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= English South Coast ([[:w:Eastleigh|Eastleigh]]) Wikipedia Meetup Number 1 =
=== <big>'''Date and time: Sunday 23rd November 2014 — 12:30 onwards'''</big>===
=== '''Location: [http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-wagon-works The Wagon Works Pub],''' 28 Southampton Road, [[:w:Eastleigh|Eastleigh]], Hampshire SO50 9FJ  ===
==='''Includes a  <span style="color:purple">'' 'behind the scenes' ''</span> tour of Eastleigh's [[:w:Eastleigh Works|railway  works]] 14:00 - 15:00 hrs'''===


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==<span style="color:green">Notice</span>==

'''''We have been very fortunate that <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.arlington-fleet.com/acatalog/Contact_Us.html Barry Stephens]</span> of Arlington Fleet Services has been so kind as to offer us a free tour of the historic [[:w:Eastleigh Works|Eastleigh Works]].'''''

'''''The tour will start at <span style="color:green">14:00</span> hrs and is limited to <span style="color:green">20</span> persons.''''' 

'''''For those wishing to come, we will be departing from The Wagon Works pub at <span style="color:green">13:45</span>.'''''

'''''If you wish to have lunch at the pub beforehand, we would advise arriving at the pub at about <span style="color:green">12:30</span> to give enough time to finish your meal without rushing.'''''

'''''The tour should last approximately one hour, but could overrun.'''''

'''''All going well, we will meet back at the pub at about <span style="color:green">15:30</span>.'''''

==<span style="color:indigo">Attending</span>==

'''Please add your name to this list''' if you can make it to the meetup (it helps us calculate how many tables & chairs we will need).

Note that people of all ages are welcome!

Please also invite any people you know who may be interested in coming – <span style="color:darkgreen">'''''spread the word...'''''</span>
===<span style="color:darkred">Definite</span>===
* [[User:Marek69|{{font color|DarkBlue|Marek}}]]<small>.</small>[[Special:Contributions/Marek69|<small>{{font color|Blue|69}}</small>]][[User_talk:Marek69|<small>{{font color|Green|<sup>'' talk''</sup>}}</small>]][[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Telephone.png|22px]] <small>07842 113330</small>
* Kim Hawker
*[[User:Geni|Geni]] ([[User talk:Geni|talk]]) 16:52, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
*[[User:Pedro|Pedro]] - as I live within walking distance it would be rude not to! Put me down as a definite. <small><span style="border:1px solid #0000ff;padding:1px;">[[User:Pedro|<b>Pedro</b>]] : [[User_talk:Pedro|<font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;">&nbsp;Chat&nbsp;</font>]] </span></small> 23:11, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
*[[User:Fabian Tompsett (WMUK)|Fabian Tompsett (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Fabian Tompsett (WMUK)|talk]]) 10:40, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
*<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.eastleigh.gov.uk/meetings/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=204 Wayne Irish]</span> ([[User talk:Wayne Irish|talk]]) 01:32, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
* Train tickets booked. Much cheaper than London! [[User:CT Cooper|CT Cooper]]<small><span style="font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;·</span>&#32;[[User talk:CT Cooper|talk]]</small> 16:23, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
*Nigel Gould
*Mike Webster <span class="plainlinks"><small>[http://www.gordonkeeble.org.uk/ Gordon-Keeble]</small></span>

===<span style="color:darkviolet">Probable</span>===
*[[:w:user:Frinkky|Jon Warner]] [[:w:user talk:Frinkky|talk]]
*[[:w:user:SovalValtos]]

===<span style="color:green">Possible</span>===
[[File:Ray Flying Legends 2005-1.jpg|200px|right]]
*<code>[[User:Rich_Smith|<span style="color:Red;">Rich</span>]]</code><sup>[[User talk:Rich_Smith|T]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/Rich_Smith|C]]&#124;[[Special:EmailUser/Rich_Smith|E-Mail]]</sup>
*Not hugely likely but will drop in if I can. [[User:Waggers|Waggers]] ([[User talk:Waggers|talk]]) 22:50, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

===<span style="color:darkgreen">Hopeful</span>===
* [[User:the wub|the wub]] [[User_talk:The wub|<font color="green">"?!"</font>]] 23:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
*Would love to, but no guarantees. [[en:User:HJ Mitchell|<font color="Teal" face="Tahoma">'''HJ&nbsp;Mitchell'''</font>]] &#124; [[en:User talk:HJ Mitchell|<font color="Navy" face= "Times New Roman">Penny for your thoughts? </font>]]  22:18, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
*Just moved to Southampton, so would be good to say hello. But depends on what else is happening. [[User:SilkTork|SilkTork]] ([[User talk:SilkTork|talk]]) 13:06, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
*Would like to go. Never been to a meetup before. [[User:Jaguar|Jaguar]] ([[User talk:Jaguar|talk]]) 13:41, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
::{{U|Jaguar}}, if you've never been to a meetup before, then you must come. It will be great to meet you.[[File:Face-smile.svg|15px]] -- [[User:Marek69|{{font color|DarkBlue|Marek}}]]<small>.</small>[[Special:Contributions/Marek69|<small>{{font color|Blue|69}}</small>]][[User_talk:Marek69|<small>{{font color|Green|<sup>'' talk''</sup>}}</small>]] 19:15, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

