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The Great Western Society has local groups which organise meetings and events in the Bristol, 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 11 December | The Right Kind of Snow – 200 slides on the UK, China, North America & Ukraine | Terry Nicholls |
| Tuesday 8 January | Paddington to Bristol before 1892 | Brian Armen |
| Tuesday 12 February | The Andrew Hook Memorial Meeting The Great Western Society Today incorporating the Group Annual Meeting |
Richard Antliff |
| Tuesday 12 March | Island Treasures (Isle of Wight) | Colin Brading |
| Tuesday 9 April | More Photographing Britain's Railways | Jack Boskett |
| Tuesday 14 May | Railways in the West Country | Peter Triggs |
See the Group Web Site for more details: Great Western Society Bristol Group
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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 21 December | Members’ Christmas Meeting & Quiz | |
| Friday 25 January | The LNWR in Oxford | Laurence Waters |
| Friday 22 February | Group Annual Meeting, followed by Great Western Society Today |
Richard Antliff |
| Friday 29 March | The Final Years of Western Region Steam | Ralph Ward |
| Friday 26 April | The LMS Patriot (Unknown Warrior) Project | David Bradshaw |
| Friday 31 May | The North Staffs Part 1 | Tommy Tomalin with Brian Sullivan |
Chairman: Colin Stone
Secretary: Gillian Lemar-Collings
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 15 December | Our Christmas Evening – Colin & Rosemary Stone Entertain, plus Coastal Cornwall |
Peter Triggs |
| Saturday 19 January | More of Peter Gray's Wonderful Slides | Amyas Crump |
| Saturday 16 February | Group Annual Meeting, followed by Railways of Pakistan |
Peter Tickner |
| Saturday 16 March | The Great Western Trust Collection | Peter Rance |
| Saturday 13 April | More Steam in the Sixties | Alan Reeve |
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 14 December | Christmas Meeting, including Members’ Slides | |
| Friday 11 January | Steam on Shed | Peter Tough |
| Friday 8 February | Group Annual Meeting, followed by our renowned Quiz Master |
Joe Turner |
| Friday 8 March | Fast and slow on the Great Western - A look at some key infrastructure projects | Phil Deaves |
| Friday 12 April | Steam Finale around Bristol | Mike Beale |
Chairman: Stuart Trott E-Mail>>
Secretary: David Hartland - Tel. 07711 229071
Speaker Secretary, PR and Programme Officer: Peter Triggs - Tel. 01823 334188
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 21 December | Millennium Medley | Philip Bissat |
| Friday 18 January | Trips, Tours & Evening Excursions (We do fish on Sunday) | Trevor Whitfield |
| Friday 15 February | Group Annual Meeting, folllowed by The Great Western Society Today |
Richard Antliff |
| Friday 15 March | East of Penzance | Roger Marsh |
| Friday 19 April | Railways to Royalty | Jack Boskett |
| Friday 17 May | Steam in the 1950/1960s from the Arthur Dodd Collection | Mike Dodd |
| Friday 21 June | Great Western Route – Taunton-Barnstaple | Freddie Huxtable |
| Friday 19 July | The Best of Great Western Steam | David Oldham |
| Friday 16 August | Fifteen Minutes Each | m/c Francis Lewis |
In addition to monthly meetings Taunton Group arranges a programme of social events and trips to places of railway, transport and industrial heritage as well as producing an annual magazine for members.
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