TVY Thames Valley branch
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TVY Branch – The History of the North London Line
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomThe presentation explores the fluctuating history of the North London line and includes a photographic journey from Richmond to the former Terminus of Broad Street.
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TVY Branch – My time inside the Wall – Memories of Swindon Works
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomMartin, who is well known to many of our RCTS Branch members, having been the host of our successful Swindon Works railway sites tour which we ran last year, comes from a long family line of Swindon railway employees. In this talk Martin will give us some of his personnel experiences of life inside Swindon…
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TVY Branch – Conditions of Carriage Part 1 – the History of Railway Carriages
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomRailway carriages may be overshadowed by the glamour of the locomotive, but they can be glamorous too - or very basic! This presentation traces the diverse and fascinating story of how carriages evolved from the early stagecoach on rails; to modern day vehicles, with more than a few trials and errors along the way. Take…
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TVY Branch – Didcot to Birmingham Snow Hill – featuring the historic slides of Tommy Tomalin
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomBrian Sullivan returns to give us a further selection of historic scanned slides taken by Tommy Tomalin, this time covering the route from Didcot through to Snow Hill station in Birmingham. There are stops at various stations along the route to see the railway operations.
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Britain’s Changing Railway from Outside and In
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomPhil Deaves - a career railwayman, takes us on a journey looking at Britain’s changing railway. Starting in the 1980’s, his early interest in railways with his local church Crusader group holidays, visiting engine sheds and stations, through the various jobs and roles he has had in his railway career. On the way we will…