===<span style="color:purple">Apologies</span>===
*Sorry can't make it but thanks for the invite anyway.[[User:Richard Nowell|Richard Nowell]] ([[User talk:Richard Nowell|talk]]) 15:11, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
*Thank you for the kind invitation, but alas I won't be joining you. [[User:Edwardx|Edwardx]] ([[User talk:Edwardx|talk]]) 16:55, 7 November 2014 (UTC)+1
*On 23 November I'm helping to operate the layout "Millanford" at [http://www.thewarleyshow.co.uk/4mm.html Warley National 2014]. --[[User:Redrose64|Redrose64]] ([[User talk:Redrose64|talk]]; [[:en:User:Redrose64|at English Wikipedia]]) 14:02, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
*While I'd love to come for a depot tour, I'm afraid I'm heading to Bristol this weekend. Another time perhaps. -''[[Commons:User:Mattbuck|mattbuck]]'' <small>([[Commons:User talk:Mattbuck|Talk]])</small> 20:58, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
*Unfortunely I'm committed to something in Warwickshire that day (I could have done with being in at least four places at once on the 23rd!). [[user:Thryduulf|Thryduulf]] ([[wikt:en:User:Thryduulf|en.wikt]],[[:en:User:Thryduulf|en.wp]],[[:commons:User:Thryduulf|commons]]) 01:24, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
*Pity as I'm quite local and recognise a few names here, but it's the final F1 race of the season, so I'm otherwise engaged. Next time though. [[User:Ranger Steve|Ranger Steve]] ([[User talk:Ranger Steve|talk]]) 15:03, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
* [[User:LoopZilla|Gordo]] ([[User talk:LoopZilla|talk]]) 17:01, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
*Derek Doling <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.erps.co.uk/ ERPS]</span>

== About the meetup ==

*Casual chat, maybe with a focus on improving local articles. Members of local history society may be joining us.

*History of Eastleigh

===Tour===


*'''12:30''' We will be meeting up at the pub at 12:30. I have moved the time back by 30 minutes in order to beat the lunchtime rush for food and to give people time to have lunch + drink in time to go to the tour

*'''13:45''' (for those who wish to attend) leave pub and walk to Eastleigh Railway Works

*'''14:00 - 15:00''' Tour of the Victorian [[:w:Eastleigh Works|railway carriage and wagon works]].

*'''15:15 - 15:30''' We will be back at the pub for further discussion, edit/create local articles.

For those available to stay, the meetup will continue 'till late.

==Location: The Wagon Works, Eastleigh==
[[File:Eastleigh, The Wagon Works - geograph.org.uk - 1317574.jpg|right|200px]]
[http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-wagon-works The Wagon Works] (formerly The Home Tavern) is a friendly family [[w:Wetherspoons|Wetherspoons]] pub in [[w:Eastleigh|Eastleigh]], Hampshire.<br/>

[[w:The Wagon Works|The Wagon Works]] pub is located directly across the road from [[:w:Eastleigh railway station|Eastleigh railway station]].<sup>([http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/127815#map=19/50.96942/-1.35071 OSM])</sup> <sup>([https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Wagon+Works/@50.9691114,-1.3499318,18z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xc57e499a1af4af4b GMap])</sup>

Address: 28 Southampton Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO50 9FJ.  
[[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Telephone.png|24px]] <small>023 8062 2670</small> 

[[File:Wifi symbol.svg|18px]] Wi-Fi is available in the pub [https://service.thecloud.net/service-platform/login/registration/ by signing on to] ''[[:w:The Cloud (company)|The Cloud]]'' [[File:In shape Logo von The Cloud.png|26px]]

''<big>"</big> When Eastleigh station was built in 1839, modern Eastleigh did not exist. It was then the small rural hamlet of Barton. At that time the combined population of Barton and nearby Eastley was fewer than 80 people. The new station, built by the [[:w:London and South Western Railway|London and South Western Railway]] at Barton was named Bishopstoke Junction, after the [[:w:Bishopstoke|nearest village]]. In 1868 the villages of Barton and Eastley were combined into one parish. In 1891 the [[:w:London and South Western Railway|London and South Western Railway]] moved the [[:w:Nine Elms Locomotive Works|Carriage and Wagon Works]] from [[:w:Nine Elms|Nine Elms]] in London to the area surrounding the station, creating the new [[:w:Eastleigh Works|Eastleigh Works]]; and at the same time relocating the railway workers and their families from London to the newly-constructed town. This was eventually renamed 'Eastleigh' in 1923. For more than 160 years, the pub on this site (formerly The Home Tavern) has been the first building seen by anyone arriving by train at Eastleigh station.<big>"</big>''

