christmas

Here’s the lowdown on all that’s happening on your favourite heritage railway over the Christmas period.  Whether you jut fancy a mince pie in the buffet; if diesel power sets your spine tingling or it’s flat-out action with steam wherever you look, then you can find it on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway!

Tickets are selling fast for GWR Santa Specials, but there is still availability this weekend.
Staff at the Honeybourne Line are really getting into the Christmas spirit as they prepare to welcome a very special VIP guest.

Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th November 2009 - 10am till 4.30pm
Lower Oddington Village Hall, Lower Oddington, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, GL56 0UR

A Group Exhibition which includes a wide range of unique works of art, including jewellery, mixed media paintings, stained glass and ceramics.
Those exhibiting are:-

Was Cheltenham a barometer of the antiques trade today?  Well clocks were certainly in demand and although a mixed result overall, there were a number of really good sales, at The Autumn Antiques and Fine Art Fair held in association with LAPADA at The Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse in Gloucestershire  on 27th-30th November 2008, including a £35,000 Lowry drawing from Neptune Fine Art to a new client from Derby.

Saturday 6th December - Wednesday 24th December 2008 at Toddington Railway Station.
Santa paid an unexpected visit to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway this week to check on bookings for his “Santa Specials 2008” trains starting on Saturday 6th December. To his delight he found that some trains are already sold out and bookings are well up on previous years.