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CHELTENHAM GWR MODELLERS GROUP EXHIBITIONS IN AID OF CLIC SARGEANT

  
Introduction
  
Cheltenham Rail Location Map
  
Review of Spring 2006
  
Review of Autumn 2006
  
Review of Spring 2007
 
Review of Autumn 2007
  
Review of Spring 2008
  
Spring 2008: The Untold Story
  
Review of Autumn 2008
  
Review of Spring 2009

Review of Autumn 2009
 
Review of Spring 2010
  
 
  Review of Autumn 2010
  
 Review of Spring 2011
  
  Review of Autumn 2011
 


 

CHELTENHAM GWR MODELLERS GROUP EXHIBITION IN AID OF SAINT MICHAELS CHURCH (WHADDON) ROOF FUND

 
Review of January 2008
 
COTSWOLD MODEL RAILWAY SHOW

Review of 2009
  
 
  Review of 2010
  
  Review of 2011
  
 

GLOUCESTER MODEL RAILWAY SHOW

  
 
  Review of 2011
  
  Preview of 2012

 INTERNATIONAL PLASTIC MODELLING SOCIETY GLOUCESTER BRANCH EXHIBITIONS

 
Review of 2009

Review of 2010
 

STONEHOUSE MODEL RAILWAY SHOW

 
Review of March 2009
 
CIRENCESTER  MODEL RAILWAY SHOW

Review of September 2009

Review of October 2010
  
  M5-M50 NARROW GAUGE MODELLERS EXHIBITION
  
  2011

THORNBURY  MODEL RAILWAY AND MODELLING EXHIBITION

Review of November 2009
  
  Review of November 2011

THE TRIANG SOCIETY CHELTENHAM EXHIBITION

2010

THE JET AGE RESERVE MODEL COLLECTION
 
Introduction
 
The Square Airfield
 
Modular Display Cabinets
   
 
  Brockworth Open Day  4 December 2010
  

EASTER PARADE 2010

Boeing B-17s

A.V Roe and the British Pioneers

Regia Aeronautica Italiana

Luftwaffe

Aircraft of the Rising Sun

The Russian Front

G-AIDN and the two seat Spitfires

USA - The Arsenal of Democracy

Aircraft of Western Europe 1918-1939

The American Jet Age
 

BRITISH STORIES

 
Blackburn Buccaneer

Bristol Aircraft
 
Bristol Type 170 Freighter,Wayfarer & Superfreighter
 
A walk round Bristol Type 170 Mk 31 G-BISU
 
Bristol Type 170: A view from Filton

De Havilland DH2, the fighter that founded Gloster Aircraft
 
De Havilland Mosquito

Away with the Faireys

Fairey Delta 2 and The Wings of Speed
 
The Lost Flying Boats of Blackburn, Fairey and Supermarine
 
Britain's First Seaplane
 
A model history of Gloster Aircraft
 
Gloster Gladiator N5520: Model restored
 
The Gloster Hudson - a missed opportunity?
 
Handley Page Aircraft
  
  Joint Harrier Strike Force

Flashpoint Korea

The British Phantoms

Tribute to Skyfame
  
  Spitfire Origins
 
Sydney Camm and the Winds of Change
 
Westland Aircraft
 

AMERICAN STORIES

 
Flashpoint Korea!

Lockheed Aircraft
 
Rainbow of the US Navy
 
Wider, Bluer Yonder

GERMAN STORIES

 
Kaiser Bill's Air Force: Albatros to Roland
 
Kaiser Bill's Air Force: Angrif England!
 
Kaiser Bill's Air Force: The Zeppelins
 

JAPANESE STORIES

 
Mitsubishi G3M "Nell" and the loss of Force Z
 

THE GUEST LIST

 
Ken Guest's Photographic Index
 

KIM HIBBERD

TOP GLOUCESTERSHIRE PHOTOGRAPHER

1953 - 2009

 
Tribute to Kim Hibberd
 
Kim Hibberd meets 771 Royal Naval Air Squadron
 
Kim Hibberd meets RAF Strike Command
 

RAILWAY OPERATING DEPARTMENT

 
Background to the Background
 
Capital Works
 
Capital Works: Guest Motive Power
 
The Class 47 Connection
 
The Fastest Diorama in the West
 
Flightline
 
Kaiser Bill's Trains
 

Terminal 1

Terminal 1 Aircraft

Terminal 1 Rolling Stock

N Gauge
Steam Push-Pull 

Flying down to Cheltenham

Flying down to Tewkesbury

Terminal 1 2010 Departures

Fiddling about with Terminal 1 

Terminal 1 and Voyager DEMUs

Terminal 1 and Class 73 electro-diesels

Terminal 1 and GWR diesel railcars
   
 
  Terminal 1 2010: October Skies
 
Toucan Park
  
  Toucan Park- Guest Motive Power 2011

The Bucc Stops Here!

