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 12 February | The Andrew Hook Memorial Meeting |
Amyas Crump |
| Tuesday 12 March | The Badminton Line | Alan Freke |
| Tuesday 9 April | The Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways | Tim Maynard |
| Tuesday 14 May | Narrow Gauge Steam Around the World | Malcolm Ranieri |
| Sat/Sun 23/24 June | Mini Road Motor Outing - “SOU'EASTER II” visiting the newly-extended Bluebell Railway, Kent & East Sussex Railway and Spa Valley Railway | |
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 25 January | The Corris Railway | David Coleman |
| Friday 22 February | Group Annual Meeting | |
| Friday 22 March | Birth of the Llangollen Railway | David Burns |
| Friday 26 April | Stockport Viaduct | Kevin Dransfield |
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 25 January | A 1980s Somerset Insider | Michael Mensing |
| Friday 22 February | Group Annual Meeting | |
| Friday 22 March | Western Shipping | Brian Jackson |
| Friday 26 April | County & Patriot Rebuild/New Build Projects | |
| Friday 31 May | Narrow Gauge World | Malcolm Ranieri |
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 19 January | An Evening with our own Peter Gray | |
| Saturday 16 February | Group Annual Meeting, followed by ‘The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway’ | Dave Tooke |
| Saturday 16 March | Trains in the Snow | Les Nixon |
| Saturday 20 April | Last 30 Years of UK Steam | Hugh Ballantyne |
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 11 January | The Nostalgia of Steam | Trevor Young & Peter Tough |
| Friday 8 February | Group Annual Meeting, followed by ‘The Quiz’ | |
| Friday 8 March | Enthusiastic Life with Steam | Peter Jennings |
| Friday 12 April | Railways in the Holy Land | Frank Gleed |
| Friday 10 May | Steam into Devon & Cornwall | PowerPoint Presentation by permission of B & R Productions |
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 18 January | South African Steam Finale | Terry Nicholls |
| Friday 15 February | Group Annual Meeting, followed by ‘Taunton & Beyond, 1953-1962’ | Tony Whitby |
| Friday 15 March | 50 Years of Railway Photography | Les Nixon |
| Friday 19 April | The Familiar, the Strange – 50 Years of Chasing Trains | John Gulliver |
| Friday 17 May | Steam in the Midlands | Mike Clemens |
| Friday 21 June | Light Blue, Reds, but Always Green | Jon Trott |
| Friday 19 July | Steam in the South West | Peter Gray |
| Friday 16 August | 30 Years of Transport | Philip Bissat |
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.
