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today - Melksham TUG / AGM
tomorrow - West Wiltshire RUG
17/05/25 - Summer Timetable Starts
18/05/25 - Portishead RNLI 10 anniversary

On this day
13th May (1985)

Melksham Station reopened (link)

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bignosemac's Easter bumper picture quiz. « 1 2 3 4 »	JayMac	58	21535	April 08, 2012, 14:11:27 by JayMac
Another Fisrt Gruop smellchek fail...	JayMac	6	3111	April 06, 2012, 03:25:34 by EBrown
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Railway Eye - Banbury 'La-de-da' Mess room sign	Lee	0	1149	March 17, 2012, 08:18:43 by Lee
Another information sign fail.	JayMac	0	1448	March 09, 2012, 03:15:41 by JayMac
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What makes the noise..	BerkshireBugsy	3	1609	February 25, 2012, 22:09:46 by BerkshireBugsy
Railway Eye - Cardiff Central pointless sign & "railway bothy"	Lee	1	1394	February 21, 2012, 20:59:39 by Chris from Nailsea
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