Universal Works

Universal Works and British Steam
  
  Universal Works and Mike Morris's British Steam

Universal Works salutes English Electric 

Universal Works salutes Gloucester RCW 

Universal Works 2.0
Universal Works in "Nearly Feltham"
  
  Universal Works and the road to Feltham
  
  Universal Works and GWR Large Prairies
  
  Universal Works and GWR Small Prairies
  
  Universal Works and the Pug Sextet
  
  Universal Works and the Swiss Crocodile


Wagon Repairs Diorama: All Change
 

THE LEIGH VALLEY LIGHT RAILWAY

 
Introduction
 
Steam Locomotives
 
Garratt Millennium
 
Diesel Locomotives
 
Rolling Stock
 
Tribute to Norman Bozzard
 
Norman Bozzard Day 2007
 
Open Weekend 2008

Open Weekend 2009
  
Open Weekend 2010

Open Weekend 2010: Pictures by
Malcolm Morgan
   
 
  One day in Cwmbran
  

 

  The last Leigh Valley Light Railway Open Days 2011

BROADBAND TRANSPORT CINEMA

 

Historic Footage

 

GLOUCESTERSHIRE AVIATION

 
 
  Blowing in The Wind


All things Breitling beautiful

Bristol Boxkite - Britain's first military aircraft

Bristol Aircraft and the bomber gap
 
Civil Aviation - A Gloucestershire Perspective
 
Cosmic Heroes
 
  Diamond Delta Day 10 December 2011
  
Dorniers over Gloucestershire
  
  Fairford 2011: Then and Now

Gloucestershire Propellers
 
Gloster Meteor IVs in Argentina

The Royal Air Force in the 1930s A-G
 
The Royal Air Force in the 1930s H-W
 
Rotors over Gloucestershire

An afternoon with Rise Helicopters

A walk round Westland Sea King HAR3 XZ589
 
Staverton Hero: Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer
 
The Telstar Story
 
Tiger Airways Stampe of Approval

Volcanic Ash at Ten O'Clock

SKYFAME CIRCUIT - THE BEST OF WHAT'S LEFT

 
Introduction
 

GLOUCESTERSHIRE BUSES

 
Bristol Double Deck Buses in Gloucestershire
 
Bristol Single Deck Buses in Gloucestershire
 
Bristol VR - The Big Firm Bus

Cheltenham District 75
 
Gloucestershire Stagecoach 2008 - 09
 
Just the Ticket Punch
 
Michelle Ryan: The Girl with the Big Firm Bus

Stagecoach  Gold

The Trident life of Stagecoach Cheltenham
 

GLOUCESTERSHIRE RAILWAYS

 
Berry Wiggins at Whimsey 1949-1967
 
British Telecomm rings the changes

Boom Time for 60019 "Bittern"
  
  The Butt Ironworks Story

C.B Collett's Air Force

Gloucestershire's Chemical Romance
 
3440 "City of Truro" leaves Toddington

Churchdown School Railtours 1978-79
 
Cotswold Rail at Gloucester 2007
  
  The Crump Ironworks Story
 
Diesel Locomotive Driving
 
English Electric Exportese
 
The Greenest of Diesels

Hastings DEMU 1001
at Churchdown

Up the line from Kemble

  New trains for Lydney
  
70013 "Oliver Cromwell" at Cheltenham

Llanthony Road Yard Gloucester
  
  The First Railways in Gloucester
 
 
Railways in Gloucester and Churchdown - after 1845
  
 
  The Severn Railway Bridge 1879 - 1960
  
  Single Driver Locomotives
  
  North from Toddington
 
 60163 "Tornado" at Gloucester

Torque to the Trees
 
RAILFUTURE SEVERNSIDE

Railfuture Gloucester 21 October 2006

Railfuture Gloucester: Kemble to Swindon

Railfuture Severnside 10 April 2010

JOE GREAVES' PRIVATE OWNER WAGON INDEX 
 
Introduction and Letter A

B

C
  
  D

THE GLOUCESTER RAILWAY CARRIAGE AND WAGON COMPANY

 

