Touring exhibition
In order to publicise the 175th Anniversay Celebrations, a series of 'pop-up' exhibitions were planned to take place before the anniversary weekend. These exhibitions provided a unique opportunity to see in one place the complete collection of information banners which had been produced for the anniversary before they were distributed for display at the various events over the celebration weekend.
These exhibitions proved so popular that further displays are being planned to take place after the anniversary weekend, right up until the end of the anniversary year.
Clicking or tapping on these links will allow you to download or print an event poster and flyer.
- A4 event poster
- A6 event flyer
Clicking or tapping on these links will allow you to view a large image of the selected banner.
- Introduction to the exhibition roll-up banner
- Opening of the line roll-up banner
- Didcot to Oxford line roll-up banner
- Oxford station roll-up banner
- Radley station roll-up banner
- Culham station roll-up banner
- Appleford station roll-up banner
- Didcot station roll-up banner
Current exhibition venue
25th May to 10th June, 2019 - County Library, Oxford
The exhibition may be found on the second floor of the Oxfordshire County Library in the Westgate Precinct. The banners can be seen during normal library hours, and information sheets are available on the enquiry desk at the top of the stairs.
Monday to Thursday 9am - 8pm
Friday and Saturday 9am - 5.30pm
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Upcoming exhibition venues and dates
18th June to 31st July, 2019 - Oxfordshire History Centre, Oxford
The exhibition is being hosted by Oxfordshire History Centre which is located at St Luke's Church in Temple Road Cowley. The exhibition will be open during normal hours and information sheets will be available.
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday to Saturday 9am - 5pm
The center will be closed on Saturday 13th July
3rd August to 1st September, 2019 - Pendon Mueum, Long Wittenham
Subject to confirmation, the exhibition will be on view in the exhibition room at Pendon Museum which can be found in Long Wittenham. The exhibition will be open to view on all museum opening days, and information sheets will be available.
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays 11am - 4pm
Also open on Bank Holiday Monday, 26th August 11am - 4pm
21st to 22nd September, 2019 - Abingdon Heritage weekend
It is planned to mount the travelling exhibition as part of the Abingdon Heritage weekend. Details will be added here once finalised.
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The exhibition on tour
Friday 24th May, 2019 - Waitrose, Abingdon
A mini display was mounted at Waitrose in Abingdon alongside their outdoor eating area. We were in attendance and answered many questions, also handing out promotional literature. The weather was kind and the display was of interest to a large number of passers -by.
Tuesday 21st May, 2019 - Culham Science Centre
The display was hosted by the Culham Science Centre in the foyer of their restaurant and coffee shop. They very kindly gave us plenty of advance publicity with posters and an article in 'PULSE' the in-house newsletter, and even added a photo of us to their TWITTER feed. We couldn't have been made more welcome, with many interested visitors and almost 100 leaflets being given out.
Saturday 16th March, 2019 - Abingdon and Witney College, Abingdon Campus
The second (and last) model railway show the display attended was the 2019 exhibition of the Abingdon & District Model Railway Club. We were allocated a slightly smaller space than at Oxrail2018 but, maybe having had some practice, we seemed to squeeze more in. The show was very well attended with numbers apparently up on 2018 and we gave out almost 100 anniversary flyers, with many people saying they were looking forward to the celebrations.
Sunday 14th October, 2018 - Abingdon and Witney College, Abingdon Campus
The first display to help celebrate and publicise the 175th anniversary was at the 2018 exhibition of the Oxford & District Model Railway Club, Oxrail2018. The stand was well placed in the main entrance corridor so everybody had to pass us at least twice. Great interest was shown in both the Old Ticket Office at Culham and the upcoming 175th celebrations with about eighty information packs being handed out. Many people had interesting stories to tell about the line with everybody saying they looked forward to June 2019 when they would visit at least one of the venues.