Seaside Gallery

Looe, Cornwall, August 1936

A GWR Publicity view of the small coastal town of Looe in Cornwall, August 1936. Holidaymakers are swimming in the sea just off East Looe Beach with small fishing boats further out in the water. A family perch on the rocks in the foreground

© STEAM Museum of the GWR

1930s, 1936, August, Beach, Coast, Coastal, Cornish, Cornwall, East Looe, Holidaymakers, Looe, Looe Beach, Publicity, Sea, Seaside, Summer

GWR Publication, Through the Window, 1927

The GWR tourist guide, Through the Window, was first published in 1924. The guide was a travel companion for passengers on trains between London Paddington and Penzance, Birkenhead and Killarny. It provided comprehensive information on what could be viewed from the train window. This book, for between Paddington and Penzance, shows St Michael's Mount on the front cover

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Barry Island, Glamorgan, Wales, August 1927

View of Barry Island beach and Whitmore Bay, Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales, summer 1927. The beach is filled with holidaymakers enjoying the sunshine and lounging in deckchairs. A group of boys are sitting on a wooden wheeled boarding ramp for small boats which is laying up on the upper part of the beach. There is a Punch and Judy stand in the distance and donkey rides