Modern railways were born in Britain 200 years ago. From there, they spread to the rest of the world, reducing travel and transportation times, and fostering modernisation, industrialisation and urbanisation.…
To mark the 200th Anniversary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, this year’s EIAG Annual Meeting has been extended to allow for a series of short talks…
Talk by Keith Hillman. Keith has an extensive collection of tools and artefacts, and will display and describe some of these for us. All welcome.
Annual General Meeting followed by a talk by Chris Turland Always a popular speaker, Chris returns with another presentation looking at the once busy Ipswich shipyards. All welcome.
Evening talk by Peter Metcalf Another talk which circumstances caused to be postponed from the tail end of the last season. Note: We meet in the ‘Savoy’, aka the Portacabin,…
Meet outside Reading Station (winter.zeal.toned) at 10:30 on 25th October to walk down to County Lock (106) on the Kennet & Avon Canal, we will then walk towards Kennet Mouth…
Bracknell is well known for being one of the ‘new towns’ built after the Second World War to relieve the pressure of housing and industry in London – but the…
Beer was almost certainly brewed in Newbury before it was Newbury, but the business of the Common Brewer – brewing beer for wholesale to homes and drinking establishments – is more…
The Local Government Act of 1972 saw the boundary between Oxfordshire and Berkshire changed with many local areas being moved from Berkshire into Oxfordshire. Prior to this change the County…
Meet outside Bedwyn Station at 10:30 following the departure of the 09:33 from Reading that arrives Newbury at 09:54 to change train and pick-up the 10:11 service to Bedwyn that…
