July Gallery

Adlestrop Station, Gloucestershire, July 1958

A view of a deserted Adlestrop Station in Gloucestershire, July 1958. Photographed facing North towards Moreton-in-Marsh, the goods shed can be seen beyond the station building, and just behind that is the signal box.
Adlestrop station opened in 1853 on the Cotswold Line, and closed in 1966. The station building was demolished the same year, with the signal box closing the year after in 1964

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Newquay Harbour, Cornwall, July 1923

A GWR publicity view of Newquay Harbour on the northern coast of Cornwall, July 1923, showing a number of sailing boats moored up in the harbour at low tide. Beyond the harbour walls lie sandy stretches of Great Western Beach and Newquay Beach

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1920s, 1923, Beach, Boat, Coast, Coastal, Cornwall, Great Western Beach, Harbor, Harbour, Harbour Wall, July, Newquay, Newquay Beach, Newquay Harbour, Sailing, Sailing Boat, Sand, Sea, Seaside, Summer

Exmouth Beach, Devon, July 1936

A GWR publicity view of Exmouth Beach in Devon, July 1936. Families and holidaymakers are enjoying themselves on the sandy beach at Exmouth, with boats at the shoreline and anchored on the water. In the distance across the water is Dawlish Warren Spit, which is now a National Nature Reserve

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1930s, 1936, Beach, Boat, Dawlish Warren, Devon, Exmouth, July, Sand, Spit, Summer