Only on near-London suburban routes - if you think the new electric Arterio rolling stock is an improvement. Not so sure after checking out the train specs. But what of the rest of the non-electrified #SouthWesternRailway network? When will we see investment & improvements?
@theguardian.com
I am so proud to have co-curated this exhibition for @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social with the incredible @anecdotalksb.bsky.social Discover John Aubrey as you’ve never seen him before!!
At a loose end today? Why not head to @heritagewshc.bsky.social for a free talk about the fascinating life & times of John Aubrey - Wiltshire-born writer, antiquarian & scientist
#history #localhistory #Chippenham
Fascinating. Add this to my check list of things to look out for in our #archive & #map collections @heritagewshc.bsky.social (when I have a spare moment!)
#exploreyourarchives #geography #history #archives
Made a brief visit to @thelondonarchives.bsky.social today & delighted to encounter a secondary #school visit to the #archives + another school group on the tube alighting at Leicester Square. So great to see animated & excited kids on school outings.
#schooltrips #heritage #culture #education
Still time to book your place on a journey through the amazing world of Wiltshire-born scientist, writer & antiquarian #JohnAubrey with historian & author @lrylandepton.bsky.social Saturday, 6 June at 2pm.
👉Reserve your place by email - [email protected]
🎟️Tickets £10, payable on the day.
Check out our recent blogs including this from the Moulton #archive which includes notes & sketches by Alex Moulton on Germany's devastating V1 flying bomb known as the doodlebug. The collection also includes an official diagram of the weapon market SECRET.
#WWII
wshc.org.uk/doodling-the...
Popped into my #messygarden & chose to look skywards... Beautiful evening with wispy, high cirrus clouds & a partial #circumzenithalarc Along with a crescent moon & soaring seagull!
#clouds #cloudscape #bluesky #stormhour
Really looking forward to this talk. Reserve your tickets now to hear @lrylandepton.bsky.social Aubrey talk. And then head to @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social from 13 June for the Aubrey exhibition co-curated by Louise, contributing editor @vch-home.bsky.social @wiltshistory.bsky.social
My #messygarden, a mix of the intended & the accidental...
#wildlifegarden #yellowpeonies #pentaglottis #aquilegia #blueflowers
Ruth Butler
Ruth Butler
The personal papers of engineer Alex Moulton reveal he was involved, tangentially at least, with early investigations into the V-1.
A year after nationalisation, is South Western Railway delivering?
Why did place names on a map of Canada matter to geographers in London?
In the 1880s, a new railroad connected eastern Canada to British Columbia. As the railway expanded, Indigenous place names were added to official maps - including this 1886 map - which became a point of contention at the RGS.
Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre
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