INTRODUCTION TO GRCW

 
Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Limited
 
GRCW's FW.Sinclair on Carriage Building
  
  GRCW and Electric Taxis
 
GRCW's Henry Wright
 
GRCW Works Shunters
  
 
  GRCW and Mr J.C. Tunley's dinner
  
Wagon Repairs Ltd
  
  GRCW's Narrow Gauge Wembley Carriages
 
GRCW Wagons For Hire
 
GRCW on the Bluebell Railway

GRCW AND ARGENTINA

 
GRCW and Argentina
 
GRCW y la Argentina Version Espanol
 

PIONEERING PRODUCTS BY GRCW

 
GRCW and GWR Diesel Railcars
  
  GRCW and British Railways Class 119 DMUs and Class 122 diesel railcars
 
GRCW's Class 100 Driving Trailer Composite 56317 preserved
 
GRCW's Class 122 rail car 55000 preserved
 
GRCW and Cement Wagons
 

PRIVATE OWNER OPEN WAGONS BY GRCW

 
GRCW Private Owner Chronology
 
GRCW Private Owner Coal Wagons: Introduction, Airfix & Bachmann models
 
GRCW Private Owner Coal Wagons: Dapol & Grafar models
 
GRCW Private Owner Coal Wagons: Hornby models
 
GRCW Private Owner Coal Wagons: Robbie's Rolling Stock
 
Ian Pope's view of GRCW Private Owner Coal Wagons
 
Ian Pope's 7mm scale models of GRCW Private Owner Coal Wagons
 

GRCW AND THE TORONTO SUBWAY

 
GRCW and Toronto's Subway
 
"Gloucester Trains Keep City Moving"
 

RAILSPOT RELOADED

 
British Standard Six Coupled Steam
  
  Brush Class 60 Type 5 Co-Cos
 
Coal
 
English Electric Type 3 Co-Cos
 
Great Western Railway Express Passenger 4-6-0s

Industrial Narrow Gauge Railways
 
"King Arthur" 4-6-0s
 
The Midland & South Western Junction Railway
 
National Waterways Museum Wagons

46201"Princess Elizabeth"
 
Warship Class diesel hydraulic locomotives
 
 
 

GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROAD TRANSPORT

 
Andy Peckham's Travel 2000 Ltd
  
  Bristol Cars
 
The Best of the Burrells
 
Meet The Mellor Brothers

The Mellor Brothers keep on trucking

The Mellor Brothers On The Buses

The Mellor Brothers: Layby Diorama
 
The Mellor Brothers present The A Team
 
The Mellor Brothers win on aggregate
 
The Mellor Brothers animal passions
 
The Mellor Brothers push the boat out

The Buccaneering Mellor Brothers

The Mellor Brothers chill out

The Mellor Brothers : Good with Co-Operative vehicles

The Mellor Brothers salute Moreton C. Cullimore

It's curtains for The Mellor Brothers
 
The Mellor Brothers go flat out

The Mellor Brothers Heavy Metal
 
The Mellor Brothers Lift and Separate
 
 
The Mellor Brothers present The North Western Road Car Company (Glos) Limited: Fifty Glorious Years.
 
The Mellor Brothers pass the parcels

The Mellor Brothers go rigid

The Mellor Brothers: Sugar and Spice 

The Mellor Brothers tractive effort
  
  The Mellor Brothers want you!
  
The Mellor Brothers in Wharfedale
 
The Mellor Brothers wheels within wheels
 
The Mellor Brothers get wood
  
  Model Police Cars
 
A model history of Royal Air Force vehicles
 
Roman Roads
 
Tanks for the memory
  
  Tanks in Tewkesbury 2011
 
Tibberton Methodist Church : A Rural Journey

Eric Vick's MAN TGX

The World Land Speed Record, Gloucestershire and the Campbells

GLOUCESTERSHIRE MOTOR SPORT HISTORY

 
A barrel of Coopers
 

BRITISH RAILWAYS LOCOMOTIVE DEPOTS 1950 - 1959

 
BR London Midland Region Locomotive Depots
 
BR Eastern Region Locomotive Depots
 
BR North Eastern Region Locomotive Depots
 
BR Scottish Region Locomotive Depots
 
BR Southern Region Locomotive Depots
 
BR Western Region Locomotive Depots
 
BR Locomotive Allocations 1950 and 1959
 

LONDON MIDLAND REGION 1960S & 70S

 
London Midland Control
 
LMR 2 January 1973
 
RAIL REPORTS

Introduction

Rail Reports 2007

Rail Reports 2008

Rail Reports 2009

 Rail Reports 2010
  
Rail Reports 2011
 

ALAN'S WORLD OF RAILWAYS

 
Duffy's Progress
 
Electrification Pioneers
 
Fred The Steam Fugitive
 
High Speed Trains
 
Isle of Wight Steam Locomotives
 
In the hole with 57 315 "The Mole"
 
Know Your 1950s Trains

Meet me at St Pancras
 
More about St Pancras
 
Price Discrimination on Virgin Trains
 
The Railway Raptors: NBL 10800 Hawk D0280 Falcon and HS4000 Kestrel
 
Maximum Steam with L.D. Porta
 
Tracks to the Future
 
Waterloo Sunrise
 
Wheels on Rails
 

TRANSPORT SCIENCE FICTION

 
Aliens of Coventry

The Desperation of the Daleks
 

GLOUCESTERSHIRE WATERWAYS


Arco Trent's Reality Check

HMS Aeneas at Bristol
 
The Battle of the Atlantic

The Battle of the River Plate

The Ghosts of Gloucester Docks
 
Radio Cruise Control
 
Tugs On Film
  
  WORLD SHIP SOCIETY GLOUCESTER BRANCH
  
  Meeting Reports

STOP AND EXAMINE

  
  The Funny Side of Transport
 
 Reverend Douglas Drane's Transport Sunday message
  
  Transport Art Collections
 
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GLOUCESTERSHIRE TRANSPORT HISTORY

