September Gallery

Bideford, Devon, September 1934

A GWR publicity view of the port town of Bideford in Devon, taken September 1934. This image shows the Old Bideford Long Bridge on the left and the River Torridge running through the town. The bridge was first built c.1280 on the estuary, connecting the two sides of the busy coastal port. Two ships can be seen in this photograph docked at the quay on the far side of the river.
Bideford is home to the Bideford Railway Heritage Centre

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Allerford, Somerset, September 1934

A GWR Publicity view of the village of Allerford in Somerset, September 1934. Allerford is located near the coast in Exmoor National Park, between Porlock and Minehead. A man on a horse is riding up towards the A39 road - behind him is the Allerford stone packhorse bridge over the River Aller. The West Somerset Rural Life Museum and Victorian School lies just around the corner

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Pendine Sands, South Wales, September 1924

A GWR Publicity view of Ragwen Point on the western end of Pendine Sands on the Carmarthenshire border with Glamorgan, South Wales in September 1924. This 7 mile long beach was the home of historic land speed records and motor racing in the early 1900s

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1920s, 1924, Autumn, Beach, Carmarthenshire, Glamorgan, Pendine, Pendine Sands, September, South Wales, Wales