We have been celebrating 30 years with silence and monochrome memories.
£30 years ago the Railworks shut, and the last shift departed and hooty stopped calling us to work.
Just a small reminder of 26th March 1986:
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The Railworks on the day it closed
Bringing down the flag
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The Railworks on the day it closed.
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The Railworks on the day it closed.
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The Railworks on the day it closed.
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The Railworks on the day it closed
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The Railworks on the day it closed
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The Railworks on the day it closed
And the rather wet but colourful celebrations thirty years on.
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All ready for the tribute.
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Crowds gather in the shadow of the Railwaymans Church – St Marks – to hear the tribute.
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Colin Hatch sounds the hooter to celebrate 30 years since the works closed.
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The hooter sounds to mark 30 years since the works closed.
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People gather to watch the celebration.
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The hooter is sounded by the man who sounded the works hooter before the last day.
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The hooter is sounded by the man who sounded the works hooter before the last day.
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Young children experiance sounding the hooter.
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Phoebe Maddison the Pride of Swindon recipient turns the wheel to sound Swindon’s iconic hooter. With her is Colin Hatch who made the replica hooters.