Celebrating everything connected with

transport and Gloucestershire

GLOUCESTERSHIRE TRANSPORT HISTORY


"Doesn't sound very exiting does it? Yet within these pages can be found all manner of things such as the first British seaplane, the Bristol Freighter, Gloster jet fighter, Daleks, K-9, the Whippet tank, all sorts of locomotives, a Gloster Meteor with propellers and a Zeppelin or two"

Kind words from Poliss, thecentralstation.myfreeforum.org


NOW WITH ADDED HEREFORDSHIRE!


SCROLL DOWN FOR FORTHCOMING EVENTS


MARK HUGHES MODELS JOINS GLOUCESTERSHIRE TRANSPORT HISTORY!  CLICK ON THE LOGO ABOVE TO GET ON BOARD THE SUMMER 2011 CATALOGUE OF BUS AND TRAM KITS AND MORE!

MARK HUGHES MODELS JOINS GLOUCESTERSHIRE TRANSPORT HISTORY!  CLICK ON THE LOGO ABOVE TO GET ON BOARD THE SUMMER 2011 CATALOGUE OF BUS AND TRAM KITS AND MORE!


Gloucestershire Transport History is now the proud online home of the Gloucester Branch of the World Ship Society.  Details of future meetings will be listed below and for a review of 2011 click here!
 
AHOY THERE SHIPMATES!
Gloucestershire Transport History is now the proud online home of the Gloucester Branch of the World Ship Society.  Details of future meetings will be listed below and for a review of 2011 click here!

Gloucestershire Transport History is now also the official website of the 2012 Gloucester Model Railway Exhibition

Gloucestershire Transport History is now also

 the official website of the

2012 Gloucester Model Railway Exhibition


If you like high quality card mounted photographs of interesting aircraft - and more - then why not call Gloucester photographer Ken Guest on +44 (0)1452 413511 or email ken.guest@tiscali.co.uk? Prices start from just £5.00 for a 7" x 5" print and for a further selection of images click on the picture of Swiss marked Hawker Hunter F6 J-4015 at Kemble above.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEN GUEST

If you like high quality card mounted photographs of interesting aircraft - and more - then why not call Gloucester photographer Ken Guest on +44 (0)1452 413511 or email ken.guest@tiscali.co.uk? Prices start from just £5.00 for a 7" x 5" print and for a further selection of images click on the picture of Swiss marked Hawker Hunter F6 J-4015 at Kemble above.

ALTERNATIVELY, WHY NOT BROWSE KEN GUEST'S PRINTS IN PERSON AT THE AVIATOR  RESTAURANT AT GLOUCESTERSHIRE AIRPORT?

ALTERNATIVELY, WHY NOT BROWSE KEN GUEST'S PRINTS IN PERSON AT THE AVIATOR RESTAURANT AT GLOUCESTERSHIRE AIRPORT?

LOOKING FOR A TRANSPORT RELATED CELEBRATION CAKE?

LOOKING TO CELEBRATE THE CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF  THE REVEREND WILBERT VERE AWDRY IN 2011? THEN WHY NOT VISIT www.silverliningcakes.co.uk FOR MORE TASTY DETAILS?

LOOKING TO CELEBRATE THE CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF  THE REVEREND WILBERT VERE AWDRY IN 2011? THEN WHY NOT VISIT www.silverliningcakes.co.uk FOR MORE TASTY DETAILS?


On 15 August 2011 The Earlswood Press published GTH reader and London taxi driver Bill Munro's latest book - London Taxis : A Full History - at an RRP of £15.99.  Bearing ISBN 978-0-9562308-2-9, the 240 page 200mm x 175mm paperback includes over 150 black and white photographs, some of which have never been published before, and traces the story of the London taxi from 1897.  Some of the first of these Horseless Cabs, ordered and operated by Walter Bersey, were electric and built by The Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Limited.

On 15 August 2011 The Earlswood Press published GTH reader and London taxi driver Bill Munro's latest book - London Taxis : A Full History - at an RRP of £15.99.  Bearing ISBN 978-0-9562308-2-9, the 240 page 200mm x 175mm paperback includes over 150 black and white photographs, some of which have never been published before, and traces the story of the London taxi from 1897.  Some of the first of these Horseless Cabs, ordered and operated by Walter Bersey, were electric and built by The Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Limited. 

Click on the picture for more details.


