GWR Factory Tours
Designer Outlet Swindon Kemble Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomWe are conducting our popular GWR Factory History tour of the Swindon Designer Outlet Joseph Armstrong buidings to coincide with the GWR STEAM Museum’s Christmas event on the 4th & 5th of December. The tour features the history of all the ex GWR workshops contained in the Designer Outlet as well as adjacent buidings including […]
‘Lost’ Swindon Rediscovered
Even Swindon Community Centre Jennings Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomA Rodbourne Community History Group Talk by Graham Carter and Noel Ponting. Life in the town between the wars [ revealed by rarely seen 'Lost' photographs and the rediscovered writings of the Swindon 'wordsmith', George E Hobbs. Admission: Members £1, Guests: £2 Free Refreshments available. Gordon Shaw - Secretary Rodbourne Community History Group 01793 616558
GWR Factory Tours
Designer Outlet Swindon Kemble Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomOur new programme of tours for 2022 start with a partnership with the Mechanics Institute Trust and Heritage Action Zone. As usual we will tour the Swindon Designer Outlet historic buildings which formed part of the GWR Factory. On completion if you wish you will be able to continue to a tour of the Railway […]
Our Boys: Family War
Even Swindon Community Centre Jennings Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomPaul Gentleman, Caroline Black and Noel Beauchamp will tell the incredible and true story of three men who took to the skies to defend Britain and take the fight to Germany. From the greatest air battle to take place, the Battle of Britain, to one of the most incredible stories to come out of the […]
GWR Factory Tour
Designer Outlet Swindon Kemble Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomOur new programme of tours for 2022 start with a partnership with the Mechanics Institute Trust and Heritage Action Zone. As usual we will tour the Swindon Designer Outlet historic buildings which formed part of the GWR Factory. On completion if you wish you will be able to continue to a tour of the Railway […]
RCHG AGM 2022
Even Swindon Community Centre Jennings Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomThis will be our first AGM meeting since 2020. As there are a substantial number of items to discuss it has been decided that there will be no speaker giving a talk. The meeting will be for members only. If members of the public wish to take out membership prior to this meeting they can […]
GWR Factory Tour
Designer Outlet Swindon Kemble Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomTHE LIFE AND TIMES OF GEORGE WILLIAM SIMS
Even Swindon Community Centre Jennings Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomMartin Robins will tell us about the fascinating life of George Sims, a Swindon man who started life working in the Railway Works but later went on to do missionary work in Rhodesia for which he was awarded an MBE. He is now commemorated in Swindon with a plaque outside his birthplace in Rodbourne. I […]
GWR Factory Tour
Designer Outlet Swindon Kemble Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomFrank Ernest Quinton
Even Swindon Community Centre Jennings Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, United KingdomJohn Stooke will talk about talented Swindon Watercolour artist, Frank Ernest Quinton… Frank passed away in 2019 at 97 years old and left behind a wealth of beautiful paintings that record changing Swindon and of special interest to us is the commission he was awarded to record the end of locomotive manufacturing in Swindon and […]
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