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Relive wartime spirit Marking 25 years since works closure Revisit the war
at 1940s Tea Dance A visit to Swindon’s famous Railway producer and railway fanatic Pete years & ride a train
Sunday 18 September Festival at Steam Museum on 10 Waterman and many others from Swindon and Cricklade Railway will
2pm to 7pm and 11 September will transport the railway world, including Hornby be celebrating their eighth annual
Ballroom, Swing and Jive you to the nostalgia of times gone and Bachmann. wartime weekend on 10 and 11 Sep-
by with many attractions lined up.
This year marks the twenty-fi fth
Enjoy the music and feel of the Expect to see very rare steam anniverary of the closure of Swindon tember, with a packed programme of
40s, as well as tea and cakes cars, traction engines and road Works. A specially assembled pho- activities, demonstrations and train
£3 entry includes tea or coffee rollers outside the museum as en- tographic display will look back to the rides to keep visitors entertained.
Homemade cakes on sale thusiasts and families alike gather days when the town was dominated
Vintage trade stand and to celebrate the world of steam rail- by the railway and the crisis that hit
1940s hair and make-up ways. For model railway fans there when the decision was taken to axe
Arrive in vintage attire (optional) is the chance to see some of the a major, though declining, employer.
All ages welcome most detailed and elaborate working See details in the advert below as
Walcot Dome Community Centre railway layouts in the country. well information on the Lego show
Visitors will also meet pop at Steam in early October.
Burghley Close, Swindon SN3 3BS
A familiar setting, but from an earlier age
Battle action at Blunsdon
There will be walking history and
up to a dozen living history groups
performing skirmish and battle
re-enactments. On display will be
a range of wheeled and tracked
military vehicles, including a 1/6
scale radio controlled tank.
The railway’s own permanent
war-time museum will be open, pro-
viding a small but well-maintained
insight into the war years.
In the refreshment tent, spam
fritters and other typical wartime
refreshment will be on sale.
See details in the advert below
right or www.swindon-cricklade-
railway.org

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