For a consumer review of your latest book, DVD or other Gloucestershire and Transport related product or service why not email Alan ?


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As is recounted in the Introduction to The Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Limited elsewhere on this website, Bristol Road's Wagon Works contribution to Allied victory in World War II included building 764 Churchill tanks. 

However, the earliest A20 Churchill prototypes were built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast and the same company also built 550 tanks including Centaur, Matilda and Churchill Mark Is, Mark IIs and possibly Mark IIIs at Carrickfergus from August 1939 to November 1943.

In Yorkshire meanwhile A22 Churchill tanks were constructed by Charles Roberts of Horbury, Wakefield and in the English Midlands both Metropolitan Cammell and Birmingham RCW also built Churchills with some of Birmingham RCW's first A22 tanks being used on the Dieppe raid of 1942.

As discovered on various websites, the running number blocks of the Churchill tanks built by Birmingham RCW and Metropolitan Cammell are set out in the table below along with number blocks for 322 of the Churchill tanks built by Gloucester RCW.  The Gloucester data comes from original Wartime documents recently released from The Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset. 

T31496 T31670 Metropolitan Cammell 174 tanks
T31821 T31995 Birmingham RCW 174 tanks
T32396 T32470 Gloucester RCW  74 tanks
T67866 T67990 Gloucester RCW  124 tanks
T67868 T67990 Birmingham RCW 122 tanks
T67991 T68140 Metropolitan Cammell 149 tanks
T68716 T68840 Gloucester RCW  124 tanks
T68919 T68965 Metropolitan Cammell 46 tanks

However it will be noticed that the numbers T67868 to T67990 are claimed by both Gloucester and Birmingham RCWs.  Could it be that numbers originally allocated to Gloucester were moved north?  And what numbers were carried by the other 442 Churchill tanks built in Bristol Road?  Incidentally, the 322 Gloucester RCW built tanks mentioned in the Bovington paperwork were identified as "assembly only" - constructed from components rather than built from scratch.

Does anyone have a comprehensive list of  British World War II "T" numbers with corresponding tank types and possibly the army units they were first issued to?  If so, please email me!

The beautiful painting of BUSHMILLS, a Churchill Mk I C5 armed with two 75mm howitzers, is reproduced above courtesy of Bracken Anderson, historian of the North Irish Horse, the only mechanized cavalry regiment of World War II to be issued with Churchill tanks.

The Mellor Brothers are particularly keen to receive any pictures of - or data on - the lorry fleet of R.H. Goulding of Newent.  If you have anything to contribute, please email me.

The Mellor Brothers are particularly keen to receive any pictures of - or data on - the lorry fleet of R.H. Goulding of Newent.  If you have anything to contribute, please email me.


RED NOTICE CASE

THE MIND ROBBERS, GLOUCESTER'S OWN DR WHO SOCIETY, WILL BEGIN CELEBRATIONS OF ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY AT 2000 ON SATURDAY 28 JANUARY 2012 AT THE LINDEN TREE, BRISTOL ROAD, GL1 5SN. ALL WELCOME.

ON SATURDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2012 SODBURY VALE MODEL RAILWAY CLUB PRESENTS THEIR 28TH ANNUAL MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION AT ST MARY'S CHURCH HALL, CHURCH ROAD, YATE BS37 6BG.  ADMISSION £3.50 / CONCESSIONS £2.50.  I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ATTRACTIONS WILL BE PRESENT, BUT HERE IS A PICTURE OF SOMERSET & DORSET JOINT RAILWAY 2-8-0 LOCOMOTIVE 88, AS PER THE FLYER.

A TALK ON SHIPPING IN SCOTLAND WILL BE GIVEN BY TED TEDALDI FOR THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY AT THE POP-IN, HUCCLECOTE ROAD, GL3 3ES ( OPPOSITE THE WAGON AND HORSES ) AT 1930 ON MONDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2012.

A TALK ON SHIPPING IN SCOTLAND WILL BE GIVEN BY TED TEDALDI FOR THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY AT THE POP-IN, HUCCLECOTE ROAD, GL3 3ES ( OPPOSITE THE WAGON AND HORSES ) AT 1930 ON MONDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2012.

THE CHELTENHAM GWR MODELLERS EXHIBITION - SUPPORTED BY CHELTENHAM MODEL CENTRE - WILL BE HELD AT ST MARGARET'S HALL, CONISTION ROAD GL51 3NU ON SATURDAY 14 AND SUNDAY 15 APRIL 2012.  EXHIBITS WILL INCLUDE A DISPLAY OF GRUMMAN AIRCRAFT FROM THE JET AGE MUSEUM.

