel Ponting and Graham […]
Three painters and a sculptor by Philip Garrahan is an illustrated talk featuring works from the heyday of Swindon’s artistic life. This was the interwar period when the School of […]
The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust is a dedicated charity committed to a massive undertaking: restoring 70 miles of canal and towpath for the benefit of local communities, wildlife, and […]
The story of Thomas Richard Guppy who was a great friend of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and a fellow engineer who helped Brunel with the GWR, SS Great Western & SS […]
The North Wessex Way was rediscovered by David Robertson Mitchell, a local historian living near Malmesbury. 'My wife and I were in Hay on Wye for our wedding anniversary in […]