Late Summer Update
As the summer holiday season comes to a close and we approach autumn the activities of the Trust continue at a pace. Updates over the last few months have been scarce due to the large…
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Western Region repainted S&D station signs still show the profile of the original Southern green enamel underneath
After the WR took control of the S&D in 1958, they painted many existing station signs to rebrand them into their own colours. Where those signs were enamelled, the profile of the enamel still shows…
All stations to Alresford
Readying for the big museum move If all goes to plan, next week will see the first large movement of museum artefacts to the Mid Hants Railway. We have been working hard with our friends…
The Washford Shunt
Unfortunately I was unable to make it to Washford this week due to work commitments. However David Temple has stepped in and has captured the goings on at Washford this week with his trusty camera.…
In the Spirit of Collaboration
With work steadily progressing at Washford this week’s blog sees another member of the Trust Board, Andy Norman provide an update. Tuesday this week saw the Chairman, Ian Young and myself taking a trip to…
The Merry Men of Washford
Tuesday 15th June 2021 One of my first memories of visiting Washford was during the school holidays in about 1990. My dad took me for a trip on the West Somerset Railway and we alighted the…
Pointing in the right direction
Tuesday the 8th June saw another busy day at Washford Rediscovering the Archives – Bath Green Park fingerposts As we have been working across the Washford site we have been rediscovering many artefacts that have…
May at Washford
As lockdown measures lifted the Tuesday gang could once again meet at Washford and begin to tackle the long list of tasks which have been on pause over the last few months. As a new…