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  • ‘Harold Fleming – A Man For All Sports’ by Dick Mattick

    Goddard Park School Welcombe Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

    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 […]

  • ‘Role of the Online Parish Clerk’ by Nigel Chalk

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

    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 […]

  • ‘Let’s Go Shopping’ by Diane Everett & John Stooke

    Goddard Park School Welcombe Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

    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 […]

  • ‘Having a Robinson Crusoe in the Family’ by Graham Warmington

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

    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 […]

  • ‘Swindon – This Is Swindon’ by Andy Binks

    Goddard Park School Welcombe Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

    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 […]

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

    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 […]

    Free – £3.00

  • 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 site with innovations in its Railway Village, Medical Social Fund, Mechanics’ Institute, Art School and much more. Our modern nostalgia about railways may overlook how distinctive Swindon […]

    Free – £3.00

  • ‘Collett Revisited’ by Graham Carter & Michael Roberts

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

    '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 Heritage Preservation (SHP) Full Members – FREE Entry Guests – £5.00 Entry Membership Becoming a SHP Full Member gives you full FREE access to our […]

    Free – £5.00

  • ‘GWR Park: A focus for recreation and sport in Victorian and Edwardian times’ by Mary Thornton

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

    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 Company, its workers and their families, and prevailing Victorian values? And what were typical Victorian and Edwardian sporting and leisure activities anyway? Mary Thornton […]

    Free – £5.00

  • 200 Years of Britain's Railways in 14 Journeys

    ‘200 Years of Britain’s Railways in 14 Journeys’ by Sherin Aminossehe

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

    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 […]