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New Photo Collection of Post-War Adverts
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Publishing the social and industrial history of Wiltshire. New Photo Collection of Post-War Adverts. To celebrate the launch of our new website, we’ve added a new gallery of post-war advertisements. Click on the link on the left, or here. To visit. (June 5th 2012). Publishing the social and industrial history of North Wiltshire. 2016 www.polunnio.co.uk. Powered by Esplanade Theme. Follow www.polunnio.co.uk. Get every new post on this blog delivered to your Inbox.
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Chippenham (Westinghouse) Male Voice Choir 75th Birthday
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Publishing the social and industrial history of Wiltshire. Chippenham (Westinghouse) Male Voice Choir 75th Birthday. In the 1960s the choir changed its name to Westinghouse Men’s Chorus and conductor David Fidler introduced a wider selection of music, much arranged by himself. The choir, although smaller in size, won the Mallory Cup at the Mid-Somerset Festival in Bath on four occasions. The choir later separated from the Westinghouse Company and changed its name to Chippenham Male Voice Choir to open it...
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May 2015 News
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Publishing the social and industrial history of Wiltshire. We’re delighted to announce that in the past three or four weeks we have reached the point that we have sold sufficient copies of ‘Second Edition: Speed with Safety’ to just about cover our printing costs. As a result of this we have been able to make our first royalty author / editor / publisher payments in the form of contributions to relevant institutions. About the publication which is available from the Museum. Powered by Esplanade Theme.
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New Photo Gallery: Model Railways
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Publishing the social and industrial history of Wiltshire. New Photo Gallery: Model Railways. We’ve added a new photo gallery, looking at the intricate and complex model railways assembled at the Chippenham site during the 1980s. These were created to support training of Operators and Maintainers – and were magnificent! To visit the page. Publishing the social and industrial history of North Wiltshire. 2016 www.polunnio.co.uk. Powered by Esplanade Theme. Follow www.polunnio.co.uk.
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IRSE Publish Centenary Textbook
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Publishing the social and industrial history of Wiltshire. IRSE Publish Centenary Textbook. The great signalling engineers of Westinghouse and its Constituent Companies have had a long involvement with the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers – the specialist professional body for those working in Signalling and Telecommunications. For more information and to buy your copy, visit the IRSE online shop. Publishing the social and industrial history of North Wiltshire. 2016 www.polunnio.co.uk.
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Polunnio Publication at Siemens ‘Day One’
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Publishing the social and industrial history of Wiltshire. Polunnio Publication at Siemens ‘Day One’. Another chapter in the remarkable history of the Saxby / Westinghouse clan of companies opens! Photo reproduced with kind permission of Siemens plc / Invensys Rail. Publishing the social and industrial history of North Wiltshire. 2016 www.polunnio.co.uk. Powered by Esplanade Theme. Follow www.polunnio.co.uk. Get every new post on this blog delivered to your Inbox.
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Publishing the social and industrial history of Wiltshire. If you’d like to order Polunnio publications online for delivery to UK addresses, you can do so here. If you’d like to order more than one copy of the books, for reseller enquiries, or for books to be sent overseas, please use the Contact. Form to send us a message. A Hundred Years of Speed with Safety, Second Edition Revised and Updated. Published 2014, 280mm x 210mm, 240pps, over 270 black and white photographs, stitch-bound, litho-printed.
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Thomas Haywood and Sons
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Publishing the social and industrial history of Wiltshire. Thomas Haywood and Sons. Thomas Eli Haywood – TEH – is a name long associated with railway signalling. Thomas gets an honourable mention in both the WB&S history books, both for his remarkable drafting skills when working for McKenzie and Holland in Worcester, and for his photograph of the Chippenham site (below) some time before leaving the company to start his own company in the 1890s. 2016 www.polunnio.co.uk. Powered by Esplanade Theme.
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New!! Subscribe to www.polunnio.co.uk
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Publishing the social and industrial history of Wiltshire. Subscribe to www.polunnio.co.uk. New for February – you can now subscribe to www.polunnio.co.uk. So that when new posts or pages are added, you’ll be the first to know! Either click on the ‘Follow’ box at the bottom right of any page, or ‘Subscribe’ in the menu at the top. You can unsubscribe at any time by going to the ‘Subscribe’ page in the future should you choose to. Publishing the social and industrial history of North Wiltshire.
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Publishing the social and industrial history of Wiltshire. The information contained within this website, and the polunnio publications, comes from a range of sources. There are many, many people who have an interest in varying elements of the WB&S story – technological, social and signalling related – and we are truly grateful to those that spend the time and expend the effort to share information with us. This website too is dependent upon information and support from multiple sources.