The Great Western Society has local groups which organise meetings and events in the Bristol, North West (Warrington), Oxford, South West (Torbay), Swindon and Taunton areas. The groups also support the Society by undertaking practical work at Didcot or locally and through the vital elements of fundraising and local publicity.
Chairman: Robert Heron
Secretary: Robin Jordan E-Mail>>
Bristol Group Meetings are held on Tuesday at, BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, BRISTOL, BS34 7RG (Phone: 0117 987 3244, Web: www.bawa.biz) 19:30 for 19:45 and all are welcome.
| Tuesday 14 September | Spotting with a Pentax Spotmatic & a Canon EOS | Wayne Finch |
| Tuesday 12 October | Railways in West Switzerland | Arthur Turner |
| Tuesday 9 November | West Somerset Railway Signalling | Richard Harman |
| Tuesday 14 December | Schnee, Dampf-und Schmalspurbahnen | Robert Heron |
See the Group Web Site for more details: Great Western Society Bristol Group
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Chairman: David Burns
Secretary: Peter Hanson
North West Group Meetings are held on Friday at, St. Hilda’s Clubroom, Slater St., Latchford, Warrington at 19:30 and all are welcome.
| Friday 24 September | Lost Stations of St. Helens | Alan Moore |
| Friday 29 October | Steam Locos in Industry | Barrie Rushton |
| Friday 26 November | Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway | Noel Coates |
Chairman: Ken Bampton
Secretary: Margaret Pargeter
Oxford Group Meetings are held on Friday at, Pauling Human Sciences Centre, 58 Banbury Rd., Oxford at 19:30 and all are welcome.
| Friday 24 September | TBA | |
| Friday 29 October | TBA | |
| Friday 26 November | TBA | |
Chairman: Colin Stone
Secretary:
South West Group Meetings are held on Saturday at, The Parish Centre, Church End Road, Kingskerswell, Torbay at 18:30 and all are welcome.
| Saturday 18 September | History of the Dartmouth & Torbay Railway | John Risdon |
| Saturday 16 October | The 9.15 from Paddington | Simon Foot |
| Saturday 20 November | An Evening with Richard Croucher | |
Chairman: Rodney Bagshaw
Secretary: Candy Castle
Swindon Group Meetings are held on Friday at, Lawn Community Centre, Guildford Ave., Off Windsor Rd., Lawn, Swindon, SN3 1JE at 19:30 and all are welcome.
| Friday 10 September | TBA | |
| Friday 8 October | Aspects of the Great Western Railway | Peter Tough |
| Friday 12 November | Time Travail – 60 Years of Railway Preservation | Colin Brading |
| Friday 10 December | Christmas Meeting, including Members’ Slides | |
Chairman: Stuart Trott E-Mail>>
Secretary: David Hartland - Tel. 01823 336262
Group meetings are held on the third Friday of each month, throughout the year, at Stoke St Mary Village Hall, near Taunton. TA3 5BY (unless otherwise indicated) commencing at 19.30, and all are welcome.
| Friday 20 August | Travel in the 1960s | Roger Granger |
| Friday 17 September | Bodmin & Wenford | Richard Jones |
| Friday 15 October | My Travels in 2009 | David Milton |
| Thursday 5 November 19.30 | For your eyes only |
Peter Triggs |
| Friday 19 November | Somerset & Dorset Remembered | Keith Barret |
The Group also arranges a programme of events almost monthly which include an Annual Dinner, day trips to locations of railway interest, a weekend trip and an occasional longer holiday which in the past has included Ireland, the Isle of Man, and Switzerland - details of all these events can be obtained from by e-mailing Carl Honnor.
We also operate a restored Pump Trolley on various railways and this has in the past raised funds for the Group, the Society and other charities.