plaque № 88477

Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Banbury Civic Society/Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society. This building was formerly Bill Trinder's radio shop. Founder member and first chairman of the Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society (Est. 11th October 1950) In this shop W.G. (Bill) Trinder and L.T.C. (Tom) Rolt resolved to preserve and r

un the Talyllyn Railway, which became the first railway in the world to be owned and operated by volunteers, whose first train ran on 14th May 1951.

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