THE CHELTENHAM GWR MODELLERS EXHIBITION - SUPPORTED BY CHELTENHAM MODEL CENTRE - WILL BE HELD AT ST MARGARET'S HALL, CONISTION ROAD GL51 3NU ON SATURDAY 14 AND SUNDAY 15 APRIL 2012.  EXHIBITS WILL INCLUDE A DISPLAY OF GRUMMAN AIRCRAFT FROM THE JET AGE MUSEUM.

THE CHELTENHAM GWR MODELLERS EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD AT ST MARGARET'S HALL, CONISTION ROAD GL51 3NU ON SATURDAY 14 AND SUNDAY 15 APRIL 2012.  EXHIBITS WILL INCLUDE A DISPLAY OF GRUMMAN AIRCRAFT.

 

A TALK ENTITLED "CANBERRA - THE LAST TWO YEARS" WILL BE GIVEN BY LES DALTON FOR THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY AT THE POP-IN, HUCCLECOTE ROAD, GL3 3ES ( OPPOSITE THE WAGON AND HORSES ) AT 1930 ON MONDAY 16 APRIL 2012.

A TALK ENTITLED "CANBERRA - THE LAST TWO YEARS" WILL BE GIVEN BY LES DALTON FOR THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY AT THE POP-IN, HUCCLECOTE ROAD, GL3 3ES ( OPPOSITE THE WAGON AND HORSES ) AT 1930 ON MONDAY 16 APRIL 2012.

THE TRIANG SOCIETY CHELTENHAM EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD AT ST MARGARET'S HALL, CONISTON ROAD GL51 3NU ON SATURDAY 5 MAY 2012, MARKING AMONG OTHER ANNIVERSARIES THE 60TH OF THE 00 GAUGE TRIANG LMS "JINTY" 0-6-0T.  PICTURED ABOVE IS REAL JINTY 47202 - FITTED WITH CONDENSING APPARATUS - AT NEWTON HEATH DEPOT, MANCHESTER, ON 20 FEBRUARY 1967

THE TRIANG SOCIETY CHELTENHAM EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD AT ST MARGARET'S HALL, CONISTON ROAD GL51 3NU FROM 1030 TO 1630 ON SATURDAY 5 MAY 2012, MARKING AMONG OTHER ANNIVERSARIES THE 60TH OF THE 00 GAUGE TRIANG LMS "JINTY" 0-6-0T.  PICTURED ABOVE IS REAL JINTY 47202 - FITTED WITH CONDENSING APPARATUS - AT NEWTON HEATH DEPOT, MANCHESTER, ON 20 FEBRUARY 1967

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE GLOUCESTER BRANCH OF THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY WILL BE HELD AT THE POP-IN, HUCCLECOTE ROAD, GL3 3ES ( OPPOSITE THE WAGON AND HORSES ) AT 1930 ON MONDAY 14 MAY 2012.

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE GLOUCESTER BRANCH OF THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY WILL BE HELD AT THE POP-IN, HUCCLECOTE ROAD, GL3 3ES ( OPPOSITE THE WAGON AND HORSES ) AT 1930 ON MONDAY 14 MAY 2012.

A MODEL BOAT EVENING WILL BE HELD FOR THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY AT OVER CANAL BASIN, WEST OF GLOUCESTER, AT 1830 ON MONDAY 11 JUNE 2012

A MODEL BOAT EVENING WILL BE HELD FOR THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY AT OVER CANAL BASIN, WEST OF GLOUCESTER, AT 1830 ON MONDAY 11 JUNE 2012

THE ANNUAL RALLY OF THE MODEL STEAM ROAD VEHICLE SOCIETY WILL BE HELD AT TEWKESBURY RUGBY CLUB, GANDER LANE ON SATURDAY 30 JUNE AND SUNDAY 1 JULY 2012.  VISIT www.msrvs.co.uk FOR DETAILS

THE SECOND ANNUAL GLOUCESTER MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD AT HUCCLECOTE METHODIST CHURCH HALL GL3 3SB ON SATURDAY 30 JUNE 2012.  EXHIBITS WILL INCLUDE TERMINAL 1, NOT SEEN SINCE 2010.

THE SECOND ANNUAL GLOUCESTER MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD AT HUCCLECOTE METHODIST CHURCH HALL GL3 3SB ON SATURDAY 30 JUNE 2012.  EXHIBITS WILL INCLUDE TERMINAL 1, NOT SEEN SINCE 2010.

THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE STEAM & VINTAGE EXTRAVAGANZA WILL BE HELD AT SOUTH CERNEY AIRFIELD, CIRENCESTER ON 3, 4 AND 5 AUGUST 2012.  LOOK OUT FOR THE GRUMMAN STORY IN THE MODEL TENT.  www.steamextravaganza.com

THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE STEAM & VINTAGE EXTRAVAGANZA WILL BE HELD AT SOUTH CERNEY AIRFIELD, CIRENCESTER ON 3, 4 AND 5 AUGUST 2012.  LOOK OUT FOR THE GRUMMAN STORY IN THE MODEL TENT.  www.steamextravaganza.com

THE FIRST CITY OF GLOUCESTER VINTAGE STEAM RALLY WILL BE HELD AT HEMPSTED MEADOWS ON 22 AND 23 SEPTEMBER 2012. FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT www.shakespearesrally.com

THE FIRST CITY OF GLOUCESTER VINTAGE STEAM RALLY WILL BE HELD AT HEMPSTED MEADOWS ON 22 AND 23 SEPTEMBER 2012. FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT www.shakespearesrally.com

THE CHELTENHAM GWR MODELLERS EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD AT ST MARGARET'S HALL, CONISTION ROAD GL51 3NU ON SATURDAY 27 AND SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER 2012.  EXHIBITS WILL INCLUDE A DISPLAY OF WORLD WAR II BRITISH FIGHTING VEHICLES.

THE CHELTENHAM GWR MODELLERS EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD AT ST MARGARET'S HALL, CONISTION ROAD GL51 3NU ON SATURDAY 27 AND SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER 2012.  EXHIBITS WILL INCLUDE "FUNNY BUSINESS" - A DISPLAY OF WORLD WAR II BRITISH FIGHTING VEHICLES.


Set at the lowest natural crossing point on the River Severn, Gloucester has always been a focus for travellers and as a result both the City and County have a rich transport heritage.

First came the Romans with their roads, which evolved from the pathways of the Ancient Britons and grew into the complex of trunk roads and Motorways that we enjoy today. These roads not only allowed Welsh livestock to be driven to London but also accessed the coal, iron and timber of the nearby Forest of Dean

As the centuries passed too, the Severn was also exploited for the movement of goods, leading Queen Elizabeth I to grant the Letters Patent that made Gloucester a Port in 1580. Indeed, the trade on the Severn was so busy by the reign of Charles I that his imposition of Ship Tax helped the citizens of Gloucester decide to stand against him in the English Civil War.

fter decades of manual labour, the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal also opened in 1827, allowing the dangerous sandbanks of the river to be bypassed by ocean going vessels. The longest, widest and deepest ship canal in the World – as it was when new – also brought an abundance of timber to the Cathedral City.

After decades of manual labour, the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal also opened in 1827, allowing the dangerous sandbanks of the river to be bypassed by ocean going vessels. The longest, widest and deepest ship canal in the World – as it was when new – also brought an abundance of timber to the Cathedral City.

This in turn laid the foundation for such firms as Morelands – the "England’s Glory" match manufacturers – the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Limited and H.H. Martyn's of Cheltenham.

From Gloucester's tradition of blacksmithery and pin making too, sprang Cotton Motorcycles and – ultimately – the Gloster Aircraft Company. Among this company's illustrious products were the Gloster E28/39. In 1941 this became the first Allied jet aircraft to fly and led directly to the development of the Meteor and Javelin fighters.

From Gloucester's tradition of blacksmithery and pin making too, sprang Cotton Motorcycles and – ultimately – the Gloster Aircraft Company. Among this company's illustrious products were the Gloster E28/39. In 1941 this became the first Allied jet aircraft to fly and led directly to the development of the Meteor and Javelin fighters.

Indeed, prior to the creation of the new counties of Avon and South Gloucestershire in 1973, Gloucestershire also embraced Parnall's of Yate and the Bristol Aeroplane Company with its omnibus building ancestry.

Prior to the creation of the new counties of Avon and South Gloucestershire in 1973, Gloucestershire also embraced the Bristol Aeroplane Company with its omnibus building ancestry.

From the latter's base at Filton, the British prototype Anglo - French Concorde first flew on 9 April 1969. With Brian Trubshaw at the controls, G-BSST landed at RAF Fairford - still a part of the transport infrastructure of Gloucestershire today and host to the annual Royal International Air Tattoo.

From the latter's base at Filton, the British prototype Anglo - French Concorde first flew in 1969. With Brian Trubshaw at the controls, G-BSST landed at RAF Fairford - still a part of the transport infrastructure of Gloucestershire today and host to the annual Royal International Air Tattoo.

Gloucestershire also boasts a rich heritage of railway operations, having been the Nineteenth Century battleground of the gauges between the factions of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and George and Robert Stephenson. As a result, the county still has direct links with Cardiff, Bristol, Swindon and Birmingham.

Indeed, Gloucestershire can also lay claim to preserved railways,horse drawn tramways, narrow gauge and miniature railways as well as a thriving model transport enthusiast community. This includes the Gloucester branch of the International Plastic Modelling Society which meets at Churchdown Community Centre on the first Tuesday of every month. For further information please contact Mr Barnfield on 01242 862826.


