TRANSPORT HISTORY GROUP
Transport History Group
The villages of Goring and Streatley have been shaped by modes of travel - from ancient trackways, horse-drawn waggons, stage coaches and motor vehicles, to the river and railways, transport features strongly in the history of Goring and Streatley. The Group has made history too, by arranging Goring's first ever Blue Plaque (for Sam Saunders, the founder of Saunders-Roe) as well as the first steam train to stop here since the 1960s.
The Transport History Group (THG) is open to any member interested in the history of transport and incurs no extra subscription. Those who have signed up receive details of all the outings and a regular illustrated newsletter.
How does it work?
Members keep in touch by email, phone and letter. Activities cover all forms of transport including rivers, canals, sea, road, rail and air. Ten monthly outings are usually arranged each year and most trips use public transport, starting from Goring and Streatley Station. Sometimes travel is by minibus and/or shared cars. Venues include:
Members pay as they go on each outing, often at preferential group rates for both travel and any entry charges.
Recent past outings have included: Brooklands Museum, the Forest of Dean Railway, Hurst Castle on the Isle of Wight, a trip on the Shieldhall, and a guided tour of Tower Bridge.
Programme of Visits
Please note - some dates and locations have changed!
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is holding the its 50th Anniversary celebration on Monday 26 August (Bank Holiday Monday). For such an important event they are putting in steam as many locomotives as they can. There will be steam train rides, rides on a lengthy miniature railway (great fun because of the attractions they have put en route), a classic car show, other classic vehicles, and of course the Museum, Visitor Centre and Small Relics Museum as well. We shall be going by car. For a flyer, please click here The Centre opens at 10.30am, and I suggest we meet at the entrance. Those of us wanting a drink can then go together, those who wish to go straight on to seeing things can do so.
Dotmaker Tours Guided Walk on 18 September Chimneys and Tunnels along the Thames Our guide will met us at the London Clipper Pier at 2.30pm, and we will then have a Clipper trip across to the Isle of Dogs, walking back to Greenwich via the foot tunnel to tour the industry of riverside Greenwich. The tour finishes at 5pm at the pier. For a flyer, please click here.
The visit to Farnborough Air Sciences Museum will be accompanied by a guided tour, and will probably be on a Thursday. (Guided tours are only done on Tuesdays or Thursdays.) As this requires a minimum of 10 people, we need expressions of interest with no commitment, to give us an idea whether enough people would like to go. To express and interest, please email us or use this form.
To download a list of planned outings, please click here.
Mon 26 Aug Visit to Buckinghamshire Railway Centre - 50th Anniversary event
Date to be announced Brewery Museum, Burton-on-Trent
Nov Farnborough Air Sciences Museum
Please note we reserve the right to change these destinations - and that they have not necessarily been booked.
To join the Transport History Group
First become a member of the Goring Gap Local History Society and then contact us to find out more or join the Group.
The villages of Goring and Streatley have been shaped by modes of travel - from ancient trackways, horse-drawn waggons, stage coaches and motor vehicles, to the river and railways, transport features strongly in the history of Goring and Streatley. The Group has made history too, by arranging Goring's first ever Blue Plaque (for Sam Saunders, the founder of Saunders-Roe) as well as the first steam train to stop here since the 1960s.
The Transport History Group (THG) is open to any member interested in the history of transport and incurs no extra subscription. Those who have signed up receive details of all the outings and a regular illustrated newsletter.
How does it work?
Members keep in touch by email, phone and letter. Activities cover all forms of transport including rivers, canals, sea, road, rail and air. Ten monthly outings are usually arranged each year and most trips use public transport, starting from Goring and Streatley Station. Sometimes travel is by minibus and/or shared cars. Venues include:
- Transport and industrial archaeology museums
- Preserved railways
- Old boats and planes
Members pay as they go on each outing, often at preferential group rates for both travel and any entry charges.
Recent past outings have included: Brooklands Museum, the Forest of Dean Railway, Hurst Castle on the Isle of Wight, a trip on the Shieldhall, and a guided tour of Tower Bridge.
Programme of Visits
Please note - some dates and locations have changed!
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is holding the its 50th Anniversary celebration on Monday 26 August (Bank Holiday Monday). For such an important event they are putting in steam as many locomotives as they can. There will be steam train rides, rides on a lengthy miniature railway (great fun because of the attractions they have put en route), a classic car show, other classic vehicles, and of course the Museum, Visitor Centre and Small Relics Museum as well. We shall be going by car. For a flyer, please click here The Centre opens at 10.30am, and I suggest we meet at the entrance. Those of us wanting a drink can then go together, those who wish to go straight on to seeing things can do so.
Dotmaker Tours Guided Walk on 18 September Chimneys and Tunnels along the Thames Our guide will met us at the London Clipper Pier at 2.30pm, and we will then have a Clipper trip across to the Isle of Dogs, walking back to Greenwich via the foot tunnel to tour the industry of riverside Greenwich. The tour finishes at 5pm at the pier. For a flyer, please click here.
The visit to Farnborough Air Sciences Museum will be accompanied by a guided tour, and will probably be on a Thursday. (Guided tours are only done on Tuesdays or Thursdays.) As this requires a minimum of 10 people, we need expressions of interest with no commitment, to give us an idea whether enough people would like to go. To express and interest, please email us or use this form.
To download a list of planned outings, please click here.
Mon 26 Aug Visit to Buckinghamshire Railway Centre - 50th Anniversary event
Date to be announced Brewery Museum, Burton-on-Trent
Nov Farnborough Air Sciences Museum
Please note we reserve the right to change these destinations - and that they have not necessarily been booked.
To join the Transport History Group
First become a member of the Goring Gap Local History Society and then contact us to find out more or join the Group.
Newsletters
To download past THG Newsletters, please click on one of these links:-
Newsletter 47
Newsletter 45
To download past THG Newsletters, please click on one of these links:-
Newsletter 47
Newsletter 45