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Great Western Coffee Shop > All across the Great Western territory > Introductions and chat

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Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
Link to our FAQ	grahame	2	11305	January 22, 2022, 13:57:39 by GBM
Newcomers start here ... and a reference for older hands « 1 2 »	grahame	20	227940	January 15, 2025, 19:35:33 by Chris from Nailsea
Other links	grahame	0	12863	January 28, 2007, 09:23:24 by grahame
Graham Ellis - Welcome to the First Great Western coffee shop	grahame	4	17175	February 05, 2007, 07:55:26 by grahame
Hello Everyone!	drew22299	2	7622	February 08, 2007, 16:16:41 by drew22299
New Website In The News	Lee	0	6524	February 09, 2007, 12:07:30 by Lee
It's James!	Jim	1	7228	February 10, 2007, 06:18:48 by grahame
Graham, aka 'Graz'!	Graz	1	7267	February 11, 2007, 13:04:33 by grahame
Chris Corbin	ChrisMcCarthy	1	6270	February 24, 2007, 09:32:44 by grahame
Susan Westlake - Ox Rail Action	SusanW	1	6596	February 26, 2007, 05:44:49 by grahame
Mike Newman	MikeGTN	4	9095	February 27, 2007, 06:59:02 by MikeGTN
whistleblower	whistleblower	6	8786	March 06, 2007, 17:55:16 by Jim
^25 for a ^7.79 BOX	Jim	0	5388	April 19, 2007, 15:54:05 by Jim
Hull Trains	Jim	0	5330	April 30, 2007, 20:56:24 by Jim
Mass cancellations 15/6/07 for Birmingham services	Graz	1	5687	June 16, 2007, 18:00:23 by 450120
Hello	450120	1	6235	June 16, 2007, 21:56:12 by grahame
Trip to Waterloo...	Graz	4	7174	July 13, 2007, 00:08:16 by peter.peterclarke
I used to be a season ticket holder but I have escaped now	peter.peterclarke	2	6163	July 13, 2007, 07:32:16 by Timmer
You couldn't make it up!	whistleblower	3	6640	July 13, 2007, 07:49:59 by grahame
Sion Bretton	Sion Bretton	0	5604	July 29, 2007, 10:59:07 by Sion Bretton

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