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Railway steaming towar
Railway steaming towards Crickladeds Crickladeds Cricklade
Railway steaming towar
Purton House Reduce your
Swindon and Cricklade Railway is approaching its next destination near and Cricklade Railway is approaching its next destination near and Cricklade Railway is approaching its next destination near
Swindon
Church End carbon footprint. Swindon
South Meadow Lane and from April, passengers will be able to enjoy an
South
South Meadow Lane and from April, passengers will be able to enjoy an Meadow Lane and from April, passengers will be able to enjoy an
Purton, Swindon Buy healthy food
extended trip in vintage trains.xtended trip in vintage trains.
extended trip in vintage trains.
grown locally e
Tel: 01793 772287 Work began in early 2006 to ex- track but volunteers won’t be put-
tend the existing line northwards ting their feet up as they have their
tend the existing line northwards the existing line northwards
VEGETABLES • FRUIT • MEAT • EGGS tend
from Hayes Knoll. The last section sights on reaching Mouldon Hill to
from
from Hayes Knoll. The last section Hayes Knoll. The last section
Real food from a farm near you of Celebrating its 30th anniversary
of track, for the time being, was track, for the time being, was
of track, for the time being, was the south - see page 26 & 27.
laid in August taking the line just
laid in August taking the line just
Call for details about our one mile south of Cricklade. The
one mile south of Cricklade. The this year, the railway is run by vol-
railway closed in January so that
Organic Box Scheme railway closed in January so that unteers who do everything from
wooden railway sleepers could be
wooden railway sleepers could be driving engines and laying tracks
replaced with concrete ones.
Deliveries & drop off points in Swindon, Cirencester, Wootton Bassett, replaced with concrete ones. to maintaining the grounds and
Broad Hinton, Marlborough, Wroughton Once the upgrade is complete, running the cafe. Railway experi-
ballast will be laid and the track
FARM SHOP OPEN: Wed and Thurs 9.30am-1.30pm & 2.30pm-5pm ballast will be laid and the track ence is helpful, but energy and en-
levelled, ready for re-opening in thusiasm are just as valuable. New
levelled, ready for re-opening in
www.purton-house.co.uk April. The northern extension will members are always welcome.
April. The northern extension will
double the length of the existing www.swindon-cricklade-railway.org
doub
double the length of the existing le the length of the existing www.swindon-cricklade-railway.orgle the length of the existing
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ARDECCA What was it like ‘inside’?
Country Retreats Although Swindon was not the birthplace of the Great Western Railway or
its headquarters, it was the manufacturing centre and is usually the fi rst
COURSES & place that people think of regarding the GWR.
Peter Timms has written an in-depth social
WORKSHOPS and industrial study of the conditions faced by
Arts and Crafts with the many thousands of working men and women
professional tutors and their families whose lives were controlled by
the GWR from 1930 to 1960, the beginning of
■ Patchwork, quilting, smocking the modern period for the railway with mechani-
■ Felt making, crochet, fabric dyeing cal accounting, up to the decline of the railway
■ Painting, machine embroidery from 1957.
■ Bead work, jewellery making He writes about everything from pay rates
■ Soft furnishing and timekeeping to leisure, the effects of the
Depression, working and living conditions,
Phone 01793 721238 for details wartime and post-war and nationalisation. The
book features 100 photographs, some never published.
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