THE QUIET ENGINEER A HISTORY OF THOMAS RICHARD GUPPY
Even Swindon Community Centre Jennings Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomGordon Shaw our secretary takes you on a journey through the life of this remarkably little-known engineer and great friend of I.K.Brunel. The journey starts from an investigation into the names of streets in Rodbourne, via the Great Western Railway, to a villa in Naples.
Talk on Wiltshire’s White Horses
Even Swindon Community Centre Jennings Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomIf you think you knew all about Wiltshire's Chalk White Horses or you haven't a clue let Garry Gibbons the Curator of Tom Brown's School Museum in Uffington take you on an informative journey. Wiltshire's stable of equine chalk hill-figures arguably represent the county's most prominent set of monuments. They have largely persisted in the […]
The Wilts & Berks Canal
Even Swindon Community Centre Jennings Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomJohn Farrow will take us on a journey of the Wilts & Berks canal showing it's history but more importantly on the progress being made on its restoration. The meeting continues after the talk until 21.00 and there is free tea, coffee & biscuits after the talk.
Where did early Residents of the Railway Village shop ?
Even Swindon Community Centre Jennings Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomMike and Pam Stubbs will take us down a fascinating journey in the early days of the GWR Railway Village to see how the early residents coped with the day to day struggle of supplying their families with essential supplies. Did they go to Swindon Old Town or were there sufficient shops locally to supply […]
The history of Russia and the 1917 Bolshevik led revolution
Even Swindon Community Centre Jennings Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomJeremy Kemble with his talk will show the terrible conditions that the peasant class had to endure and the increasingly militant industrial workers in the cities which gave the seed for unrest, demonstrations pre 1917 and the adoption of Communism fueling the cataclysmic events of the 1917 revolution which has changed the face of the […]
Florence Nightingale
Even Swindon Community Centre Jennings Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomMartin Collinson will deliver a talk about Florence Nightingale an iconic figure in the profession of nursing. Florence Nightingale is considered a significant figure and the founder of modern nursing and Martin will illustrate her fight during the Crimean war to have nurses recognized by the medical profession in helping to transform the conditions of […]
GWR Factory Tour 2023
Designer Outlet Swindon Kemble Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomPlease note that the October tour has been cancelled dut to other commitments. https://www.rodbournehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GWR-Factory-Trail-Poster-for-2023.pdf
Talk on South Marston
Even Swindon Community Centre Jennings Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomBill King who is well known on the history talk circuit is going to deliver a talk on South Marston. It will concentrate on the war production centred on the airfield during wartime. The production of the Supermarine Sptifire and the Sunderland heavy bomber as well as other aircraft will be featured The meeting continues […]
Spitfire Sisters
Even Swindon Community Centre Jennings Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomThis video from our Archive tells the exploits of the women pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary in the Second World War. The organisation ferried aircraft from factories to RAF bases.
Radnor Street Cemetery
Even Swindon Community Centre Jennings Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomThis is a talk by Frances Bevan, local historian, author and guide for the Radnor Street Cemetery Tours. Frances will impart her knowledge of the history of the cemetery and the locals interred there.
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