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  • Why are we nostalgic about railways?

    ‘Why are we nostalgic about railways?’ by Philip Garrahan

    Central Community Centre, SN1 5BG Central Community Centre, Emlyn Square, Swindon, United Kingdom

    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 […]

    Free – £3.00

  • ‘The History Of Tarot’ by Michael Gray

    Central Community Centre, SN1 5BG Central Community Centre, Emlyn Square, Swindon, United Kingdom

    The History Of Tarot by Michael Gray - For centuries Tarot cards have been used for fortune telling believed to manifest secret knowledge handed down from ancient times. For some […]

    Free – £5.00

  • “Let’s Go Shopping” with John Stooke, is an illustrated history of those Swindon shops we have loved and lost, small businesses that made our Town Centre what it was.

    ‘Let’s Go Shopping’ by John Stooke

    Central Community Centre, SN1 5BG Central Community Centre, Emlyn Square, Swindon, United Kingdom

    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 […]

    Free – £5.00