Meeting

We find ourselves in the incredible nineteenth-century, a time when Southampton expanded at a rate of knots. New railways, docks and suburbs changed the town forever. Join us for this fun, engaging and educational talk and discover more about some of the stories and tales from Victorian Southampton. Free Car Parking is available, but there…

A Saturday morning talk by Dr Phil Judkins. The Wakefield area has one of the densest concentrations of railways in the UK, from early colliery railroads to 21st century mainline stations. Of especial interest are the industries which grew up around the various local stations, from mining to malt to rhubarb growing, and their changing…