Over the next few months, Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon will host a series of talks by Curators from the National Railway Museum.
The first talk in the series will take place in the Hackworth Room, Collection Building, on Thursday May 18th, 2017, starting at 1.45pm.
The title of the talk is “Snow White to Stephenson”, and the speaker is Bob Gwynne, Associate Curator for the National Railway Museum. Bob will give an insight into the pre-history of railways, going back to Cumbria in the 1560s.
Railways have been a major part of industry for longer than you think – more than 200 years before George Stephenson!
Before 1825, there had been more than two centuries of railway history – longer than the period of what we might term the modern railway. Far from being a bucolic byway, the railways were major arteries of industry.
Bob explains all in his short talk – come along and find out more of this fascinating story!
Tickets for the talk are £5 each – this includes tea/coffee and a scone. Tickets are available from the gift shop at Locomotion: The NRM at Shildon or from www.locomotionmodels.com
For more information, please call the Locomotion team on 01904 685 780.
