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
The following locations and months are proposed for the Transport History Group for 2019. There may be changes, including other visits, but equally some locations may not be possible. We will publish more details as soon as we know them.
To download a list of planned outings, please click here.
Sat Apr 27 London Transport Museum Reserve Collection, Acton
Wed May 15 Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey
(Tue Jun 25 Annual GGLHS outing, this year to St Albans)
Thu 25 Jul Canal boat ride from Bradford on Avon to Avoncliffe
Sat 31 Aug Epping Ongar Railway Classic Car Rally, Ongar
Wed 2 Oct Brewery Museum, Burton-on-Trent
Sat 2 Nov Farnborough Air Sciences Museum
Please note we reserve the right to change these destinations - and that they have not necessarily been booked.
Visit to the London transport Museum Reserve Collection, Acton
This large building holds the overspill from the restricted London Transport Museum at Covent Garden. Expect to see lots of old buses, trams, Underground trains, posters, drawings, signs and other ephemera. There will also be mini guided tours, talks and films. There are likely to be other attractions which will be announced nearer the time. For a flyer with further information and booking, please click here.
To join
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
The following locations and months are proposed for the Transport History Group for 2019. There may be changes, including other visits, but equally some locations may not be possible. We will publish more details as soon as we know them.
To download a list of planned outings, please click here.
Sat Apr 27 London Transport Museum Reserve Collection, Acton
Wed May 15 Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey
(Tue Jun 25 Annual GGLHS outing, this year to St Albans)
Thu 25 Jul Canal boat ride from Bradford on Avon to Avoncliffe
Sat 31 Aug Epping Ongar Railway Classic Car Rally, Ongar
Wed 2 Oct Brewery Museum, Burton-on-Trent
Sat 2 Nov Farnborough Air Sciences Museum
Please note we reserve the right to change these destinations - and that they have not necessarily been booked.
Visit to the London transport Museum Reserve Collection, Acton
This large building holds the overspill from the restricted London Transport Museum at Covent Garden. Expect to see lots of old buses, trams, Underground trains, posters, drawings, signs and other ephemera. There will also be mini guided tours, talks and films. There are likely to be other attractions which will be announced nearer the time. For a flyer with further information and booking, please click here.
To join
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