== Getting there ==
[[File:Southampton Airport Control Tower - geograph.org.uk - 28103.jpg|200px|right]]
;Air
[[:w:Southampton Airport|Southampton Airport]] (SOU), the 20th largest airport in the UK, is located in Eastleigh. Southampton Airport is served by a dedicated mainline railway station, [[:w:Southampton Airport Parkway railway station|Southampton Airport Parkway]], which is the next station stop (5 minutes) from [[:w:Eastleigh railway station|Eastleigh railway station]].
;Rail

Eastleigh is served by [[:w:Eastleigh railway station|Eastleigh railway station]], a mainline station on the [[:w:South Western Main Line|South Western Main Line]] from [[:w:Waterloo station|London Waterloo]] (just [http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/timesandfares/WAT/ESL/231114/1330/arr 103 minutes] away) and [[:w:Winchester|Winchester]] to [[:w:Southampton|Southampton]], [[:w:Bournemouth|Bournemouth]] and [[w:Poole|Poole]], with a fast and frequent service to those places. It is also the junction station for two other routes, the [[:w:Eastleigh to Fareham Line|Eastleigh-Fareham Line]] and the [[:w:Eastleigh to Romsey Line|Eastleigh-Romsey Line]].

;Road

Eastleigh is also located close to the junction between the [[:w:M3 motorway (Great Britain)|M3 motorway]] and [[:w:M27 motorway|M27 motorway]], giving easy road access to Southampton, Winchester, Bournemouth, Portsmouth and places in between. 
[[File:Festival automobile international 2011 - Vente aux enchères - Gordon Keeble coupé Bertone - 1964 - 004.jpg|right|200px]]
;Taxis

There is a taxi rank outside the railway station and outside Sainsburys supermarket/Blueline bus station (5 minutes)

;Coaches

[http://national-coach-travel.co.uk/coach-travel.asp?to=100&from=1056 National Express coaches] (among others) from London, stop at the Blueline bus station. ''[http://www.goeuro.co.uk/search/NTQ0YzE2YTYyNWY0YzoxNzQ3OTUxMA== Times & Fares]''

==Sleep==
[[File:Koffer Hotel.svg|28px]] ''[[:w:Holiday Inn|Holiday Inn]]'', ''[[:w:Premier Inn|Premier Inn]]'' and ''[[:w:Travelodge UK|Travelodge]]'' ''(next door to The Wagon Works pub)'' all have hotels in the town.

==To do==

*Pub is about 1.4 miles from [[:w:Lakeside Country Park|Lakeside Country Park]] and Eastleigh Lakeside Railway.[[User:Geni|Geni]] ([[User talk:Geni|talk]]) 07:06, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
*Mini editathon on local history, places, etc.
*[[:w:Eastleigh Works|Eastleigh Railway Works]]
*[http://www.erps.co.uk/ Eastleigh Railway Preservation Society]
*[http://www.gordonkeeble.org.uk/index.html Gordon Keeble cars]
*[http://www.eastleighnews.co.uk/2014/06/eastleighs-luxury-sports-car-celebrates-50-years/ Gordon Keeble cars]
*[[:w:History of the Home Tavern pub, Eastleigh|History of the Home Tavern pub, Eastleigh]]

:'''''any other suggestions?'''''

==Articles to improve:==
[[File:The Railwayman.JPG|right|170px]]
===Some articles of local interest:===

*[[:w:Grade II* listed buildings in Eastleigh (borough)|List of Grade II* listed buildings in Eastleigh]]
*[[:w:List of public art in Hampshire#Eastleigh|List of public art in Hampshire § Eastleigh]]

{|class="wikitable"
|- valign="top"
|
*[[:w:Eastleigh|Eastleigh]]
*[[:w:Bishopstoke|Bishopstoke]]
*[[:w:Eastleigh railway station|Eastleigh railway station]]
*[[:w:Eastleigh Works|Eastleigh railway works]]
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*[[:w:Southampton Airport|Southampton Airport]]
*[[:w:Southampton Airport Parkway railway station|Parkway railway station]]
*[[:w:Supermarine Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfire]]
*[[:w:R. J. Mitchell|R. J. Mitchell]]
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*[[:w:Gordon-Keeble|Gordon-Keeble car]]
*[[:w:Operation Pluto|Operation Pluto]]
*[[:w:Chandler's Ford|Chandler's Ford]]
*[[:w:Fair Oak|Fair Oak]]
|}

===Articles for creation===

*[[:w:Eastleigh museum|Eastleigh museum]]

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