Having not proved himself adequately he returned to his old team and his job as a turner and fitter in the Great Western Railway's Workshop.
In the 1960s, Swindon Borough Council applied to demolish much of the village, but poet and railway enthusiast Sir John Betjeman led a successful campaign to preserve it.
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Built in the nearby open area, named Emlyn Square after GWR director Viscount Emlyn (later kown as John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor), was the Mechanics Institute, paid for via subscription by the workers.
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