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Celebrating Swindon 175 in music
Saturday 19 November, 7.30pm to 10pm Swindon engineer receives deserved
Great Western Hall, Steam Museum
Swindon Symphony Orchestra celebrates Swindon 175 royal recognition
with a feast of favourite classics and contemporary compositions
by Dvorak, Rachmaninov, Strauss, John Williams and Walton Daniel Gooch, the great engineer of was so gracious and put everybody
featuring Hungarian pianist Daniel Lebhardt the Great Western Railway, largely at their ease, particularly Alex and
Tickets £12, conc. £10, children £5 from Steam, Central Library overshadowed by IK Brunel, is the Jaydon from Robert Le King Primary
or call 01793 813095 unsung hero of Swindon, the man School who presented flowers.
who identified in 1831 the fields “It was so exciting that she was
below the village on the hill as here to draw attention to our
the ideal location for a locomotive important celebrations to honour a
maintenance works which grew to great man and raise the profile of
a sprawling factory and drove the Swindon.
town’s economic success for more “The plaque on the wall next to
than a century. the entrance of the railway station
On 20 October he received due looks fantastic, really eye catching.”
recognition when HRH Camilla, Graham Carter of Swindon
Duchess of Cornwall unveiled a Heritage added: “It’s great Camilla
locomotive engine plaque naming came to the town to highlight the
the forecourt of Swindon railway father of Swindon. For anybody
station Sir Daniel Gooch Place. interested in the history of the
She went onto meet VIPs and town, the recognition of Daniel
people involved in the organisation Gooch has been a long time coming.
of Swindon175, the year long series “I was really impressed by how long
of events during 2016 marking the she spent with the people she was
start of new Swindon. introduced to. I told her all about
Project manager Caroline Black Swindon Heritage magazine and the
said: “We were thrilled and several hundred editions we need to
honoured that the Duchess of tell all the stories about the town
Cornwall agreed to attend our which we have lined up.”
event and unveil the plaque and the • Find out more at the ‘Daniel
gateway to our town. Gooch – Life and Legacy’
“In all honesty, the event could exhibition in Steam Museum
not have gone better. The Duchess www.steam-museum.org.uk

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