Many Whitchurch residents recall the time when our small North Hampshire market town was well served by public transport, boasting two railway lines and rather more buses than we have today.
As part of our community’s contribution to the national Railway 200 celebrations, Whitchurch History Society would like to share some of these memories and have delved into their photo archive to produce this exhibition, with an introduction written by former Chairman John Mariner who had a lifelong passion for rail travel.
The exhibition celebrates the story of both of our stations; Whitchurch Station on the busy West of England line and Whitchurch Town Station on the former, much-lamented Didcot-Newbury-Southampton line… remembering a time when you could still travel by rail to Newbury and Winchester.
This is also another chance to see the lovely steam train artwork produced by the children at the Montessori Nursery who have been learning about the history of the DNSR line and the old sidings where their building is now located.
The exhibition will also include Steam Railway magazines and railway books that were collected by John Mariner over the past 50 years. For anyone interested in railways and steam engines these are an excellent read and any donations received will go to support Whitchurch in Bloom’s continuing work at Whitchurch Railway Station.
Exhibition: 7th July – 18th July
opening times:
Monday – Thursday 9am – 2pm (Thursday 17th July 12.30 – 2pm)
Friday – 9am – 1.30pm