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Bigbury Collection

Background imageBigbury Collection: Bigbury-on-Sea from Burgh Island, Devon, September 1935

Bigbury-on-Sea from Burgh Island, Devon, September 1935
A GWR publicity view of Bigbury-on-Sea on the southern coast of Devon, taken from Burgh Island in September 1935. The image shows the art-deco style Burgh Island Hotel and a number of houses

Background imageBigbury Collection: Burgh Island, Devon, September 1935

Burgh Island, Devon, September 1935
A GWR publicity view of Burgh Island on the southern coast of Devon. Taken from Bigbury or Bantham Sands, opposite Bigbury-on-Sea in September 1935

Background imageBigbury Collection: Bigbury-on-Sea & Burgh Island, Devon, August 1928

Bigbury-on-Sea & Burgh Island, Devon, August 1928
A GWR publicity view of Bigbury-on-Sea & Burgh Island on the southern coast of Devon, August 1928. Burgh Island is a small tidal island connected to the mainland at low tide via Bigbury Beach

Background imageBigbury Collection: Burgh Island, Bigbury-on-Sea, Devon, September 1935

Burgh Island, Bigbury-on-Sea, Devon, September 1935
A GWR publicity image taken from Burgh Island near Bigbury-on-Sea in Devon, September 1935, showing a beached small pleasure yacht

Background imageBigbury Collection: Bantham & Bigbury Sands, Devon, summer 1928

Bantham & Bigbury Sands, Devon, summer 1928
View of Bantham & Bigbury Sands, Devon, August 1928. A small group of holidaymakers wearing 1920s hats are sitting on the bank surrounded by grasses, looking out to sea

Background imageBigbury Collection: Bigbury-on-Sea & Burgh Island from Challaborough Cove, August 1928

Bigbury-on-Sea & Burgh Island from Challaborough Cove, August 1928
A GWR publicity view of Bigbury-on-Sea & Burgh Island on the southern coast of Devon. Taken from Challaborough Cove, just north of Bigbury-on-Sea, in August 1928

Background imageBigbury Collection: Bigbury & Bantham Sands, Devon, August 1928

Bigbury & Bantham Sands, Devon, August 1928
A GWR publicity view of Bigbury & Bantham Sands on the southern coast of Devon, August 1928. A couple are having a picnic on the top of the cliffs, looking down at holidaymakers on the beach below

Background imageBigbury Collection: Bantham & Bigbury Sands, Devon, August 1928

Bantham & Bigbury Sands, Devon, August 1928
A GWR publicity view of Bantham & Bigbury Sands in Devon, August 1928, showing the beach at low tide with the coastline in the distance


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