CONNECTING TRAINS

One of the great joys of compiling and illustrating Gloucestershire Transport History is the connectivity between different topics, as literally illustrated above by the cover of Fantom Film's audio production of Arnold Ridley's classic play and film "The Ghost Train". 

This was brought to my attention by my friend, Fantom Films employee and fellow Mind Robber Ian Kubiak who also very kindly arranged for my own CD to be signed by Katy Manning, who played the role of Miss Bourne, while the cast also included Ian Fairbairn as Saul Hodgkin.

Both actors - and video, audio and book publisher Fantom Films itself - have strong links with Doctor Who.  Katy Manning is perhaps best remembered as Jo Grant, a companion of the Third Doctor ( Jon Pertwee ) from 1971 to 1973, who appeared in 1972's "The Day of the Daleks" which also pitted United Nations Intelligence Task Force soldiers against Ogrons

Katy Manning is perhaps best remembered as Jo Grant, a companion of the Third Doctor ( Jon Pertwee ) from 1971 to 1973, who appeared in 1972's "The Day of the Daleks" which also pitted United Nations Intelligence Task Force soldiers against Ogrons

Also working ( for a while at least ) against UNIT was Ian Fairbairn playing the part of bespectacled scientist Gregory in 1968's "The Invasion", which similarly pitched the Second Doctor ( Patrick Troughton ) against Cybermen.  This epic eight-parter also introduced Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge Stewart and many scenes were filmed at RAF Fairford and other Gloucestershire locations.

Also working ( for a while at least ) against UNIT was Ian Fairbairn playing the part of bespectacled scientist Gregory in 1968's "The Invasion", which similarly pitched the Second Doctor ( Patrick Troughton ) against Cybermen.  This epic eight-parter also introduced Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge Stewart and many scenes were filmed at RAF Fairford and other Gloucestershire locations.

In fact Ian Fairbairn had previously appeared in "The Macra Terror" and later classic Dr Who credits included "Inferno" and "The Seeds of Doom".

Similarly, although known to generations of viewers as Private Godfrey in BBC TV's "Dad's Army", Arnold Ridley had a successful writing career and actually came up with the plot for "The Ghost Train" after being stuck on the triangular station at Mangotsfield - now in South Gloucestershire - on the former Midland route from Gloucester to Bristol - hence the typical LMS tank engine on the cover by Fantom Films, which also produces Arnold Ridley's biography as a talking book "Godfrey's Ghost: From Father to Son".


IN FOCUS

THE MODEL STEAM ROAD VEHICLE SOCIETY

The Model Steam Road Vehicle Society was formed in Gloucestershire in 1985 to support and encourage model engineering in steam road vehicles. Interests within this national organisation - which also has quite a few overseas members -  include a wide range of topics as well as live steam traction engines, steam locomotives and workshop equipment.

The Model Steam Road Vehicle Society was formed in Gloucestershire in 1985 to support and encourage model engineering in steam road vehicles. Interests within this national organisation - which also has quite a few overseas members -  include a wide range of topics as well as live steam traction engines, steam locomotives and workshop equipment.

MSRVS members meet informally on the third Tuesday of each month at Longford Village Hall, Longford Lane, Gloucester GL2 9EL at 2000, visitors are welcome and many members have said that they could not have built their engines without the help readily given from within the Society.

For £18.00 a year (Under 16s £ 6.00) membership benefits include six newsletters a year, an annual two day rally at Tewkesbury (see above for 2012 details), other live steam meetings, FREE boiler testing under the MSRVS comprehensive scheme, monthly meetings of interest to members, with speakers, auction and modelling nights.

For details visit www.msrvs.co.uk


EVENTS FURTHER AFIELD

Although always focussed on Gloucestershire Transport History, this website has never been parochial and now receives news of transport related events further afield, including:

The South West Ship Show, including a contribution from the Gloucester Branch of the World Ship Society, will be held on Saturday 14 April 2012 at Parish Wharf Leisure Centre, Harbour Road, Portishead, BS20 7DD.  For details visit www.coastalshipping.co.uk

Although always focussed on Gloucestershire Transport History, this website has never been parochial and now receives news of transport related events further afield, including the Gatwick Aviation Society's LGW2012, the 23rd Gatwick International Aircraft Enthusiasts Fair, to be held at K2 Crawley, Pease Pottage Hill, RH11 9BQ from 1000 to 1600 on Sunday 22 April 2012.  Admission will be £ 4.00, SC £ 3.00 and accompanied children free.  For more information visit www.Gatwickaviationsociety.org.uk

The Gatwick Aviation Society's LGW2012, the 23rd Gatwick International Aircraft Enthusiasts Fair, to be held at K2 Crawley, Pease Pottage Hill, RH11 9BQ from 1000 to 1600 on Sunday 22 April 2012.  Admission will be £ 4.00, SC £ 3.00 and accompanied children free.  For more information visit www.Gatwickaviationsociety.org.uk


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