TVY Didcot
Reading Station, Vastern Road Bridge Reconstruction and short AGM
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomFifty years ago, in 1973, construction work started to widen the 12 metre span Vastern Road underbridge east of Reading station to accommodate a 30 metre wide dual carriageway for Stage 3 of Reading Borough Council’s new Inner Distribution Road. This illustrated presentation explores the history of this site at Reading station and describes the…
North Staffordshire Railway (Part 4)
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomIn the fourth and final part of the North Staffordshire Railway talks series using digitised images from the collection of over 15,000 colour slides taken by the late Tommy Tomalin (who sadly passed away in 2021 at the grand old age of 96). Brian Sullivan continues by showing us views (with historical details) of the…
Remembering my lines
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomColin Brading gives us a very wide-ranging presentation: starting from his early railway interests and lineside haunts to the highlights of a diverse engineering career spanning fifty years, ‘Remembering My Lines’ is an illustrated medley of memories and experiences seasoned with many of the presenter’s own favourites. On this journey ‘from anorak to hi-vis’ we…