Book me to talk at your venue about the SMJ! My name is Andy Thompson and I teach IT at a Social Enterprise in East Devon. As such I am a well qualified and able speaker, knowledgeable and competant. I not only have researched and sourced all the information for this website, but I have constructed it and regularly update it. I have written and had published articles on the history of The Stratford Upon Avon & Midland Junction Railway (the SMJ) since when I have become a railway historian, and one of the foremost experts on the SMJ, its evolution and demise.

Over the past 5 years I have amassed an ever-growing collection of images, literature, maps, documentation and knowledge and am turning them into the website you have visited today. My aim is to create an ever lasting memory of the SMJ and the importance of the railway revolution of the 19th century. If you need background on the SMJ, please contact me.

My interest in the SMJ grows with every email, letter and phone call I receive, uncovering yet further aspects on what was a very minor railway company. Through my ever-growing knowledge, interest and experience I have developed a talk on the SMJ which I am able to bring to your organisation or group.

The talk is informative and full with the history of the line as well as much of the material you have seen on my website, including a selection of my collection as yet not on the website. I include:

• A time-line history of the SMJ with PowerPoint
• A journey along the line slideshow
• Interviews with SMJ staff
• A display of my memorabilia and literature over coffee
• A DVD (time allowing)
• A tour of my website (if you have the internet)
• Q+A
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If your organisation or group requires a highly professional speaker contact me for more information dates and costs etc,
or ring 01404 851139

On a Friday in April, 2010 I was at Kettering. Here is the video! Thanks to Robin + Ian for the invite.

On Wednesday Feb 27th 2008 at Weston Favel, Northampton
I gave my S.M.J. talk to the Northampton branch of the RCTS. Watch the video!

On Friday March 27th 2009 at Banbury Road Oxford
I gave my S.M.J. talk to the GWR boys. Watch the video!


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