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West Wilts Show, Trowbridge - 26th to 28th July - 3043/6361 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Wednesday, 18th July 2007 West Wilts Show, Trowbridge, Thursday 26th July to Saturday 28th inclusive. I'm there in my work capacity but I will have a "Save the Train" panel or two and some literature there. Anyone who would like to give a hand or just drop in and see me qhould be very welcome! Re: West Wilts Show, Trowbridge - 26th to 28th July - 3043/6488 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 25th July 2007 Organisers of the West Wilts Show in Trowbridge Park have been forced to move the park and ride site following the heavy rainfall (link below.) http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/latestheadlines/display.var.1570913.0.rain_forces_park_and_ride_move.php The car park has been changed from West Ashton Road to Trowbridge College , in College Road , as a precaution. Re: West Wilts Show, Trowbridge - 26th to 28th July - 3043/6572 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Sunday, 29th July 2007 Many thanks to Peter, Sion and Margaret for their support at the show - I couldn't have done it without their help on the day.  Sion representing "Save the Train" at the West Wilts Show  Graham and Andrew Murrison at the show Also very grateful for the ongoing support from everyone else - and the hugely positive reaction that I'm getting from nearly everyone I speak with. Re: West Wilts Show, Trowbridge - 26th to 28th July - 3043/6574 Written by Sion Bretton on Sunday, 29th July 2007 It was a very interesting two days at West Wilts Show. We meet some very interesting people not one person had a bad word for the Stand and what working we are doing for "Save the Train". Re: West Wilts Show, Trowbridge - 26th to 28th July - 3043/6575 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Sunday, 29th July 2007 [quote author=Sion Bretton link=topic=3043.msg6574#msg6574 date=1185740905] not one person had a bad word for the Stand and what working we are doing for "Save the Train". [/quote] Actually - there was ONE. link to index of articles |
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Save the Train was the campaign to bring an approriate train service back to and through Melksham. Most big contributors are still around writing at the Coffee shop forum where new members are very welcome. The train has been saved - sort of - we have stepped back up from an unusable service to a poorish one but it's doing very well. We did that through setting up the TransWilts Community Rail Partnership. That fulfilled its early objectives; it has been taken over by local and regional government types who are now doing medium and long term work. The team from this forun can also be found at the Melksham Rail User Group (which was the Melksham Rail Development Group at the time these articles were written and we had no users. We mustn't loose sight, though, that the train service remains poor and needs our community support in marketing and campaigning to keep it going in a positive direction ... and all the more so when we're expecting to find a different normallity once we get out of the Coronavirus Pandemic and head for zero carbon via the climate crisis. Yes, it's saved ... it's now a key community facility ... the need for enhancement and the strong and near-universal local support remain, and the rail industry and goverment remain slow to move and provide the enhancements even to level us up with other towns. Please support the Melksham Rail User Group - now very much in partnership rather than protest with the rail industry and local government, including GWR, TransWilts and unitary and town councils. And please use the trains and buses, and cycle and walk when you can. -- Graham Ellis, (webmaster), February 2021 | |||
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