1940s Gallery

Hallatrow Station and Signalbox, Somerset, c.1940s

A view of Hallatrow Station and Signalbox in Somerset, c.1940s.
The station opened in September 1873 at High Littleton, about a mile north of the village of Hallatrow. Passenger services were withdrawn in November 1959, with goods traffic ceasing to operate at the station in 1964

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1940s, Footbridge, Hallatrow, High Littleton, Signal Box, Somerset, Station

Par Sands, Cornwall, May 1949

A GWR publicity view of Par Sands in Cornwall, May 1949. This image shows the long stretch of white sand along the beach with the town of Par which lies on the Cornish Riviera just visible in the distance. We can also see the large white industrial buildings on the left of the image which support the area's famous china clay industry

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Mobile emergency canteen at Paddington Station, during WWII

Paddington station in 1943 and a shot of the mobile emergency canteen, which was used to feed station staff, APR wardens, firemen and other staff who were active during the night when the station canteen was closed. The canteen was usually manned by a driver and a female attendant and was designed as a mobile unit so that it could move from place to place, where it was most needed when air strikes affected station or depot facilities. This mobile trailer canteen was designed in the Road Transport Department Drawing Office at Slough and built at Swindon Works, and was designed with adaptable couplings so that it could be attached to any of the Company's articulated tractors. The canteen was fully equipped with water supply, cooking facilities, tea urn and storage space for emergency stocks of dried food

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