2012 Meetings Programme

The society meets at the Woodborough Social Club, Smithy Lane, Woodborough, near Pewsey on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:45pm.

For further details please telephone Max Wilkinson on 01672 851478.

New members are always welcome, so please feel free to come along and join in!


Date Presentation
14th Feb Inside Swindon Works
by Dr. Rosa Matheson
The jobs and the people inside Swindon Works
13th Mar The Fat Controller
by Max Wilkinson
The Life and Times of Gerry Fiennes OBE
10th April Part 2 - Kent Railways
by Stuart Isbister
Stuart continues his journey around Kent from London to the coast and back in the days of steam
8th May Our Local Line - BHER150
by Various
An evening to mark and celebrate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Berks & Hants Extension Railway
12th Jun Crossrail
by Bruce Nottrodt
London's newest railway
10th Jul London to Paris
by Michael Bunn
The history of the rail route linking us to France
14th Aug Yeoman
by David Butcher
David will reminisce on his time when he was managing the flow of the stone trains
11th Sep A Great Western Railway Shipping History
by Brian Jackson
The history of the great rail ships
9th Oct Waterloo to Weymouth
by Simon Foote
It's all aboard the 08:36am to experience this iconic journey by slides and sound
13th Nov Welsh Railways
by Chris Youett
Chris continues with his journey through the Welsh railways
11th Dec Bristol Temple Meads - Part 2
by Martin Wilcocks
Martin resumes his narration of the history of this famous GWR terminus

Finding Us

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The Woodborough Social Club has their own website which you can find here.


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Meetings Programme Archive

The programme of events that the society has held in previous years:

Events Programme 2010
Events Programme 2011